Issue



Semicon West 2005 Preview


06/01/2005







The 35th annual Semicon West conference and exhibition is back in one location this year - San Francisco - due to the expanded size of the Moscone Convention Center. The conference program will run from Sunday, July 10-Friday, July 15, while the exhibition will run from July 12-July 14.

New this year is the Emerging Technology Hall, which will feature technical displays on nanotechnology, MEMS, EDA, and e-manufacturing from July 12-14. Below is a condensed list of programs and events, most of which take place at the San Francisco Marriott.

For a full schedule and locations or to register on-line, visit the Semi web site at http://www.semi.org/semiconwest.

Sunday, July 10

  • UML-driven Standards Development Tutorial

Monday, July 11

  • Intro. to Flip-chip Technology
  • Design, Materials, Process, & Reliability of Lead-free Packaging & Assembly
  • Intro. to Nanotechnology: Tools, Processes, & Applications
  • EHS Executive Committee Meeting
  • Recent Advances in Sensor/Actuator Network Standards
  • Semi Market Symposium
  • Advanced Packaging Technology Solutions for Today’s Leading-edge Microelectronics
  • Failure Mode Analysis of Flip Chip in Package & Board Assemblies

Tuesday, July 12

  • Radio Frequency Power Delivery Systems in Compliance with Semi E113
  • The Limits of Optical Lithography
  • Developing & Implementing IP Strategies
  • Joint International Compliance & Regulatory Committee
  • Manufacturing at the Wafer Level
  • E142 Substrate Mapping & Device Traceability
  • PCS-TF
  • Optical Litho. Extension: Design for Manufacturing & New RETs

Wednesday, July 13

  • Supplier EHS Leadership Forum
  • ITRS Public Conference
  • Intro. to Modern Chip Design Methodologies
  • Dry and Immersion Lithography
  • Full Wafer Particle & Defect Detection, & Review
  • Used Equipment: The Evolving Secondary Market
  • International EHS Regulations Update
  • Fab Managers Forum

Thursday, July 14

  • Understanding & Using Cost of Ownership