SEMATECH DOC ID #: 02094311A-XFR

Title: International SEMATECH Quality Council Upscreening Position Paper

Author(s): Noel Durrant;

Document date: 10/01/2002

Descriptor(s): upscreening;

Abstract:  This document is a brief statement of eight member companies of
the International SEMATECH Quality Council opposing the practice
of upscreening. Upscreening is the practice of using components
in applications or environments for which they were not designed
or intended. The eight companies are IBM, Infineon, Intel, Hynix,
Motorola, Philips, Texas Instruments, and TSMC.