Manufacturing science and manufacturing competitiveness

Author

Crowder, Billy L.

Author_Institution

IBM T.J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

22-24 May 1989

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

33

Abstract

The author considers two aspects of the semiconductor manufacturing competitiveness problem. The first is an articulation of the critical technical factors in manufacturing sciences programs associated with the Semiconductor Research Corporation and the Sematech Centers of Excellence. The second is the relationship between science and the achievement of economic competitiveness. It is concluded that production capability is required for manufacturing competitiveness but that it is not sufficient. At least three key technical factors, quality, timeliness, and responsivity, must be addressed

Keywords

integrated circuit manufacture; management; quality control; Sematech Centers of Excellence; Semiconductor Research Corporation; achievement of economic competitiveness; critical technical factors; key technical factors; manufacturing sciences programs; production capability; quality; responsivity; semiconductor manufacturing competitiveness problem; timeliness; Costs; Environmental economics; Manufacturing industries; Manufacturing processes; Microstructure; NIST; Process control; Production facilities; Semiconductor device manufacture; US Government;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Semiconductor Manufacturing Science Symposium, 1989. ISMSS 1989., IEEE/SEMI International

Conference_Location

Burlingame, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISMSS.1989.77239

Filename

77239