Statistical Process Control (SPC) provides the means for the control of product quality and the reduction of process variation. To be successful you need to know how to collect data, understand the ...

Customer satisfaction determines customer loyalty, customer purchase intentions and in turn, a company's revenue stream. Product quality improves customer satisfaction. Reducing variation in both key ...

It is becoming more and more difficult in nanometer designs to reliably print the image intended by the designer. This task is demanding enough under normal conditions; maintaining pattern fidelity ...

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. said it is using Mentor Graphics Corp.’s Calibre OPCverify design-for-manufacturing (DFM) software for use in production at 65nm and below to examine the impact ...

Variation is becoming more problematic as chips become increasingly heterogeneous and as they are used in new applications and different locations, sparking concerns about how to solve these issues ...

Special cause variation, I love to see it! That’s because I know I’m about to learn something important about my process. A ...