ISMI Manufacturing
Week, the semiconductor industry's only conference on productivity
and cost-saving solutions that can be quickly inserted into today's fabs,
will take place Oct. 31-Nov. 4 at the Renaissance Hotel in Austin, TX.
For the first time this year Manufacturing Week includes the ISMI AEC/APC Symposium
North America, which brings together chip-makers and suppliers to further enhance
automated decision-making through advanced equipment control and advanced process
control (AEC/APC).
ISMI Manufacturing Week will also feature the seventh annual ISMI Symposium
on Manufacturing Effectiveness, widely considered to be the industry's
most informative public exposition of manufacturing data, methods, and productivity
boosters.
Short courses and workshops on critical fab issues will precede both symposia.
“Chip-makers and suppliers from around the world have made ISMI Manufacturing
Week their destination for the best information on running today's fabs
and planning tomorrow's,” said Scott Kramer, SEMATECH's vice
president of Manufacturing Technology. “There's no other conference
in the industry that offers such a wide spectrum of manufacturing topics, data,
discussion, networking and education.”
“Increase productivity. Reduce costs. Stay ahead.” is the theme
for this year's ISMI Manufacturing Week, which will highlight:
- AEC/APC sessions on data management and process control, and equipment and
process fault detection, classification and control
- An interactive environment, safety and health (ESH) session, during which
the audience will be asked to identify and rank critical issues that will
then be analyzed by an expert panel of industry leaders
- Updates on ISMI's Next Generation Factory and 450 mm Wafer Transition
programs
- Expanded poster sessions featuring the work of students and industry professionals
- Papers offering “golden nuggets” of productivity and cost-cutting
methods that can be applied readily to fabs of various sizes
ISMI Manufacturing Week, which is part of the SEMATECH Knowledge Series, attracts
hundreds of semiconductor technologists and suppliers. More information on this
year's events can be found at http://ismi.sematech.org/ismisymposium.