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Federal Research: SEMATECH's Efforts to Develop and Transfer Manufacturing Technology

RCED-91-139FS Published: May 10, 1991. Publicly Released: May 10, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed SEMATECH, a government-industry research consortium formed in 1987 to further semiconducter manufacturing technology and enable the U.S. semiconducter industry to regain world manufacturing leadership, focusing on its: (1) progress in achieving its technological objectives; and (2) efforts to transfer the resulting technology to its 14 member companies.

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