| Categories
The
Awards are in two main categories recognising excellence in providing
the industry with timely solutions for the products and the services
that enable manufacturers to meet, and even exceed, technology and
business goals.
Category
One
This category
focuses on improvements to manufacturing needs in a fast evolving
and highly technical industry.
Category
Two
The second
category of the IC Industry Awards focuses on the services,
institutions and organisations that support the manufacturing community.
All companies know that creating tools and processes is not enough
for success and there is a vast support network that deserves recognition.
Category One
Materials
The
material requirements of manufacture microelectronic devices are
as diverse as they are technically impressive. Whether it is the
material used for wafers, packaging or new materials to further
technological advancement, manufacturing depends on the timely delivery
of materials with exceptional technical parameters.
Enabling
material
This Award is open to any new materials that have enabled advancement
in manufacturing microelectronic devices
Improvement
Award
This Award recognises improvements made to existing materials
either by their make up or delivery
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Yield
Management
Semiconductor
manufacturing requires such rigid parameters that every minor improvement
to the process can mean the difference between success and failure.
Yield management has moved on from simple metrology and consulting
to become a critical component of success in such a demanding manufacturing
environment.
New
Tool Award
This Award recognises excellence for tools that
improve yield management in semiconductor manufacturing.
Best Process Award
The Yield management ptocess is more than just measurement, and this Award
is presented for any idea that has resulted in an improvement
in yield management. The final list will be chosen from the most
creative and innovative nominations. The nominee may be an individual
or a company.
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Wafer
Processing
The processing of a wafer to create microelectronic devices involves
a number of highly complex and technical steps to achieve the devices
that drive the electronics industry. As important as each step is,
it is the integration of all these processes that determines the
outcome of the manufacturing process. The processing requires diffusion,
bake, lithography, etch, implant, clean, as well as all the ancillary
processes and support to create the desired outcome. Once the tool
sets are in, it is the creative approaches of the engineers that
ensure constant creative leaps.
Best
Tool Award
This Award recognises the tool that has enabled wafer processing
to create both new and improved devices. Within the machinations
of microelectronics manufacturing, there are bottlenecks delaying
technical advances that are not always obvious. The manufacturers
of devices know exactly what has assisted them to achieve corporate
goals and here is a chance to recognise these achievements.
Best
Process Award
Integration of all the manufacturing ingredients is the key to
success. This Award is for the company, individual or organisation
behind the development of key integration processes for successful
wafer processing.
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FMT
Final Manufacturing Technology
Final manufacturing technology, including test, assembly and packaging,
has come a long way from being the back end of the microelectronics
industry. With smaller devices and a blurring of the line between
device and packaging, this area has become as complex and important
as every aspect of manufacturing.
Best
Tool Award
Nominations are invited for the best tool in advancing final manufacturing
needs for the semiconductor industry.
Best
Process Award
Having the right tools and materials is only as useful as the
people putting them into action. This Award recognises the company
or individual who have developed processes that have enabled fMT
solutions to industry challenges.
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Sub
System/Component Provider
The tools required for semiconductor manufacturing are actualised
as a result of many companies providing innovative sub systems and
components to the tool manufacturers. These sub systems and components
can be a critical enabler for the success of a given tool.
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New
System/Component Award
This Award recognises excellent in providing tool manufacturers
with the elements they need to develop tools with the exacting requirements
of device manufacturers. This may be a delivery system, power supply
or any element of a tool that is developed and manufactured by another
company than the tool manufacturer.
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Improvement
Award
Not all improvements are from new developments and this Award recognises
the continuing development companies make to the products and processes
they provide.
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Category Two
R&D
Initiative Award - Sponsored by 
The cost of research and development for new innovations in microelectronics
manufacturing have increased to the point that most companies are
no longer able to afford to develop new ideas on their own. This
Award recognises the recent trend of R&D initiatives that ensure
the industry maintains the impressive rate of technological advancement.
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Outsourcing
Service Award
Maintaining and managing any company these days is no easy task.
Many companies now outsource aspects of their daily requirements
to a specialist in a given area. This Award is for those companies
providing outsourcing services that help improve a company’s
productivity.
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Start
Up Company of the year
The EuroAsia Start Up Award is now in its fifth year and the successful
record of previous recipients is testament to the success of the
Award. To be nominated for this Award a company must have been operating
for less than five years.
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MicroNanoSystems Innovation Award - Sponsored by 
Micro Nano Systems technologies are accelerating in to the forefront of future microelectronics applications across an extraordinary array of technologies. These tiny machines and processes are set to revolutionise our lives and innovations developed now will decide the future direction of these technologies. This Award is designed to highlight the imagination and innovation that is occurring in the MNS field. The Award will be given to a company or individual who the panel decide has added to the innovative body of knowledge driving microelectronics into new areas
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Education Initiative of the Year - Sponsored by 
This category will recognise an organisation committed to supporting the global semiconductor industry through world class educational products and services and the aptitude to pre-empt new and emerging technologies
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Engineer of the Year
The manufacturing of the first integrated circuit back instigated an industry that is now an economic powerhouse and the most invasive into our everyday lives. The industries that have grown from that first invention are so wide and varied that it is easy to forget that the innovations that started and continue to drive the industry begin as ideas in an engineer’s imagination. Often overlooked when accolades are passed about freely following success they are the first in the firing line when things are not so rosy, engineers are the architects of the industry no matter which part of the equation they work on. The Engineer of the Year Award is given to an individual whose peers and work mates fell that there contribution adds value and impetus to the company’s fortunes.
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Foundry of the Year
The manufacturing of a semiconductor device occurs in a purpose built fabrication plant. The cost of such fabs is already prohibitive to the majority of semiconductor companies which is why the last few years have seen the rise of the foundry. With technology nodes changing every couple of years there is an enormous amount of research and capital expenditure required for a foundry to keep up to date and provide a top class service. With many companies going fab-light or fab free there is greater pressure on foundries to be able to provide a manufacturing service. The foundry of the year award is for the manufacturing service the is voted best by peers and customers for the ability to provide world class manufacturing services in a time with great pressure on performance.
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CleanTech Award 2008
The fast growing Clean Technology (Cleantech) industry narrows the gap between technology development and the final product. Cleantech is a pervasive concept of manufacturing that impact on most industries. Cleantech describes a broad group of products and services that specifically improve performance, productivity, or efficiency whilst reducing associated costs and waste. The evolution of this industry is an example of knowledge from different skill bases coming together to effectively use combined knowledge and experience. The strong financial foundation and performances of CleanTech companies was not an accident as the early pioneers realised that success was reliant on bring together expertise in all aspects of the business from the start. The improved understanding of global resource and environmental issues has further fuelled the demand for CleanTech solutions for modern life.
The semiconductor industry has been a key driver for the knowledge base that is now implemented to develop CleanTech solutions to a variety of challenges across a diverse spectrum of industries. Whether improving machine performance, reducing energy usage, developing new materials or creating tiny micro machines that can clean oil clicks, electronic based technologies are providing enhancements to CleanTech ideas that would not be possible.
The CleanTech Award recognises a product, service or design that achieves the dual goals of improving resource usage without impacting negatively on cost. CleanTech issues traverse the value chain of semiconductors and the solutions that achieve the goals of CleanTech can be from any source. The CleanTech Award seeks to recognise the industry achievements in these areas.
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