Welcome to the Year 2000 VMIC Conference

SEVENTEENTH INTERNATIONAL VLSI MULTILEVEL INTERCONNECTION CONFERENCE,
SHORT COURSES, STATE-OF-THE-ART SEMINAR AND EXHIBITION
June 26 - 30, 2000 at the SANTA CLARA MARRIOTT HOTEL - Santa Clara, CA.
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Marriott Hotel
Santa Clara, California
June
Hotel Registration
VMIC
(17th International Conference)
FOR ULSI MULTILEVEL INTERCONNECTION

June 27-29, 2000
Seminar
Outstanding
State-of-the-Art Seminar
June 30, 2000
TWO STATE-OF-THE-ART
SHORT COURSES
METAL
and
CMP
June 26, 2000
Registration Information Registration Form
HIGHLIGHTS:
  • "300mm/Copper/Low-k Convergence: Timing, Trend"
    Dr. Robert Castellano; The Information Network
    Keynote Address

  • "Japan's Industrial Progress in 300 mm Fabrication"
    Dr. Shigeru Kobayashi; Gen. Deputy; Selete
    Keynote Address

  • "Super Cooled Unity-k Dielectric System for ULSI"
    Dr. Thomas E. Wade; Prof.; Univ. S. Florida
    VMIC Awards Luncheon

  • "Integration and Reliability of Low-k Dielectrics"
    Dr. Wei William Lee, R&D Manager; TSMC
    State-of-Art Seminar Luncheon

  • "Critical Analysis and Manufacturability of Advance Interconnects"
    Dr. John H. Givens; Advanced Tech. Gp.
    Metals & CMP Short Course Luncheon

  • VMIC Advance Metals & CMP Short Courses,Conference,
    plus SUPERB State-of-the-Art Seminar

  • SESSION IV-A - 5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
    VLSI MULTILEVEL INTERCONNECTION VMIC CONFERENCE RECEPTION
    The VMIC Conference Reception will be held in the Exhibit Hall area and will include plenty of Hor d'oeuvres and beverage (cash bar will be provided). This will be the ideal time to catch up on the news of colleagues and former acquaintances. Plan now to participate in this important event.

  • Winners of exhibitor door prizes to be announced on Wednesday afternoon, June 28, at 2:45 p.m. in the Exhibit Hall. Persons must be registered attendees and present to win.

  • OUTSTANDING PAPER/POSTER PRESENTATIONS

    The VMIC Outstanding Paper Award for 1999 is presented to the paper entitled " Integration of HSQ in a Sub-0.20 micron CMOS Technology With Unlanded Via Architecture" by C. Lair, G. Pare, F. Andre, C. Maddalon, M. Haond; ST MICRO; Crolles, FRANCE; V. DeJonghe, S. Louwers; PHILIPS SEMI; and R. Pantel, G. Auvert; CNET TELECOM; Meylan, FRANCE.

    The VMIC Outstanding Poster Paper Award for 1999 is presented to the poster paper entitled "Test Methods for Assessing Adhesion of Integrated Circuit Thin Film During CMP" by S. Towle and M. Moinpour; INTEL CORP; Santa Clara, CA.

  • This year's VMIC includes 120 Technical Papers.