Title :
A shared approach to wafer fab support
Author :
Breeze, Michael ; Davies, John
Author_Institution :
Intel Ireland Ltd., Ireland
Abstract :
For many years industry gurus have been urging closer links between suppliers and customers. At the Intel Fab 10 facility in Ireland, we believe this concept has been taken further than ever before in the semiconductor industry, via the Supplier Support Program. Intel´s Fab 10 facility does not follow the traditional Fab support structure, in that it has substituted supplier personnel to carry out the equipment engineering functions. The performance of the overall system in expediting the turn on of Intel´s billion dollar Pentium fab is discussed with respect to factory ramp time, the changing phases of the program and the consequences and expectations on line yield and die yield.
Keywords :
integrated circuit manufacture; Intel Fab 10 facility; Ireland; Pentium fabrication; Supplier Support Program; die yield; equipment engineering functions; factory ramp time; line yield; semiconductor manufacturing; supplier personnel; wafer fab support; Conference management; Continuous improvement; Electronics industry; Manufacturing; Personnel; Production facilities; Quality assessment; Semiconductor device manufacture; Semiconductor materials; Software quality;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference and Workshop, 1995. ASMC 95 Proceedings. IEEE/SEMI 1995
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2713-6
DOI :
10.1109/ASMC.1995.484388
