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Article: 300 mm perceptions and realities.(300 mm wafer fabs)
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- Semiconductor International
- Article date:
- October 1, 2003
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It seems that hardly a day passes without a new announcement about the cost or economics of 300 mm wafer fabs: "$7.0 billion dollars estimated revenue to support a 300mm fab," (1) "Leading-edge fab costs soar to $4 billion," (2) "Prices for 300 mm wafers remain too high, says analyst," (3) "Revamping 200mm fabs will have a significant cost advantage over new 300mm facilities for some products for some time." (4)
At IC Knowledge, we have carefully tracked the progress, economics and costs of 300 mm. From the project tracking and cost modeling work we have done, we have found that a number of the recent announcements appear to be incorrect; furthermore, we believe ...