Sematech

Saving the U.S. Semiconductor Industry

By: Larry D. Browning, Judy C. Shetler

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Hardcover | 30 September 2000

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Although the microchip is an American invention, early, unbridled competition among U.S. companies and the worldwide race for new products allowed the Japanese to move in on the microchip market. By the 1980s, Japan dominated the industry, in this country as well as abroad, and the U.S. semiconductor industry faced irrecoverable loss of production capability. Desperation led to the creation of Sematech.

In Sematech, Larry D. Browning and Judy C. Shetler trace the history of Sematech, a consortium formed by fourteen major American semiconductor manufacturers and the U.S. government. Its goal: "To provide the U.S. semiconductor industry the capability for world leadership in manufacturing". Sematech was formed to improve manufacturing competence, not to develop specific products.

By 1994, U.S. chip makers were once again ahead in global market share. Sematech had forged this success by first identifying the companies with the best operating solutions to each problem and then disseminating these practices throughout the industry.

Browning and Shetler's well-written, thoughtful history will inform business historians, managers, and public policy scholars about the development and success of the U.S. computer chip industry and may also suggest the application of Sematech's techniques to other fields of business.

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Preface
Long-Established Relations Drive Cooperation	p. 3
The Black Book Sets the Structure	p. 31
Collaboration amidst Controversy: Working the Issue of Secrecy	p. 53
Start-up Struggles: Noyce Becomes CEO	p. 75
Reaching Consensus on Standards	p. 100
Supplier Relations Lead toward Partnering	p. 126
Quality: Meeting the Customer's Needs	p. 140
A New Mission: Sematech II	p. 163
Learning from the Sematech Experiment: 1987 to the Future	p. 185
The Complexities of Sematech: A Theoretical Summary	p. 202
App. 1: Chronology	p. 234
Sematech Centers of Excellence	p. 238
Intel's Four-Step Model for Constructive Confrontation	p. 239
Notes	p. 243
Bibliography	p. 261
Index	p. 267
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