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