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Monday, July,14

Tuesday, July, 15

Wednesday, July, 16

Thursday, July, 17

Friday, July, 18

 

Monday, July, 14

 

Featured Programs/Events

8:00am–4:00pm

SEMInvest™ at SEMICON West 2008

8:00am–5:00pm

IMAPS/SEMI Advanced Technology Workshop on Wire Bonding

1:00pm–5:30pm

SEMI Market Symposium

1:30pm–3:30pm

International MEMS Workshop

6:00pm–7:30pm

SEMICON West President's Reception

 

Standards Courses/Workshops

8:00am–12:00pm

STG Presents: Equipment RAMP (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, & Productivity): Basics & Metrics.

8:00am–12:00pm

STG Bundle: RAMP and SEMI STANDARDS: METRICS (includes STG7, STG8, STG9, STG10) (day 1 of 2)

1:00pm–5:00pm

STG Presents: Introduction to APC Technology and Standards - CANCELLED

1:00pm–5:00pm

STG Presents: Equipment RAM (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability) Metrics Standard – SEMI E10

1:00pm–5:00pm

STG Presents: The New RaP Standard–Concepts and Implementation - CANCELLED

 

Short Courses/Workshops

 

Featured

8:00am–4:30pm

Semiconductor Processing Technology (SPT) (day 1 of 3)

 

SPIE Courses

8:30am–5:00pm

Introduction to Microlithography: Theory, Resolution Enhancements and Future Trends

1:30pm–4:30pm

Is Static Charge Killing Your Reticles & Profits?

   
 

Pinnacle Training International Courses

8:30am–5:00pm

Fundamentals of Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Photonics (Day 1 of 2)

8:30am–5:00pm

Plasma Etching and RIE: Fundamentals and Applications (Day 1 of 2)

8:30am–5:00pm

Design of Experiments (DOE) for Semiconductor Manufacturing & Development

8:30am–5:00pm

Introduction to IC Packaging and Assembly

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Monday, July, 14

Tuesday, July, 15

Wednesday, July, 16

Thursday, July, 17

Friday, July, 18

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Tuesday, July, 15

 

Featured Programs/Events

9:00am–9:45am

Keynote and Opening Ceremony – Yukio Sakamoto, Elpida Memory

10:30am–12:30pm

SEMI Packaging Summit: It's a 3D World: Charting the Path to TSV

10:30pm-1:00pm

JEMI France Presents: Strategic Research Alliances

1:30pm-5:30pm

How to Breathe New Life into Old Fabs

1:30pm–2:15pm

Keynote – Bernie Meyerson, IBM Systems and Technology Group

2:00pm–5:30pm

Energy Conservation in the Semiconductor Industry: Obstacles and Opportunities for Energy Reduction in
Equipment and Fabs (Co-Presented by SEMI and ISMI

2:00pm-6:00pm

North American Photovoltaic Advanced Manufacturing Conference, Session 1: Thin Film/Equipment

6:00pm–8:00pm

Standards Reception

 

TechXPOT Sessions

10:30am–1:00pm

TechXPOT – Emerging Markets - MEMS Markets and Applications

10:30am–1:00pm

TechXPOT - Test, Assembly & Packaging – Yield Management

10:30am–1:00pm

TechXPOT - Device Scaling - Advanced Processes and Materials for New Devices
(Sponsored by DuPont/EKC)

3:00pm–5:00pm

TechXPOT - Emerging Markets – MEMS Manufacturing and Materials Technologies

3:00pm–5:00pm

TechXPOT - Test, Assembly & Packaging – High Density Packaging

3:00pm–5:00pm

TechXPOT - Device Scaling – Lithography at 22nm: Will We Have a Viable Solution?

   

Standards Courses/Workshops

8:00am–12:00pm

STG Presents: Equipment Productivity Metrics Standard - SEMI E79

8:00am–12:00pm

STG Bundle: RAMP and SEMI STANDARDS: METRICS (includes STG7, STG8, STG9, STG10) (day 2 of 2)

8:00am-1:00pm

SEMI NGF Workshop: Guidelines to Standards Process, Applied to Next Generation Factory - CANCELLED

8:30am–12:00pm

STG Presents: EDA for Process Engineers

9:00am–5:00pm

STG Presents: SECS/GEM Standards Introduction

9:00am–5:00pm

STG Bundle: SEMI STANDARDS: SECS/GEM/GEM300 (Day 1 of 2)

1:00pm–5:00pm

STG Presents: Equipment RAMP Improvement Process and Organization

6:00pm–8:00pm

Standards Reception

   

Short Courses/Workshops

 

Featured

8:00am–4:30pm

Semiconductor Processing Technology (SPT) (day 2 of 3)

   
 

SPIE Courses

8:30am–12:30pm

DFM, Profitable Scaling through Design-Technology Co-Optimization - CANCELLED

1:30pm–5:30pm

Computational Lithography - CANCELLED

   
 

Pinnacle Training International Courses

8:30am–5:00pm

Introduction to Chip Wire and Assembly in Microelectronic Packaging

8:30am–5:00pm

Fundamentals of RF Plasma Generation for Semiconductor Processing (Day 1 of 2)

