Industry Connection
-- Semiconductor International, 7/1/2001
Nominations are being sought for Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International's(SEMI) second annual Akira Inoue Awardfor outstanding achievement in environment, health and safety (EHS) in the semiconductor industry. The award seeks to recognize those who have shown leadership in influencing the industry or innovation in the development of processes, products or materials that reduce EHS impacts. The Akira Inoue Award will be presented Dec. 5 at SEMICON Japan. For further information or a nomination form, go to www.semi.org/web/winitiatives.nsf/url/ehs2ndAIA2001.A call for papers has been issued for the 12th International Conference of Women Engineers and Scientists: Women in a Knowledge-Based Society, being held July 27-31, 2002, at the Ottawa Congress Center, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The main themes for papers include the promotion and retention of women in schools, universities and the workplace; statistics of women in science, engineering, mathematics and technology in various countries; the impact of women on technology/the impact of technology on women; social sciences and women's studies; global climate change; globalization and alternative paradigms; ethics in science; computer science, information and communication; and technical papers in any science or engineering discipline. The deadline for summary submission is July 15, with the full paper due Oct. 1. Notification of acceptance will occur by Jan. 15, 2002. For further information, visit www.carleton.ca/cwse-on/icwes12/callforpapers.htm.
Mariangela Lisanti of Westport, Conn., won the $10,000 IEEE Presidents' Scholarship for her project, "Conductance Quantization in Au Nanocontacts." The 17-year-old Staples High School student received the award May 10 at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in San Jose. Lisanti developed a technique for measuring conductance quantization in metallic nanowires, using gold as the conductor. Data acquisition rates in her project topped an unprecedented 86 million data points per day, three to 1000 times faster than other techniques. The device cost $35 to build, while similar devices average $100,000. For further information, visit www.ieee.org/newsinfo/briefs.htm#teen.
The Fabless Semiconductor Association announced its Q1 2001 quarterly wafer pricing survey, the first survey of its kind for the fabless industry. The survey gauges the average price paid per wafer by fabless companies. The Wafer Pricing Report examines average unit wafer costs (6 and 8 in.). The survey found that the fabless weighted average wafer price ranged from $457 for 0.80 µm to $2569 for 0.25 µm. The weighted average price for 6 in. wafers was $759 compared with $2410 for 8 in. wafers. A direct comparison of the foundry average sales price and the fabless weighted average price is not suggested. The Wafer Pricing Report will be produced quarterly. For further information, visit www.fsa.org.
SEMI is soliciting papers for the SEMI Technical Symposium, to be held Sept. 25-26 in Moscow in conjunction with the SEMI Expo CIS 2001. Prospective authors can submit a 200-250-word abstract and a 100-word biography by July 31. All abstracts must appear on company letterhead that includes complete address, telephone number, e-mail address and fax number. Selected presenters will be notified by Aug. 15. For further information, visit www.semi.org.
