Dow has a transformation plan called Transform to Outperform and expects to save about $700 million this year. Dow is targeting $2 billion in savings overall. Part of that transformation is job cuts, ...

New integration and patterning schemes used in 3D memory and logic devices have created manufacturing and yield challenges. Industrial focus has shifted from the scaling of predictable unit processes ...

Process manufacturers have been using advanced process control (APC) and online optimization technologies for several decades. Advances are being made on the business front, increasing manufacturers’ ...

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ESTECO is offering their multidisciplinary and multivariable design optimization CAE software, modeFRONTIER, free to STEM students and professors around the world during the month of September. By ...

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To ensure success in semiconductor technology development, process engineers must set the allowed ranges for wafer process parameters. Variability must be controlled, so that final fabricated devices ...