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Dutch semicon ecosystem is introduced to Minimal Fab
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With the promise to make small series cheaper, the Japanese Minimal Fab delegation of AIST was welcomed with open arms in Nijmegen, but investors still have to sign on.
A Japanese as you rarely see them. Shiro Hara is bouncing in front of the screen as he presents his Minimal Fab concept at the Novio Tech Campus in Nijmegen. Shortly after the turn of the millennium, Hara came up with a concept for miniature chip factories at the Japanese National Institute for Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). With his Minimal Fab chip factories, he wants to substantially reduce the costs of small chip series. The required investments will also be small.
His Minimal Fab consists of modules that process small silicon slices as large as a 2 euro cents (0.5 inch, 12.5 mm) coin. An advanced cleanroom is not required. Each slice is in a sealed cassette, a miniature version of the FOUP transport containers in conventional fabs.
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