DOD Involvement with the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Consortium. Audit Report

Abstract

We are providing this report for your information and use. The audit was performed in response to concerns of former Congresswoman Helen Bentley. Those concerns related to DoD' 5 oversight of and Japanese involvement in the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology Consortium (the Consortium) and whether a proposed agreement between Silicon Valley Group, Inc. (Silicon Valley Group), and Canon, Incorporated (Canon), was in the best interest of the United States. The proposed agreement would allow Canon, a Japanese firm, to manufacture and sell lithography equipment developed by the Silicon Valley Group. The Consortium was formed in 1987 to advance semiconductor manufacturing technology and to enable the U.S. semiconductor industry to regain world manufacturing leadership.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1995
Accession Number
ADA372797

Entities

Organizations

  • Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Security
  • Electronics Industry
  • Engineering
  • Governments
  • Manufacturing
  • Materials
  • National Security
  • Navy
  • Photolithography
  • Semiconductor Manufacturing
  • Semiconductors
  • Standards
  • United States

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Industrial Economics
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics