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Combinatorial development methods are especially useful in the memory sector because operating margins are low, and the difference between profit and loss is driven not by production capacity but by the technology mix of that capacity in the fabs.David Lazovsky, Intermolecular Inc.

At the 22nd technology node, density scaling expectations are such that FinFETs begin to offer tangible advantages over planar technology.Horacio Mendez, SOI Industry Consortium; David M. Fried, IBM; Srikanth B. Samavedam, Freescale Semiconductor; Thomas Hoffmann, IMEC, Bich-Yen Ngyuen, Soitec

Today's challenges for wafer chip scale packaging (WCSP) are being met, and the path for the next gnerations of packaging—that will include integrating technologies and 3D structures—is evolving, David Stepniak, Craig Beddingfield, Chris Manack, Rajiv Dunne, Texas Instruments

Though routine monitoring of chemical supplies is rare, it reduces human and mechanical error, improves process yield, and costs less than the labor needed to correct a single major incident.Marcus Kavaljer, Marja Kivenheimo, K-Patents OY; Ville Voipio, Janeesko OY; Thomas J. Moseman, NXP Semiconductor