(SEmiconductor MAnufacturing TECHnology) is a non-profit consortium that performs
Basic Research into
Semiconductor manufacturing. It was formed in
1987 as a partnership between the
United States government and 14 U.S.-based semiconductor manufacturers to solve common manufacturing problems and regain competiveness for the U.S. semiconductor industry.
Over the years, SEMATECH's focus shifted from the U.S. semiconductor industry to the semiconductor industry in general. During the mid 90's the company's name was breifly changed to International Sematech. Several of the 12 current member companies in the SEMATECH consortia are non-US, including its most recent addition,
Samsung .
SEMATECH currently has three subsidaries, the ATDF, the Advanced Materials Research Center (AMRC), and the International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI).
