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TOP STORY... April 17, 2008

ITRS ESH Chapter Emphasizes Sustainable Development
Sustainable development is the idea that manufacturing companies can satisfy their present requirements without compromising the needs of future generations. That's a concept that prominently figures in the latest edition of the Environment, Safety and Health (ESH) chapter of the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors (ITRS). Laurie Beu, a participant in the 2007 ESH technology working group (TWG) of the ITRS, said, "Throughout the history of semiconductor manufacturing, we've used chemicals, and sometimes we've had an incomplete understanding of those chemicals."
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The Measure of All Things: Aerial Imaging Simplifies Mask Inspection
SI Senior Editor Alexander Braun blogs about a new mask inspection tool from Applied Materials Inc. that enables the user to immediately see how a pattern on the mask will appear on the wafer. The system's software processes the defects detected on the mask by estimating what effect they would have on the wafer, and then filters out the large number of non-printing defects.

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Through-Silicon Vias: Ready for Prime Time?
In this on demand webcast, a panel of experts discuss the various etch, deposition and plating processes required for fabricating TSVs, focusing on unsolved manufacturability challenges. Panelists include: Philip Garrou of Microelectronic Consultants of NC, Jan Vardaman of TechSearch International, and Fred Roozeboom of NXP Semiconductors.
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