"On the way to adopting low-k dielectrics, the world's largest foundry has run smack into a problem that is proving difficult to solve."

Dr. Nicky Lu chairman of Etron Technology to serve as council chairman and Dr. Chintay Shih, former president of the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) to serve as a special advisor to the FSA

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"Xilinx Inc. and Altera Corp. said that the cost of producing their devices using 300-mm wafers has fallen below that of 200-mm wafers, an indication that Taiwanese foundries have hit their much sought after "crossover" production milestone."