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From: Jim Thompson on 5 Apr 2010 20:45
I hope this is a heartening economic sign (just received from
MOSIS)...

"MOSIS foundry partners report that they are running at full capacity.
As a consequence we anticipate delays in wafer starts. These delays
cannot be recovered during fabrication and will impact the amount of
time it takes for MOSIS to deliver parts to customers. Although some
lots may have normal turnaround, others may take longer, perhaps five
to six weeks added time, compared to prior runs. These longer
fabrication times are being seen at all foundries, not just those that
work with MOSIS."

...Jim Thompson
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I love to cook with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food.
From: Martin Riddle on 5 Apr 2010 20:48


"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote
in message news:6t0lr5l3s84mm4qgpi4i9u7mgt7q7dcba5(a)4ax.com...
> I hope this is a heartening economic sign (just received from
> MOSIS)...
>
> "MOSIS foundry partners report that they are running at full capacity.
> As a consequence we anticipate delays in wafer starts. These delays
> cannot be recovered during fabrication and will impact the amount of
> time it takes for MOSIS to deliver parts to customers. Although some
> lots may have normal turnaround, others may take longer, perhaps five
> to six weeks added time, compared to prior runs. These longer
> fabrication times are being seen at all foundries, not just those that
> work with MOSIS."
>
> ...Jim Thompson
> --

Spoke to the local machine shop owner today. People aren't paying on
time, even the good customers.

Cheers



From: Artemus on 5 Apr 2010 20:52

"Jim Thompson" <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote in message
news:6t0lr5l3s84mm4qgpi4i9u7mgt7q7dcba5(a)4ax.com...
> I hope this is a heartening economic sign (just received from
> MOSIS)...
>
> "MOSIS foundry partners report that they are running at full capacity.
> As a consequence we anticipate delays in wafer starts. These delays
> cannot be recovered during fabrication and will impact the amount of
> time it takes for MOSIS to deliver parts to customers. Although some
> lots may have normal turnaround, others may take longer, perhaps five
> to six weeks added time, compared to prior runs. These longer
> fabrication times are being seen at all foundries, not just those that
> work with MOSIS."
>
> ...Jim Thompson

Perhaps.
OTOH announcements of this type are a standard semiconductor
industry marketing/sales ploy to spread FUD and drive customers
to place orders asap. BTDT.
Art


From: MooseFET on 5 Apr 2010 23:27
On Apr 5, 5:45 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My-
Web-Site.com> wrote:
> I hope this is a heartening economic sign (just received from
> MOSIS)...
>
> "MOSIS foundry partners report that they are running at full capacity.
> As a consequence we anticipate delays in wafer starts. These delays
> cannot be recovered during fabrication and will impact the amount of
> time it takes for MOSIS to deliver parts to customers.  Although some
> lots may have normal turnaround, others may take longer, perhaps five
> to six weeks added time, compared to prior runs. These longer
> fabrication times are being seen at all foundries, not just those that
> work with MOSIS."

My wife works for a company related to the chip industry. They have
increased
their staff by about 3X over the last 4 months. The chip industry is
heating
up.

Where I work, we have added 2 people and everyone is busy. This is
not normal
because we are usually late to the party when the economy improves.
From: Nico Coesel on 6 Apr 2010 11:44
MooseFET <kensmith(a)rahul.net> wrote:

>On Apr 5, 5:45=A0pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My-
>Web-Site.com> wrote:
>> I hope this is a heartening economic sign (just received from
>> MOSIS)...
>>
>> "MOSIS foundry partners report that they are running at full capacity.
>> As a consequence we anticipate delays in wafer starts. These delays
>> cannot be recovered during fabrication and will impact the amount of
>> time it takes for MOSIS to deliver parts to customers. =A0Although some
>> lots may have normal turnaround, others may take longer, perhaps five
>> to six weeks added time, compared to prior runs. These longer
>> fabrication times are being seen at all foundries, not just those that
>> work with MOSIS."
>
>My wife works for a company related to the chip industry. They have
>increased
>their staff by about 3X over the last 4 months. The chip industry is
>heating
>up.

The chip industry is not heating up. The chip industry has created
artificial shortages by laying off more people and closing more
factories than necessary.

--
Failure does not prove something is impossible, failure simply
indicates you are not using the right tools...
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