INTEGRATED TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN

THE PROPOSED EFFORT SHALL PRODUCE A DETAILED PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION OF A SEMICONDUCTOR TCAD (TECHNOLOGY COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN) FRAMEWORK WHICH BEST MEETS THE PRESENT ANDFUTURE NEEDS FOR INTEGRATED OPERATION AND DATA EXCHANGE AMONG DIVERSESEMICONDUCTOR TCAD TOOLS SPANNING R&D THROUGH MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS. IN ORDER TO BEST DEVELOP THIS PLAN, DAWN TECHNOLOGIES, INC. SHALL ASSESS THE NEEDS OF R&D AND MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS FOR TCAD FRAMEWORKS, EVALUATE EXISTING FRAMEWORK TECHNOLOGY AND EMERGING INDUSTRY STANDARDS FOR APPLICABILITY TO SEMICONDUCTOR TCAD FRAMEWORKS, DEVELOP ADETAILED SET OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR TCAD FRAMEWORKS, AND DEVELOP A DETAILED SET OF REQUIREMENTS FOR SEMICONDUCTOR TCAD FRAMEWORKS. THE DEMONSTRATION PART OF THE PLAN SHALL INCLUDE INTEGRATED OPERATION OF TCAD TOOLS FROM DIVERSE COMMERCIAL SOURCES. THE IMPLEMENTATIONPART OF THE PLAN SHALL BE BASED ON EXISTING FRAMEWORK SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY COMBINED WITH DEVELOPMENT OR ENHANCEMENT OF CRITICAL TCAD SPECIFIC SOFTWARE COMPONENTS AND STANDARDS (SUCH AS SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER REPRESENTATION - SWR, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESS REPRESENTATION - SPR) WHICHARE MOST NEEDED FOR INTEGRATED OPERATION AND DATA EXCHANGE AMONG DIVERSE TCAD TOOLS. THE SELECTION OF EXISTING FRAMEWORK SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY SHALL EMPHASIZE COMPATIBILITY WITH COMMERCIAL STANDARDS ACCEPTABLE TO PRESENT AND FUTURE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT R&D AND MANUFACTURING ORGANIZATIONS. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - THERESULTANT PLAN AND SUBSEQUENT PHASE II DEVELOPMENT WILL CREATE INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE COMPONENTS WHICH ELIMINATE PRESENT BARRIERS TO FULL FRAMEWORK INTEGRATION OF DIVERSE SEMICONDUCTOR TCADTOOLS. BENEFITS INCLUDE 1) STANDARDS FOR TCAD FRAMEWORK TOOL INTERFACES, USER INTERFACES AND DATA EXCHANGE, 2) CONCURRENT TCAD USE FROM R&D THROUGH MANUFACTURING, 3) OPTIMIZATION