BUILDING ON THE PAST, READY FOR THE FUTURE: - MEMC

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Copyright © 2009 by MEMC All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this work in any form whatsoever without permission in writing from the publisher, except for brief passages in connection with a review. For information, please write: The Donning Company Publishers 184 Business Park Drive, Suite 206 Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Steve Mull, General Manager and Project Director Barbara Buchanan, Office Manager Pamela Koch, Senior Editor Tonya Hannink, Graphic Designer and Marketing Specialist Derek Eley, Imaging Artist Pamela Engelhard, Marketing Advisor Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Swinger, Patricia, 1951– Building on the past, ready for the future : a fiftieth anniversary celebration of MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. / by Pat Swinger ; edited and contributions by Sheila O’Connell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 978-1-57864-574-9 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1. MEMC Electronic Materials—History. 2. Semiconductor industry—United States—History. 3. Electronic industries—United States—History. 4. Electronics—Materials—United States—History. I. O’Connell, Sheila, 1968- II. Title. HD9696.S44M467 2009 338.7’62138150973—dc22 2009019379 Printed in the United States of America at Walsworth Publishing Company
T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S Acknowledgments 6 Letter from President and Chief Executive Officer Ahmad Chatila 7 Chapter One The Birth of Technology 8 Chapter Two MEMC’s Pioneering Years 14 Chapter Three A Second Generation of Technology 26 Chapter Four Great Strides in Technology 38 Chapter Five A Global Company 50 Chapter Six Strictly Business 64 Chapter Seven Equations for Success 72
Page 1: B u i l d i n g o n t h e p a s t ,
Page 6 and 7: 6 A C K N O w L E D G M E N T S The
Page 8 and 9: 8 This is the story about a large c
Page 10 and 11: 10 The first integrated circuit. Bo
Page 12 and 13: 12 Float Zone reactors for polysili
Page 14 and 15: 14 DiD yoU knoW? The Czochralski pr
Page 16 and 17: 1959 August 6, J. L. Christian, vic
Page 18 and 19: 18 in hiS oWn WorDS: Dr. roberT WAl
Page 20 and 21: 20 Dr. Robert Sandfort, who was nam
Page 22 and 23: 22 Distillation columns at the St.
Page 24 and 25: 24 business got off to a slow start
Page 26 and 27: 26 C H A P T E R T H R E E A Second
Page 28 and 29: 28 1970 The SEMI organization is fo
Page 30 and 31: 30 wafer lapping, 1975. The Milton
Page 32 and 33: 32 Zone refiner. 1 st Left to right
Page 34 and 35: 34 SPArTAnbUrg leArning DiSCovery I
Page 36 and 37: 36 Mortin Sentman slicing wafers. P
Page 38 and 39: 38 In 1980, with the basic technolo
Page 40 and 41: 40 1979 Sony introduces the walkman
Page 42 and 43: 42 1986 MEMC builds the Utsunomiya,
Page 44 and 45: 44 Ralph Hartung, vice president, U
Page 46 and 47: 46 in the past several years, polys
Page 48 and 49: 48 Above: Epi reactor. Left: Epitax
Page 50 and 51: 50 Within a year of its merger with
Page 52 and 53: 1990 Tim Berners-Lee creates the wo
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54 300mm double-sided polishing.
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56 MEMC Southwest Groundbreaking Ce
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58 M E M C A D V E R T I S E M E N
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60 Dr. roberT fAlSTer: in hiS oWn W
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62 A 300mm ingot is loaded onto a c
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64 DiD yoU knoW? In October of 1995
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66 2002 worldwide semiconductor mat
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68 Hörde moved from COO to CEO in
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70 70 MeMC goeS inTo oUTer SPACe! I
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72 Lifestyles have changed dramatic
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May 2000 MEMC receives the C. Sheld
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76 The people of MKC celebrate thei
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78 2009 website www.memc.com percen
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80 Ahmad Chatila, MEMC President an
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