Title :
Yield learning perspectives
Author_Institution :
ARM Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
At its core, yield has a simple definition: the fraction of total chips that are good. Yield learning is not about increasing yield for its own sake. Yield learning is about reducing the cost of a good chip. This benefits everyone involved: the company that builds the wafers, the one that sells the chips, and eventually the end user of whatever product the chip goes into. Yield learning is what keeps Moore´s law going.
Keywords :
cost reduction; integrated circuit yield; Moore´s law; cost reduction; wafer; yield learning; Circuit analysis; Estimation; Yield estimation;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MDT.2011.2179350
