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450mm in 2017: It's Coming The switch to 450mm will likely be the largest, most expensive retooling the semiconductor industry has ever experienced. 450mm fabs, which will give an unbeatable competitive advantage to the largest semiconductor manufacturers, are likely to cost $10 billion and come on-line in 2017, with production ramp in 2018. (By Pete Singer, SST, May 1)
Industry Alignment on Cost and Time Savings in the 450 mm Transition The virtues of collaboration in the extraordinarily complex and capital-intensive business of microelectronic technology development have been long recognized and are only becoming more important as transition to manufacturing on 450mm wafers accelerates. (By J. Davis, F. Robertson, A. Ware, Future Fab International, Apr 25)
WEBCAST: G450C 450mm Status Report by Paul Farrar, G450, and Lode lauwers, imec (SST on Apr 3; webcast is still available after registration)
Supersizing Wafers Get ready for 450mm wafers. First seriously considered in 2005, these supersized wafers, along with the equipment to handle, measure, and process them, have gradually made their way to the top of the semiconductor industry’s priority list. But what exactly does that mean? What will 450mm fabs look like, and how will they differ from the 300-mm fabs being built today? (By Katherine Derbyshire, SemiMD, Jan 20)
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