Report by REL/CPMT/ED Chapter Singapore
1. Technical talk and short courses
· Oct 11, Dr. Professor Arun N. Chandorkar of Indian
Institute of Technology, Bombay, India gave a talk on "Technology
scaling and its influence on architecture designs".
· A one-day short course on "Integration of Copper
with Low-k Dielectrics" by Dr Jeffrey Gambino, IBM, USA was
held on 25 October 2004 at the Sheraton Towers, Singapore.
2. Technical Seminars
Two IEDM video short courses were arranged in Sep'04. Due to
an overwhelming response, three separate viewing sessions were
conducted for one of the courses.
· Sep 19 & 24 and 2 Oct, Course 1 - The Future of Semiconductor
Manufacturing
· Sep 22, Course 2 - Silicon +: Augmented Silicon Technology
3. Conferences
§ EPTC'04
The 6th EPTC is scheduled for 8 - 10 December 2004. The Call
for Papers has received a good response and close to 200 abstracts
were received, topping the submissions in 2003. All the arrangements
for a successful conference are being made including the short
courses, keynote and invited speeches, table-top exhibition and
social events. A new feature will be an executive forum on the
trend and directions in key packaging thrusts targeted at technology
leaders in the region. With the industry pick-up and the impending
lead-free implementation, it is expected that EPTC 2004 will generate
even greater interest and participation.
§ IPFA'05
The 2005 International Symposium on the Physical and Failure Analysis
of Integrated Circuits (IPFA'05), organized by the IEEE Rel/CPMT/ED
Singapore Chapter, and technically co-sponsored by the IEEE EDS
and Reliability will be held at Shahgri-La's Rasa Sentosa Resort,
Singapore, 27 - 31 June 2005. The second for papers has been announced.
For more information, please visit the IPFA'05 website at https://www.ewh.ieee.org/reg/10/ipfa/html/2005/.
4. The Chapter donated S$500 to the Student Chapter of the Nanyang Technological University branch for a "Back to the Future" competition for post-graduate students.
5. Plans
A one-day short course on "Failure Mechanisms and Reliability in Integrated Circuits" by Dr. M.K. Radhakrishnan, NanoRel Consultants will be held on 10 December 2004 at the Sheraton Towers Singapore.
By KL PEY
Char, REL/CPMT/ED Chapter