Membership Benefits:
- Wide range of process equipment is immediately available
- Parallel tool sets to isolate and maintain material compatibility for building cutting-edge transistors in the same lab as novel MEMS, biosensors, and optical components
- Staff equipment engineers maintain equipment
- Staff process engineers develop standard processes on the tools and verify performance
- Staff process engineers advise members on toolsets that meet their needs
Academic Members
- Wide diversity of research leads to enhanced research cross fertilization
- Extensive research flexibility, integrating cutting edge capabilities around a stable silicon baseline
Industry/Affiliate Members
- Facility access agreement ensures affiliates retain the IP they develop, with no revenue or equity sharing requirements
- Well-defined research expenses during prototype phase
