Electronic process limited yield

Abstract

Today's industry is expanding the high performance microprocessor market into the consumer market place. This market requires very low cost, high reliability, stricter SPQL levels, and very high yields. A New Diagnostic Methodology is required to meet these new demands. This paper addresses a broad scope of issues from Product Design and Manufacturing Test, to Diagnostic and Data Analysis Tools. It describes a beta test case currently in operation on IBM's latest PowerPC products in their copper and SOI technologies.