The changing role and future challenges of quality and reliability in the foundry industry

Author

Yue, John T. ; Su, David H -I ; Yau, Y.W. ; Young, K.L. ; Goh, T.W.

Author_Institution

Taiwan Semicond. Manuf. Co., Hsin-Chu, Taiwan

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Pure-play integrated circuits (IC) foundries, companies whose business is exclusively to manufacture ICs for other companies, have been in existence for about 15 years now, and have been one of the success stories of the semiconductor industry. Over this period of time, foundries have transformed from technology-trailing companies into technology-leading manufacturers. Many changes occurred to make this happen. As the dedicated. foundry concept matures, new challenges arise that will require further transformations. In particular, this article focuses on the changes in the role of the quality and reliability (QR) organization in foundries, and the driving forces that will signify more future changes.

Keywords

integrated circuit design; integrated circuit manufacture; integrated circuit reliability; outsourcing; quality control; reviews; technological forecasting; IC foundry industry; IC manufacture; dedicated foundry concept; pure-play integrated circuits foundries; quality; quality and reliability organization; reliability; semiconductor industry; technology-leading manufacturers; technology-trailing companies; Companies; Costs; Foundries; Integrated circuit modeling; Integrated circuit technology; Manufacturing industries; Marketing and sales; Semiconductor device manufacture; Semiconductor device modeling; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Physical and Failure Analysis of Integrated Circuits, 2002. IPFA 2002. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on the

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7416-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IPFA.2002.1025602

Filename

1025602