Industry networking
of the product lifecycle, from According to Gargini the semiconductor Irish excellence
production of raw materials through industry has entered a new phase in the As usual with European ISS, a number
manufacture, use and disposal of the first decade of the 21st century. After of speakers are drawn from the host
final product. This balance must be more than 30 years of simple, region and Ireland has delivered some
respected and improved economically, geometrical scaling, the advent of excellent industry experts. Professor
globally and physically. equivalent scaling, predicted by the Roger W. Whatmore is the CEO of
ITRS in 1998, has given new energy to Tyndall National Institute in Cork Ireland
The host with the most the semiconductor industry. As an and will discuss of tesearch institutes
This year marks the 20th anniversary of example, the introduction of strained are set-up by governments for a variety
Intel’s presence in Ireland so it is silicon and high-k/metal gate into of reasons, but generally politicians will
appropriate that they are the main host manufacturing has really opened a new at some point come back to the issue of
for the 2010 ISS. Over those twenty chapter on innovation in MOS how their investment is paying-back
years Intel Ireland’s site strategy has technology capitalizing on the research into the economy through the
been to build technical and initiated in the 90s. generation of economic activity.
management capability to start-up and Another highlighted talk will be SMEs have long been recognised
ramp successive generations of new from ASML’s Executive Vice President of by EU governments as drivers for
process technologies and then leverage Products and Technology, Martin van economic growth, and the High-Tech
that capability and infrastructure to den Brink. Although public speaking is SME sector, based upon strong
develop new competencies and not his favourite task, Van den Brink is entrepreneurship and the exploitation
increase the research mandate for the always an enjoyable and straight talking of new knowledge is particularly
region. Today over 4000 people work speaker. His talk is entitled, “Imaging important. Hence, good relationships
on the site at Leixlip which represents for the next decade” and will look in- between government-funded research
Intel’s largest manufacturing site outside depth at crucially important lithography institutes and centres and members of
of the US, and produces advanced developments necessary to allow this sector will be vital in the generation
semiconductor devices on 200mm and semiconductor scaling and productivity of innovative products, jobs and wealth.
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300mm wafers with leading edge to continue in the next decade. The mechanisms for how such
technologies at 65nm. Current leading-edge immersion relationships can be fostered will be
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Intel has been very pro-active in lithography will be extended by discussed in the light of the experience
.eur hosting the ISS for the first time in innovative mechatronics as well as of Tyndall National Institute, with
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Ireland and will be keen to share a story software modelling that determines reference to a number of case studies in
of success in Europe with the attendees optimal usage of a system. In addition the photonics sector, including SensL,
of the ISS. The company has ensured to exploring this ultra-Low k1 Firecomms, Eblana Intune Networks.
that some of its top people will be in lithography, Van den Brink will address Another guest from the region will
attendance and have actively obtained the remaining challenges that come be Professor John Boland from the
some of the top scientists and experts with Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) CRANN research centre at Trinity
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from other manufacturing and lithography. Beyond lithographic College in Dublin. His presentation will
educational sites around Ireland. technology, he will talk about effective start with an introduction to
One of Intel’s top performers at execution of R&D programs, including nanotechnology and the opportunities
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Issue VIII 2009
such meetings around the world is ITRS the role of supply chain partners, it provides for the ICT sector. Beginning
Chairman, IEEE and Intel Fellow, Paolo government and research institutes, to with the linkages between size and
Gargini who will deliver a talk entitled enable uninterrupted progress of the properties, the concept of self
‘Welcome to the next Decade!’. global semiconductor industry. organisation is introduced as a means
to spontaneously create order without
the imposition of external constraints.
Specific examples such as wafer
scalable polymer self organisation are
described as possible routes to sub-
divide the resolution limits imposed by
conventional lithography.
Nanotechnology also opens the door to
new form-factors and potential
convergences between the ICT and
biotech applications and these will be
discussed in terms of the range of
activities currently under way at the
CRANN Nanoscience Institute. Finally,
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