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Fortunes of high tech : a history of innovation at ASM International, 1958-2008 / Jorijn van Duijn.
Author
Duijn, Jorijn van
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Bellingham, Washington : SPIE Press, [2019]
2019
Description
1 online resource (952 pages) : illustrations
Details
Subject(s)
Integrated circuits
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Design and construction
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Publisher
Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers
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Series
SPIE Press monograph ; PM320.
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Summary note
This book explores this dynamic of high-tech innovation by looking at the machinations behind the Digital Revolution. Literally. Technologies developed by the Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASM International culminated in tech linchpin of the Digital Revolution -- the computer chip.
Notes
Includes indexes.
Source of description
Title from PDF title page (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2020-05-19).
Description based on print version record.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Business I. The founding years, 1958-1980: Chapter 1. Joining a revolutionary development, the 1950s; Chapter 2. A man of business, 1958-1964; Chapter 3. The start of advanced semiconductor materials, 1964-1968; Intermezzo: Emergence of a standard semiconductor product and production methods, 1965-1975; Chapter 4. ASM as original equipment manufacturer, 1969-1974; Chapter 5. Globalizing operations, 1975-1977; Chapter 6. Conflicting activities, 1977-1980; Conclusions
Innovation I. Manufacturer of chemical vapor deposition equipment, 1969-1985: Chapter 7. Atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition, 1969-1974; Chapter 8. Low pressure chemical vapor deposition, 1974-1978; Chapter 9. Plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition, 1978-1980s; Chapter 10. Aluminum chemical vapor deposition, 1981-1985; Conclusions
Business II. Golden years of expansion, entrepreneurism and opportunity, 1979-1985: Chapter 11. A thriving market for semiconductor technology, 1979-1983; Chapter 12. A surging American-Japanese rivalry, 1983-1985; Conclusions
Innovation II. Development of the Epsilon epitaxy reactor, 1982-1988: Chapter 13. Toward an epitaxial reactor, 1970s-1983; Chapter 14. A competition of enactment, 1983-1986; Chapter 15. Commercialization of the Epsilon reactor, 1986-1990s; Conclusions
Business III. The game to sustain leveraged innovation, 1985-1992: Chapter 17. Ceasing of the American-Japanese rivalry, 1985-1986; Chapter 18. Changing semiconductor production technologies, 1986-1987; Chapter 19. Derailing external and internal events, 1987-1992; Conclusions
Innovation III. Innovation strategy, governmental support and defiant realities, 1979-1993: Chapter 20. Economic policies and governmental support, 1979-1984; Chapter 21. A new innovation strategy, 1984-1988; Chapter 22. The (un)fulfilment of a promise, 1988-1993; Conclusions
Business IV. Contemplation and core competencies, 1992-1999: Chapter 23.Hitting bottom, 1992-1994; Chapter 24. The only way is up, 1994-1996; Chapter 25. Prospects put into perspective, 1996-1999; Conclusions
Innovation IV. Enacting high-k gate dielectrics and atomic layer deposition technology, 1996-2007: Chapter 26. Pursuing integrated and rapid thermal processes, 1995-1999; Chapter 27. Enacting atomic layer deposition for high-k, 1999-2001; Chapter 28. Integrating high-k into production, 2001-2007; Conclusions
Business V. Finding a balance between sustaining and disrupting technologies, 1999-2008: Chapter 30. Surging ahead, 1999-2001; Chapter 31. Redefining foundations, 2001-2004; Chapter 32. A shake up, 2004-2008; Conclusions
Epilogue: Industrial context; Corporate course; Entrepreneurial perils; Conclusions
Conclusion: Characterization of ASM's innovation processes; Explanation of ASM's innovation process; Explaining with path; Explaining with Fortuna; Explaining with Virtù; Grasping innovation through business and technology
Afterword: Fortuna; Virtù; Path; Inventing an author
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Timeline
Abbreviations
Glossary
Business index
Name index.
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ISBN
1-5106-3725-7
OCLC
1155064713
Doi
10.1117/3.2572061
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