CNE cleanroom certified in "first" 300mm fab in Russia
Crocus Nano Electronics (CNE), the joint venture founded in 2011 by Crocus Technology, a developer of magnetically enhanced semiconductor technologies and Rusano, a Russian state-owned investment company are focused on developing the Russian nanotechnology industry.
They have successfully passed certification of the cleanroom in Moscow according to ISO 14644-1 requirements.
The cleanroom is certified as class 1,000 (ISO 6) in the production area. The cleanroom is ready for equipment installation and forms the heart of the first 300mm wafer fab in Russia, which will be capable of processing up to 1,000 wafers per week.
"Our cleanroom certification is a very important milestone in the preparation of our fab. Equipment hook-up is expected to occur in the next quarter and we expect to begin process qualification of our fab equipment in September 2014. The achievement of this milestone is also attributed to our general contractor, Faeth, who completed the facilities and cleanroom works and has been awarded the hook-up contract as well," says Mark Dydyk, CEO of CNE.
