Largest Contracts Went to N.C. State University and the University of Arizona
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE via COLLEGIATE PRESSWIRE)--May 7, 2001--The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), the chip industry`s long-term research consortium, awarded more than $9.6 million in university research contracts during the first quarter of 2001.
A total of 50 research projects at 29 universities received new or additional funding in the first quarter. The largest contract was for $2.5 million and was awarded to Dr. John R. Hauser of North Carolina State University. His research identifies ways to scale bulk, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) devices down to 35-nanomater (nm) physical-gate lengths. Dr. Hauser`s research is significant because it will characterize the potential candidate of High-K dielectric materials and gate electrodes for 70-nm technology and beyond.
Dr. Farhang Shadman of the University of Arizona was awarded $1.5 million for his research in novel low-energy and low-chemical-use methods of preparing ultrapure water (UPW). Ultrapure water is the lifeblood of the semiconductor manufacturing industry. Shadman`s research team is also developing a computer simulation model to examine ``what-if`` scenarios in UPW systems. This and other tools help optimize the recycling of water used in the semiconductor manufacturing process.
Additional SRC contracts went to the following universities: Auburn, California-Berkeley, California-Los Angeles, Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Delaware, Florida, Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Johns Hopkins, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, MIT, New Hampshire, Northwestern, Ohio State, Oregon State, Penn State, Purdue, Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute, Rochester, Rochester Institute of Technology, Southern California, Stanford, Toronto, Vanderbilt and Washington.
``The SRC research program continues to make leading-edge contributions to the technology base of the semiconductor industry,`` said Dr. Ralph Cavin, vice president of research operations at the SRC. ``SRC research in the Front End Process Research Center, which is jointly sponsored by the SRC and International SEMATECH and led by Dr. Hauser, is providing answers to difficult questions in material and process technologies for future generation MOS transistors. The successful execution of this research is needed to sustain the traditional exponential increases in performance per unit price offered by the semiconductor industry.``
Dr. Cavin added, ``The research at the NSF/SRC Engineering Research Center (ERC), led by Dr. Shadman, is developing environmentally benign semiconductor fabrication processes designed to support emerging technologies in a timely manner. The ERC conducts a proactive program that considers `design for the environment` as a fundamental constraint.``
SRC, based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., with an office in San Jose, Calif., is the largest continuous industry-driven university research program in the U.S. Currently, the SRC sponsors research conducted at 67 universities in the U.S. and Canada. Since 1982, SRC has funded more than $452 million in long-term semiconductor research contracts on behalf of its member companies. (Web site: www.src.org.)
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