Technology Benchmark Programs for the Benefit Foundry Platform Solutions in future

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Nov. Mickey Ken
Technology Benchmark
- Benefit Foundry Platform Solutions
Advanced Foundry Platform Program

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Contents
l Overview – Value Chain
l Challenge – Virtual Integration
l Strategy – Engage and Focus
l Mission and Responsibility
l Deliverables - Encompass E2E Values
l Future Perspectives

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Overview
- Value chain of semiconductor
Material
& Equip.
Device &
Interconn.
IP/LIB &
Si-Chip
Electronics
Product
End-User
& Society
l Foundry covers half or more of the Si E2E eco-value chains
l Ought not to do Technology Benchmark in the silo
* Si, Ge * Planar CMOS * SRAM/ROM * Computer * Business
* III-V(GaAs, InP) * FinFET - Ion/Ioff * Combination Logic * Communication * Government
* HiK/MG * Strain-Si * Sequential Logic * Consumer * Military
* ELK, XLK * Hi Mobility * JEDEC Test Chip * Industrial * Automotive
* Immersion Litho * Cu interconnect * Arm-9/-11 * Special * Education
* ALDVCD * DSP, GPU … * Green * Medical

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Coming Challenge
- How to extend virtual integration powers?
l Whole Electronics Industrial including upstream partners
totaled 2.8% world GDP in 2007. Growth in future?
Electronics Industrial
- $1,500 B
System & Services
- $6,300 B
Semiconductors
- $256 B
Material & Equip.
- $85 B
2007
World GDP
$64,900 B
How can we
grow the
Electronics
Industrial higher
or greener?
(Source: Public)

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Strategy for Benchmark – 1stD
- Enhancing internal communications
Computer
20/22 nm
16/14 nm
R&D
MAFD
SFP
Region
Office
Industrial
Communi-
cation
Consumer
Technology
Benchmark
DTP
l Keep rolling to team up with relevant internal business units
- Areas or Div.s

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Strategy for Benchmark – 2ndD
- Engaging external proactively
l Enhance external engagements and collaborations, ranging
from Customer, competitor, agent, consortium and more ….
SIA/ITRS
Customer
Competitor
Forum
IPRS
ISSCC
VLSI
Symp.
Consortiums
(iNEMI)
IMEC
Technology
Benchmark
SI/CW
ServicesIEDM
Technology
Roadshow

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Direction to Go
Strategy for Benchmark – 3rdD
- Focus on leading-edge Initiatives Globally

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Mission and Responsibility
- Enhancing Trinity and collaborations
Missions
l Benchmark with the perfection
n Enhance technology leadership
l Direct toward the right technology/product
n Facilitate timely manufacturing excellence
l Tap customer’s experiences into business models
n Raise values toward the eco-system end-customers
(customer’s customers)

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Mission and Responsibility (Cont’d)
- Enhancing Trinity and collaborations
Responsibility
l Coordinate with other Div.s/Areas
n Provide technology insights and perspective views for successful
business/technology platform development
l Collaborate academically with external entities or
even 1st-tier competitors (IBM, Intel …)
n Share and exchange limited specifications of future technology
platforms (N+1 or N+2)
n Entities - IEEE/IEDM&VLSI, IPRS, SIA, iNEMI, SEMI, IMEC,
SI, CW and …
l Leverage more with selected customers
n Learn about the right technology specifications and offer
customers more values by future technology platforms

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Material
& Equip.
Device &
Interconn.
IP/LIB &
Si-Chip
Electronics
Product
End-User
& Society
l Virtual integration covers beyond half of the value chain
l Strive to do E2E Technology Benchmark with values
* Si, Ge * Planar CMOS * SRAM/ROM * Computer * Business
* III-V(GaAs, InP) * FinFET - Ion/Ioff * Combination Logic * Communication * Government
* HiK/MG * Strain-Si * Sequential Logic * Consumer * Military
* ELK, XLK * Hi Mobility * JEDEC Test Chip * Industrial * Automotive
* Immersion Litho * Cu interconnect * Arm-9/-11 * Special * Education
* ALDVCD * DSP, GPU … * Green * Medical
Deliverables
- Encompass End-to-End (E2E) value chain

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Summary and Perspectives
- Co-petition and Value Propositions
Current Focus
l Start benchmarks with leading-edge technologies
n Material/equipment, process, device, system and IP/LIB
l Team up and work with RD, DTP, BD and WWSM
n Identify most valuable technical items and KPI to formulate right
deliverables with value propositions
n Engage or collaborate with selected customers or private sources
l Low hanging fruit intelligence first
n IEEE/IEDM&VLSI, IPRS, SIA, IMEC, SI, CW and …. more

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Summary and Perspectives (Cont’d)
- Co-petition and value Propositions
Future Perspectives
l Leverage more with selected customers
n Understand competitor’s strength and right technology specifications
l Enhance more external collaborations
n Include customer, agent and consortiums, such as, SIA, SEMI, IMEC and
iNEMI …etc.
l Set up co-petition forum academically even with 1st-tier competitors
n Exchange key specs of future technologies (N+1 or N+2) including IBM,
Intel or Samsung …etc.
l Tap end-customer’s expertise into business/technology value chains
n Crate values toward the end customers (customer’s customers)
n Ecosystem E2E value propositions – All wins strategies

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