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Best of West Award

SEMI® is pleased to announce the first annual Best of West Award, recognizing important product and technology developments in the microelectronics industries.

The Best of West Award will provide maximum visibility and value to exhibitor winners, spotlighting exciting new products and technologies in front of a large global audience.

All exhibitors are encouraged to participate. Winners will be selected by an independent panel of highly qualified judges. Best of West finalists and award recipients will be selected based on the submission’s financial impact on the industry, engineering or scientific achievement, or societal impact and benefits.

Both finalists and winners will be recognized throughout the industry for their new products and technologies that have the highest expected impact on the microelectronics industry. Special encouragement and consideration will be given to start-up and smaller companies. Submissions are free and open to all exhibitors.

Congratulations to the 2008 Best of West Winners!

     

eGViaCoat™

For the electrografting of copper seed layers used for the metallization of Thru Silicon Vias (TSV)

Jenoptik Votan™ G Semi

A wafer dicing system based on Thermal Laser Separation (TLS)

Best of West Finalists

 

 

XeCoverySM,

New onsite Xenon recovery service

     

eGViaCoat™

For the electrografting of copper seed layers used for the metallization of Thru Silicon Vias (TSV)

     
 

 

Versalis fxP

a single wafer cluster system integrating multiple processes for 3D-IC manufacturing

     

Litho Electrical Analyzer

A design-for-manufacturability (DFM) tool that helps overcomes process variations at the design stage

     
 

 

EVG150 NanoSpray System

A fully automated high topography spray coating system for very small and deep patterns

     
 

 

Jenoptik Votan™ G Semi

A wafer dicing system based on Thermal Laser Separation (TLS)

     
 

 

PICO-TRAP™ Ultra-Purification System

Designed to remove volatile metal impurities and moisture content from critical process gases

     
 

 

Alpine™ System

An advanced strip system for back-end-of-line and front-end-of-line process applications

Qualifying Products, Services and Technologies

Consideration for the Best of West awards will be limited to all products, services and technologies publicly introduced from May 1, 2008 to SEMICON West 2008. Submitting companies must be developers of the product or technology (no rep firms or third parties) and must be exhibitors at SEMICON West. SEMI reserves the right to make all final decisions on eligibility. Entries are limited to two per exhibitor.

Selection of Finalists

Finalists were selected by vote from a distinguished panel of judges from academia, industry and SEMI. Finalists will receive recognition for their achievement through press releases, on the SEMICON West website, through online exhibitor directories, and special booth displays.

Selection of Winners

Winners will be announced during SEMICON West on July 16 and will be selected from the pool of finalists. Judges may visit exhibitors during SEMICON West to obtain further information on the submission.

Best of West Award Selection Committee

Dr. Robert Doering
TI Senior Fellow, Technology and Manufacturing Group, Texas Instruments

 

Marc David Levenson
Editor-in-Chief, Microlithography World

 

Bernard Meyerson
IBM Fellow, vice president and chief technologist, Systems & Technology Group, IBM

         

Godfrey Mungal
Dean, School of Engineering, Santa Clara University

 

Ann Steffora Mutschler
Senior Editor, Electronic News

 

Rick Nelson
Chief Editor, Test & Measurement World

         

Mark Osborne
Editor in Chief, Semiconductor FabTech

 

Dr. David Parent
Associate Professor, San Jose State University

 

Laura Peters
Editor-in-Chief, Semiconductor International

David Ridsdale
Editor in Chief, EuroAsia Semiconductor

 

Pete Singer
Chief Editor, Solid State Technology

 

Francoise von Trapp
Managing Editor, Advanced Packaging