Electronics Manufacturing – B324
Academic year
2008/9
"If the
auto industry advanced as rapidly as the
semiconductor industry, a
Rolls Royce would get a
half a million miles per gallon, and it would be
cheaper to throw it away than to park it."
– by Gordon Moore
Learning outcomes
- Understand principles, operational strategies and analytical techniques for supply chain analysis and design.
- Apply and analyze the impact of industrial design on the product life cycle, quality and the environment.
- Understand the historical context of the factory system, limited companies, electronic products and semiconductor fabrication.
Assessments
Knowledge and analysis of the electronics manufacturing industry are assessed through coursework assignments and an open notes examination.
- The coursework consists of a series of research articles that contributed 50% to the unit mark. Articles are submitted using the Mosaic website. Marks are available for article 1, article 2 and article 3.
Coursework marks have been updated for students who decided to optionally revise their articles.
- 90 minutes open notes examination that contributed 50% to the unit mark.
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Study resources
RESEARCH SOURCES
SELECTION OF UK ELECTRONICS COMPANIES
INDUSTRY
HISTORICAL
NEWS
- Research may lead to chip manufacturing changes April 10, 2009
- An Introduction to Intel QuickPath Interconnect April 6, 2009
- Intel's Dalian (China) plant on track Mar 26, 2009
- Graphene could lead to faster chips March 20, 2009
- IBM processes 1 million transactions per minute; claims first to do so Sep 15, 2008
- Celebrating the IC's 50th anniversary Sep 12, 2008
- Playing dirty - analysis of hazardous chemicals and materials in games console components May 20, 2008
- H-P in talks to buy EDS, in challenge to rival IBM May 13, 2008
- AMD jumps to 12-core chip, skips 8-core chip plans May 7, 2008
- Berkeley Lab researchers propose a new breed of supercomputers May 5, 2008
- Electronics missing link found May 1, 2008
- The coming convergence Apr 25, 2008
- Price pressure prompts STMicroelectronics, NXP joint venture Apr 11, 2008
- Dell eyes $3 billion in cost savings in 3 years Apr 1, 2008
- The new shape of circuitry Mar 6, 2008
- IBM to recycle silicon for solar 30 Oct 2007
- Intel chips to shrink to 32-nanometer process 18 Sep 2007
- IBM pushes 32-nanometer chips with BASF deal 22 Jun 2007
- IBM will stack chips for more efficient processing 12 Apr 2007
- Intel to build $2.5 billion chip plant in China 26 Mar 2007
WRITING
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