ASMC, now in its 20^th year, fills a critical need in our industry by providing the opportunity and the venue for technical managers, hands-on engineers, and other semiconductor industry professionals to network, learn, and share knowledge on new and best-method semiconductor manufacturing practices and concepts. With the dynamic nature of our industry, information sharing across sectors is a vital aspect of innovation and continuous improvement. In May 2009, ASMC and ISSM join forces to bring you even more opportunities to learn the latest in semiconductor manufacturing.

SEMI® and IEEE are now soliciting technical abstracts on a range of fab performance issues:

Advanced Metrology (AM) Advanced Equipment Processes and Materials (APM) Advanced Process Control (APC) Analog, High Power and High Voltage (AHP) Contamination Free Manufacturing (CFM) Cost Effectiveness and Manufacturing Efficiency (CE) Defect Inspection and Reduction (DIR) Design for Manufacturability (DFM)

Enabling Technologies and Innovative Devices (ET) Equipment Reliability and Productivity (ERP) Factory Automation and Dynamics (FAD) Industrial Engineering (IE) Lithography Advances/Challenges (LITHO) Wafer Level Packaging (WLP) Yield Enhancement and Yield Modeling (YE-YM)

The ASMC 2008 Best Student Paper, sponsored by ISMI, is awarded to Asser Fayed, Cypress Semiconductor, who together with Charles M. Weber, Portland State University-ETM presented “Optimizing the Operating Curve: How Can Every Fab Maximize its Performance?

The ASMC 2008 Best Paper Award, sponsored by Entegris, will be announced shortly. Both awards will be presented at ASMC 2009.

Submit abstracts to mkindling@semi.org

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For further conference information and details about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Margaret Kindling, SEMI senior program manager, mkindling@semi.org, or call 1.202.289.0440. To order the CD-ROM of the ASMC 2008 technical proceedings, please contact SEMI customer service at 1.408.943.6901.

Our special appreciation to the ASMC committee members who have volunteered their time in support of ASMC. Please click here for a complete list of committee members.

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