Overview of Strained Silicon Technology With its physical limitations already in sight, industry and academic microelectronics research has been focused on developing new technologies to extend Moore’s Law. One of these viable technologies is strained silicon. The attractiveness of strained-Si is that it increases carrier mobility, can be easily integrated into current manufacturing processes, ...

Role/Viewpoint of panelist or organization The Smart Manufacturing Leadership Coalition (SMLC) is a non-profit organization comprised of manufacturing practitioners, suppliers and technology companies; manufacturing consortia; universities; government agencies, laboratories and regional consortia committed to improving U.S. manufacturing competitiveness through the comprehensive adoption of Sma...

The article presents methods for obtaining micro-holes in the manufacture of fine metal filter elements. analysis results experimental studies samples with holes made by electron beam and electroerosion perforation is carried out. advantages using multilayer structures filters are substantiated. research works out contribute to improving manufacturability products new generations technology, wh...

Using survey data, this research identified the relationship between technology orientation (manufacturing flexibility and advance manufacturing technology), and customer orientation (customer focus and customer satisfaction) to development of manufacturing strategy. This framework is then tested on a sample of 52 firms in plastics injection industry, Taipei County, Taiwan. The results show sig...