John Schweisthal wrote:
> If Intel and others used FFU, why would the trade journals
> convert to SI? A
> few years back on this list server, someone mentioned processing a 200 mm
> wafer. And stated it was 200 mm and not 8 inch. Who was that and can
> anyone verify what system these companies use internally?
I just visited the main Intel web site (http://intel.com) and did an
all-site search on wafer fab. The first Intel article/press release to show
up was typical of all of them. Here's the title line and first paragraph:
Intel Hits Key Milestone -- Yields First Silicon From Industry's Most
Advanced 0.13 Micron, 300 MM Wafer Fab
HILLSBORO, Ore. - March 28, 2001 - Intel Corporation has completed
production of its first silicon chips from its 0.13 micron technology, 300
millimeter (mm) wafer development fab located here. Named D1C, this factory
is the first in the industry to produce fully functional computer chips
built using advanced 0.13 micron process technology on the new, larger 300
mm wafers.
>snip<
As far as I'm concerned, that is pure metric, even though it uses the term
micron (metric, but not SI). It puts the quotation you provided in the same
category as the so-called 3-1/4" diskette -- namely an anti-metric myth,
representing wishful thinking on the part of the BWMA and others.
Glad to see you're tracking and responding to all their crap, John. As long
as nobody does so, the ill-informed will believe them.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
