Jim Stewart and Jeff Tilleman, P.E.
Articles
HMI, OI December 15, 1998
Safer Wafers
With demand for semiconductor wafers exceeding manufacturing capacity, Integrated Device Technology (IDT, Hillsboro, Ore.) rushed to construct a new submicron, Class 1 fabrication facility or "fab." In the meantime, the company spent $30 million to upgrade a 10-year-old facility to boost production while waiting for completion of the new plant.
By Jim Stewart and Jeff Tilleman, P.E.