Advanced Technology Development Facility is a

research and development Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in some countries as OKB, experiment and design, is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products. R&D constitutes the first stage ...

foundry A foundry is a factory that produces metal castings. Metals are cast into shapes by melting them into a liquid, pouring the metal into a mold, and removing the mold material after the metal has solidified as it cools. The most common metals pr ...

for the

semiconductor A semiconductor is a material with electrical conductivity between that of a conductor and an insulator. Its conductivity can be modified by adding impurities (" doping") to its crystal structure. When two regions with different doping level ...

industry. It began operations as a research plant for

SEMATECH SEMATECH (from Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology) was a not-for-profit consortium that performed research and development to advance chip manufacturing. SEMATECH involved collaboration between various sectors of the R&D community, includin ...

in 1988, but was reorganized as a for-profit subsidiary in July 2004.

Merger

In December 2007, Nanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative announced a merger with the Silicon Valley Technology Center. The merger is expected to be completed by the end of 2007. Nanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative is currently a subsidiary of

, a non-profit

consortium A consortium () is an association of two or more individuals, companies, organizations, or governments (or any combination of these entities) with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a ...

that performs basic research into semiconductor manufacturing.

Nanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative

In March 2006, it was together with

Austin Community College The Austin Community College District (ACC) is a public community college system serving the Austin, Texas, metropolitan area and surrounding Central Texas communities. The college maintains numerous campuses, centers, and distance learning opti ...

, launched the Nanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative, an internship program for college students interested in

nanotechnology Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propertie ...

. The program provides training in nanotech research and development at Nanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative's fabrication facility to 160 Texas students in two-year technical, undergraduate, and graduate studies. The program is funded with a state grant that is jointly administered by

and Nanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative's parent company

Award for nanopattern test wafer

Advanced Technology Development Facility will receive a Technology Innovation Showcase Award at SEMICON West for its pioneering Nanopattern test wafer during a public presentation on the product's applications.

Merger

Advanced Technology Development Facility and th
Silicon Valley Technology Center
announced on December 4, 2007 a merger between the two companies. Silicon Valley Technology Center is a San Jose based development foundry and recent spin-off of

Cypress Semiconductor Cypress Semiconductor Corporation was an American semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It offered NOR flash memories, F-RAM and SRAM Traveo microcontrollers, PSoCs, PMICs, capacitive touch-sensing controllers, Wireless BLE Bluet ...

. Together, the new organization is expected to serve more than 200 customers worldwide. The merger is supposed to be finalized by the end of 2007. Terms of the deal have not yet been disclosed.SEMATECH to sell chip facility
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References

External links

Nanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative HomepageSilicon Valley Technology Center HomepageNanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative website
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Nanopattern Award Press Release
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Merger

Nanoelectronic Workforce Development Initiative

Award for nanopattern test wafer

Merger

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