Vital Control in Fab Materials Supply-Chains – Part 2

As detailed in Part 1 of this article published last month by SemiMD, the inaugural Critical Materials Council (CMC) Conference happened May 5-6 in Hillsboro, Oregon. Held just after the yearly private CMC meeting, the public CMC Conference provides a forum for the pre-competitive exchange of information to control the supply-chain of critical materials needed to run high-volume manufacturing (HVM) in IC fabs. The next CMC Conference will happen May 11-12 in Dallas, Texas.

At the end of the 2016 conference, a panel discussion moderated by Ed Korczynski was recorded and transcribed. The following is Part 2 of the conversation between the following industry experts:

• Jean-Marc Girard, CTO and Director of R&D, Air Liquide Advanced Materials,
• Jeff Hemphill, Staff Materials R&D Engineer, Intel Corporation,
• Jonas Sundqvist, Sr. Scientist, Fraunhofer IKTS; and co-chair of ALD Conference, and
• John Smythe, Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, Micron Technology.

Full article by Ed Korczynski, Sr. Technical Editor Vital Control in Fab Materials Supply-Chains – Part 2