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Showing 1 to 20 of 195 for “"Semiconductor industry"”.
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Modeling the semiconductor industry dynamics
The semiconductor industry is an exciting and challenging industry. Strong demand at the application end, plus the high capital intensity and rapid technological innovation in manufacturing, makes it difficult to manage supply chain planning and investment in technology transitions. Better …
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Outsourcing trends in semiconductor industry
… their manufacturing to merchant foundries. Semiconductor companies have also started to outsource the design and verification of their chips to third party design service companies and focus on core competence like research and development of new technologies and defining protocols. This …
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Hazardous waste minimization in the semiconductor industry.
… the hazardous waste disposal problems facing the semiconductor manufacturing industry, and (b) explain how the minimization of hazardous waste can provide both economic benefits and reduced liability for this industry. Two important aspects of all waste minimization studies are the knowledge of …
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Analysis of variability in the semiconductor industry
While the pace of technical innovation in the semiconductor industry continues to accelerate, business processes and supply chain techniques have not kept up. Microprocessor performance improvement continues to follow Moore's Law, but increased variability has complicated efforts to accurately …
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A study of corporate entrepreneurship in the semiconductor industry
The number of semiconductor companies receiving venture funding has been decreasing through-out the last decade. The economics of manufacturing semiconductors do not offer an attractive risk-reward profile to the traditional VC model of investing. Moreover, fewer significant positive funding …
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Achieving Cost-effective Supply Chain Agility For The Semiconductor Industry
… on a case study of Intel Corporation, a large semiconductor manufacturer. Here, agility is defined as the ability to satisfy customer demands by reacting effectively to changes in market stimuli. Reacting effectively does not mean reacting to every change in supply or demand. Doing so means …
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The competitive advantage : a case study of Taiwan's semiconductor industry
… the competitive advantages of Taiwanese semiconductor industry; specific areas of study included: ** The development of Taiwan's semiconductor industry, ** The competitive advantages of semiconductor companies in Taiwan, ** Evaluation of the competitive strategies and its value chains, ** …
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The development and characterization of kinematic interfaces for the semiconductor industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1997.
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Managing the paradigm shift to Mobile platforms in the semiconductor industry
… environment, but it is even more obvious to the semiconductor industry which is not only fundamental to all the devices, but also is critically influenced by the major changes in the application trends. The shift to mobile devices will not only have influence on the quantity of semiconductors but …
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Global product development in semiconductor industry : Intel -- Tick-Tock product development cadence
This thesis investigates on changes in semiconductor industry's product development methodology by following Intel's product development from year 2000. Intel was challenged by customer's preference change, competitors new enhanced product, internet bubble burst economy, and miss steps in the …
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Dynamics of sales compensation systems for complex sales in the semiconductor industry
The semiconductor industry has entered a new phase where growth is in line with the rest of the economy. This change from rapid growth to average growth is forcing changes in how business is done across the industry. One area that can be inspected is incentivization and compensation of companies' …
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The growth and decline of the semiconductor industry within the U.K. 1950-1985
This thesis reviews the history of the semiconductor industry during the period 1950 to 1985 and identifies the major factors governing its development. It also analyses the reasons for the failure of British manufacturing companies to develop on a more competitive scale. The development of the …
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The grasping and manipulation of irregularly shaped objects with application to semiconductor industry
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1998.
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TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION IN THE SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY: ITS RELATION TO R & D SUBSYSTEM WORK CLIMATE
… work environment. The focus of the study is the semiconductor industry, (SIC 3674), which is a prime example of a rapid growth, research intensive industry. The industry, in the past decade, has been characterized by very rapid technological advances with a subsequent high growth rate for most …
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Semiconductor industry merger and acquisition activity from a technology maturity and intellectual property perspective
… explores M&A activity within the context of the semiconductor industry by focusing on two parent companies, Intel and AMD, and their child company acquisitions from 1997 to 2017. These acquisitions total more than $53 billion and extend into 35 separate high-tech industries outside the parents' …
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Alternative passivation for silicon (100), environmentally benign manufacturing, and cooperative strategy in semiconductor industry
… created by National Science Foundation and Semiconductor Research Corporation demonstrates that, through industrial research staffs' mentoring, university research can bring innovative environmentally benign manufacturing methods to the U.S. semiconductor industry. Our group has used methoxy …
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The sensor based manipulation of irregularly shaped objects with special application to the semiconductor industry
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1998.
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Silicon cycles : an analysis of the patterns of growth in the semiconductor industry using system dynamics methods
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, 1995.
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Effectiveness of R&D consortium for industrial growth in the globalizing economy : a case study of the semiconductor industry
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1997.
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