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ATMI establishes copper technology center in Hsinchu, Taiwan |
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Sep 20, 2006 at 03:23 PM |
 ATMI has announced that it has officially opened its first major Asia Technology Development Center based in Hsinchu, Taiwan. The new facility is intended, according to the company, to provide technical, analytical, testing, and consulting services to ATMI customers that implement advanced copper processes.
George Yang, General Manager of ATMI's Asia Operations said, "Now
ATMI's Asia customers have local and regional technical and product
development, and analytical support for our advanced copper-related
materials. We are able to tailor chemistry formulations, conduct tests,
and give our customers expert local materials and process efficiency
support for their most advanced sub-90 nanometer and 300mm processes.
The Center will reflect ATMI's approach of developing solutions that
are practical and that reduce the overall costs of the manufacturing
process."
The new facility features 1,500 square feet (140 square meters) of
Class 10 and Class 100 cleanroom space with 300mm process tools and
9,000 square feet (850 square meters) of analytical laboratories.
Advanced metrology systems have also been installed, such as their
scanning electron microscope and high performance liquid chromatography
equipment.
"Asia presents the strongest growth prospects for the semiconductor
industry and for ATMI because of the continued rapid expansion of the
chipmaking foundries," stated Doug Neugold, ATMI Chief Executive
Officer. "Our investment in the new Asia Technology Development Center
reflects our dedication to supporting ATMI's key customers around the
globe and provides more opportunities to demonstrate the process
efficiency benefits of ATMI's semiconductor materials and solutions."
With memory chip manufacturers starting to replace aluminum with copper
for interconnects and foundries migrating to 65nm processes, copper
based processing technology is becoming increasingly customized to
customer requirements and specific to particular devices. With time to
market and yield related issues becoming increasingly critical, faster
response and process support from vendors is required.
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