DocumentCode
1514732
Title
Yield learning perspectives
Author
Aitken, Rob
Author_Institution
ARM Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
Volume
29
Issue
1
fYear
2012
Firstpage
59
Lastpage
62
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0740-7475
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MDT.2011.2179350
Filename
6198423
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