Key industry trends at SEMICON West

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The semiconductor industry is influenced by several trends, including the current industry slump, the move towards 0.18-micrometer production and the use of new materials, particularly copper and low-k materials. At the SEMICON West convention, semiconductor executives considers such issues as environmental compliance and technology in production as the major challenges at the present time. There is also a growing trend towards cost-efficient production to yield higher profits.

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Full-fab automation challenges

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The production of 300 mm wafers requires fab-wide automation to optimize factory productivity. The most productive factories will ramp to automated production fastest and will be positioned for advanced automation capabilities. Substantial 300 mm productivity gains will be attained through advanced work in progress and data management techniques including synchronized reticle and wafer delivery, unified overhead transport delivery and full-fab, intelligent automation.

Silicon Wafers, Semiconductor wafers

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Marching toward SOC

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The global semiconductor industry is preparing for the imminent arrival of system-on-a-chip technology. Designers are catching up with the ever- advancing semiconductor processing technology by building system-on-a-chip by reusing blocks of previous designs or integrating third-party Silicon Intellectual Properties onto the same chip. Similarly, customers who want lighter, compact and lower-power mobile appliances demand for SOC when talking of semiconductor design.

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