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How a Chip Factory Cut Wafer Scrap by 45 Percent
Semiconductor manufacturing is brutally precise: a single speck of dust can ruin a wafer worth thousands of dollars. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into how one chip fabrication plant cut wafer scrap by 45 percent — not with a magic new machine, but by applying classic operations discipline to the most high-stakes environment in manufacturing. We trace the journey from the initial yield crisis, through the Pareto analysis that revealed 80 percent of defects came from just two process steps, to the cross-functional 'war room' that brought engineers, technicians, and operators…
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