• 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