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How to Breathe New Life into Old Fabs

Event Code: FABS
July 15, 2008
1:30pm-5:30pm
Novellus Theater at the Yerba Buena Center
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Although 300mm fabs and talk of 450mm wafers capture the headlines, there are profits to be made when existing fabs are upgraded or "repurposed" for new products and technologies. Fab repurposing is going on across the globe and spurring additional business and growth opportunities equipment and materials supplies, and their customers.

At this SEMICON West Forum, companies up and down the supply chain will show how they are profiting from fab repurposing.

Agenda

1:30pm-1:40pm

Welcome and Introduction
Joe Cestari, President, RAM Technology

1:40pm–2:00pm

Success Stories from the Fab
Chris Magnella, Operations Director, Oak Hill Fab, Freescale Semiconductor

2:00pm–2:45pm

Contributions from Education
Introduction: Andy Beers, President, ABM Consulting
Steven King, Founder, Innovo Strategies
Tsu-Jae King Liu, Director, UC Berkeley Microfabrication Laboratory

2:45pm-3:15pm

Keynote: Dean Freeman, Vice President, Gartner
"Psst. Hey buddy. . . want to buy a 200 mm fab?"

3:15pm-3:25pm

Break

3:25pm-4:30pm

Supply Chain Perspectives
Introduction: Kevin Lally, Marketing Manager, TEL
Curt Vass, General Manager, Mature Technology Solutions, Applied Materials
Jerry Sowers, Vice President, Customer Satisfaction, Novellus Systems

Tim Hayden, President, Rite Track

4:30pm–5:30pm

Panel Discussion and Q&A
Moderators: Joe Cestari and Andy Beers

Who Should Attend

  • Anyone in the supply chain who interested in fab repurposing

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