8:30am–5:00pm

Fundamentals of Semiconductor Optoelectronics and Photonics (Day 2 of 2)

8:30am–5:00pm

Plasma Etching and RIE: Fundamentals and Applications (Day 2 of 2)

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Monday, July, 14

Tuesday, July, 16

Wednesday, July, 16

Thursday, July, 17

Friday, July, 18

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Wednesday, July 16

Featured Programs/Events

7:00am-5:15pm

2008 ITRS Summer Public Conference

7:30am–10:30am

Sokudo SEMI Lithography Breakfast

9:00am-11:30am

Fab Productivity Panel

9:00am-1:00pm

North American Photovoltaic Advanced Manufacturing Conference, Session 2: Bulk Silicon/PV Manufacturing

10:00am-12:00pm

CGMG General Meeting

1:15pm–2:00pm

Keynote – Gadi Singer, Intel

2:00pm-2:45pm

Keynote – Grant Seiffert

2:00pm-4:30pm

Used Equipment: Today and Tomorrow

2:00pm-5:00pm

EHS Interest Group Meeting: Don’t Let RoHS and REACH Regulations Derail Your Company

TechXPOT Sessions

10:30am–1:00pm

TechXPOT – Device Scaling - Advances in Device Manufacturing: Productivity, Process Control
and Sustainability

10:30am–1:00pm

TechXPOT – Emerging Markets - Portable power: Thin Film Batteries, Energy Harvesting and
Portable Fuel Cells

10:30am–1:00pm

TechXPOT – Test, Assembly & Packaging - Wafer Level Packaging

3:00pm–5:00pm

TechXPOT – Device Scaling - Materials and Equipment Challenges for 32nm and 22nm Devices
(Sponsored by Lam Research Corporation)

3:00pm–5:00pm

TechXPOT – Emerging Markets - Solid State Lighting

3:00pm–5:00pm

TechXPOT – Test, Assembly & Packaging - Testing Increased Functional Complexity

 

Standards Courses/Workshops

8:30am-12:00pm

Preventing Counterfeiting: Protecting Device Integrity through Authentication

8:30am-5:00pm

Using Authentication To Improve And Protect Commonality Analysis Bundle
(Includes AC and AUTH)

9:00am-1:00pm

Workshop on Semiconductor Equipment Assessment for Nanoelectronic
Technologies (SEA-NET)

9:00am–5:00pm

STG Presents: GEM300 Standards Introduction

9:00am–5:00pm

STG Bundle: SEMI STANDARDS: SECS/GEM/GEM300 (Day 2 of 2) (includes
STG5 and STG6)

1:00pm-5:00pm

Protecting Parametric Device Information used in Commonality Analysis Platforms

   

Short Courses/Workshops

 

Featured

8:00am–4:30pm

Semiconductor Processing Technology (SPT) (day 3 of 3)

   
 

SPIE Courses

8:30am–12:30pm

Imaging and Optics Fundamentals in Microlithography

1:30pm–4:30pm

Principles and Practical Implementation of Double Patterning

   
 

Pinnacle Training International Courses

8:30am–5:00pm

Fundamentals of RF Plasma Generation for Semiconductor Processing (Day 2 of 2)

8:30am–5:00pm

Electronics for Non-EEs

8:30am–5:00pm

Fundamentals of Chemical Mechanical Planarization (CMP)

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Monday, July, 14

Tuesday, July, 15

Wednesday, July, 16

Thursday, July, 17

Friday, July, 18

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Thursday, July 17

Featured Programs/Events

8:00am-9:30am

The 450 mm Transition: When Will It Make Economic Sense for the Semiconductor Industry Ecosystem?

10:00am–10:45am

Keynote – Jim Miller, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

10:00am–12:30pm

SMG General Meeting

11:00am–1:30pm

University Day Program

9:00am–5:00pm

Understanding and Using Cost of Ownership (COO)

TechXPOT Sessions

11:30am–1:30pm

TechXPOT – Device Scaling - Design for Manufacturing

11:30am–1:30pm

TechXPOT – Emerging Markets - Flexible and printed electronics: Flexible displays and printed electronics
start volume production

11:30am–1:30pm

TechXPOT – Test, Assembly & Packaging: On the Test Floor

Standards Courses/Workshops

8:00am–12:00pm

STG Presents: Equipment Productivity Tracking (EPT) and SEMI E116 (Cancelled)

 

Short Courses/Workshops

 

Pinnacle Training International Courses

8:30am–5:00pm

Fundamentals of MEMS Design and Fabrication

8:30am–5:00pm

Advanced Wet Etching and Cleaning

8:30am–5:00pm

Gas Delivery for Semiconductor Processing

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Tuesday, July, 15

Wednesday, July, 16

Thursday, July, 17

Friday, July, 18

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Friday, July 18

Standards Courses/Workshops

9:00am-1:00pm

SEMI Standards / ISMI Present: e-Manufacturing Workshop

 

Short Courses/Workshops

 

MEMS Industry Group Short Course

9:00am–3:00pm

MEMS Business & Management

   
 

Pinnacle Training International Courses

8:30am–5:00pm

Introduction to IC Design and Fabrication

8:30am–5:00pm

Low Cost Flip Chip, WLCSP and Lead Free Technologies