SEMATECH Knowledge Series

SEMATECH Knowledge Series (SKS) meetings are unique opportunities to focus on accelerating solutions for critical challenges in the semiconductor industry.

For details about upcoming SKS meetings, please see Upcoming Meetings and Conferences.

 

SEMATECH Surface Preparation and Cleaning Conference

Participants will explore current developments and ITRS challenges in wafer and mask cleaning, including wafer front-end, wafer back-end, and advanced mask as well as environment, safety, and health issues for the 16 nm node and beyond.

  • March 19-21; Austin, TX

GSA/SEMATECH Memory+ Conference

This conference will feature senior executives from leading companies in the memory, logic and system markets to share their perspectives and insights regarding future memory applications, viable business models and collaborative opportunities among logic devices and memory technologies.

  • April 19; Tokyo, Japan

International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS) Conferences

These public conferences offer technologists and strategists from the manufacturing and supplier communities the opportunity to participate in building the next ITRS by providing input to the working group teams of industry and research experts who revise the semiconductor industry roadmap.

  • Summer Meeting - July 11; San Francisco, CA
  • Winter Meeting - December 5; Hsinchu Taiwan

SEMATECH Symposia

Executives and technical experts from SEMATECH and the semiconductor industry community will come together in keynote and in-depth technical sessions to share perspectives on progress and challenges in the areas of advanced devices, EUV lithography, 3D interconnects, and manufacturing productivity.

  • Japan Symposium - June 26; Tokyo, Japan
  • Taiwan Symposium - October 18; Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Korea Symposium - October 2012 (exact date TBA); Seoul, Korea

SEMATECH 3D Interconnect Workshops

  • Metrology for 3D Interconnect (SEMICON West); July 2012 (exact date TBA); San Francisco, CA
  • 3D Electrostatic Discharge (SEMICON West); July 2012 (exact date TBA); San Francisco, CA
  • 3D Processes; Fall 2012 (exact date and location TBA)

SEMATECH Advanced Mask Cleaning Workshop

The full-day workshop provides a forum for SEMATECH members, mask and wafer cleaning suppliers, and researchers to discuss advancements in technologies and solutions applicable to advanced mask cleaning and surface preparation challenges.

  • September 2012 (exact date TBA); Monterey, CA

SEMATECH International Symposium on Advanced Gate Stack Technology

The symposium will feature industry experts presenting their latest research in both invited and contributed talks and a discussion panel of representatives from major semiconductor device makers, equipment makers, and academia.

  • September 19-20; Albany, NY

International Symposium on Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography and Lithography Extensions

The symposium brings the industry together to discuss and assess the worldwide status of EUVL technology and infrastructure readiness.

  • September 30-October 4; Brussels, Belgium