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The complexity and expense of fab construction and operation have led to the development of detailed models for the cost-of-ownership of tools and usage of consumables. These models often call for the subcontracting of services to specialized firms. Such services include front-end processes such as siliddation and ion implantation, and back-end processes such as assembly, electrical test, and packaging. Foundry manufacturers such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) and Singapore s Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing represent successful examples of this trend. 

TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY (TSMC) REDESIGNING A VALUE NETWORK TO DRIVE VALUE-BASED OUTCOMES... 

Level 4 sees the introduction of collaborative network planning, with a team-focused approach to engineering, and production planning appears. The partners seriously evaluate which has the core competency and how best to utilize network assets. Suppliers have access to CAD/CAM and PDM tools and information. An example shows what an early pioneer accomplished. The U.S. unit of Taiwan Semiconductor lets customers such as Intel, Motorola, and Adaptec access its order-management system... 

To do this Dell studied where their tier-one suppliers did their shopping and this in turn soon yielded the first important answer - the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC). Dell s executives realised that they were in fact buying hundreds of millions of dollars of chips each year from TSMC indirectly. 

Chein, H., Hsu, Y.-D., Aggarwal, S.G. et al. (2006) Evaluation of arsenical emission from semiconductor and opto-electronics facilities in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Atmospheric Environment, 40(10), 1901-7. 

The melt viscosity of these resins, which are solids at room temperature, decreases sharply with increasing temperature (Table 8). This affords the formula-tor an excellent tool for controlling the flow of molding compounds and facilitating the incorporation of ECN resins into other epoxies, eg, for powder coatings. While Ciba-Geigy was the first producer of ECN resins, many Japanese companies (Nippon Kayaku, Sumitomo Chemical, DIC, and Tohto Kasei) supply the majority of high purity ECN resins for the semiconductor industry today. Other suppliers are based in Korea and Taiwan. 

The authors Choi, Lee, and Tu would like to thank the Semiconductor Research Corporation contract NJ-853 (Dr. Harold Hosack), and National Semiconductor Corporation (Dr. Luu Nguyen) for the financial support for the research described in this chapter. The authors would also like to thank George T.T. Sheng and C.F. Hu at Macronix International Company, Hsinchu, Taiwan, for some of the focus ion beam images of Sn whiskers. They would also like to thank N. Tamura at Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for X-ray microdiffraction study of Sn whiskers. 

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