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To: Mary Cluney who wrote (55727)5/18/1998 12:59:00 AM
From: Yousef  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
Mary,

Re: "I hope you are speaking for yourself and not for Intel's management."

Don't be silly, Mary ... of course I speak for myself, just like 99.99% of the
people that post on this thread. I also agree that technical knowledge
and creativity are important to any "high tech" company, but I have
worked with many companies in the IC process development business and Intel
does exhibit strong discipline in the use of documentation, procedures and
methodologies. When I use the word "discipline", I am not talking about
punishing or working people hard ... instead, I am talking about a well
defined way of implementing new processes/products that includes documentation,
procedures and methodologies that get continuously improved with each generation.

Let me give you an example, Intel has a methodology called "Copy Exactly"
for transferring IC processes from their development site to their manufacturing
site(s). As part of "new hire" orientation, every Intel employee is taught
this methodology and the reasons behind it. This is a well documented
and disciplined approach to transferring processes and insuring that the
process "matches" (in yield, reliability ...) the original developed
process. Some engineers (especially on the receiving end) would find
this methodology might stifle their "creativity". This is a good example
of what I mean by discipline.

I also strongly believe that the ONE of the reasons that AMD had trouble
bringing up their .35um process in Austin was because they don't follow
a strict transfer methodology ... it was much more of a "happening" (One
of my favorite sayings is ... "AMD Happens").

Hopefully this better explains my earlier comments.

Yousef
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