Standards Staff Report February 2012 Staff Report - Feb 2012

SEMI Global 2012 Calendar of Events [1/2] Event Name Event Details SEMICON Korea LED Korea February 7-9 Seoul SEMICON China FPD China SOLARCON China March 20-22 Shanghai SEMICON Singapore April 24-26 Marina Bay Sands SEMICON Russia May 15-16 Moscow Intersolar Europe June 13-15 Munich

SEMI Global 2012 Calendar of Events [2/2] Event Name Event Details SEMICON West Intersolar North America July 10-12 San Francisco SOLARCON India September 3-5 Bangalore SEMICON Taiwan September 5-7 Taipei SEMICON Europa October 9-11 Dresden SEMICON Japan PV Japan December 3-5 Chiba Staff Report - Feb 2012

Standards Meeting Schedule at SEMICON and LED Korea Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 GEM 300 TF (09:00 -12:00) I&C Committee (13:00 - 17:00) Thursday, Feb 9, 2012 Facilities Committee (14:00 -17:00) Staff Report - Feb 2012

Programs & Workshops Standards Technical Education Program (STEP) STEP: GEM300/SECS Instructor: Won Tea Kim (IT Innovation) Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2012 Time: 09:00-17:00 Room: #327BC, Conference Center, 3rd FIoor, COEX Language: Korean Agenda: http://www.semiconkorea.org/en/node/2441 Staff Report - Feb 2012

Programs & Workshops 450 mm SEMI Standards Workshop Participating speakers from: Intel, Acteon, Muratec Automation Date: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Time: 14:00-17:00 Room: #327BC, Conference Center, 3rd FI., COEX Language: English Agenda: http://www.semiconkorea.org/en/node/2646 Staff Report - Feb 2012

NA Standards Spring 2012 Meetings April 2-5 Most Standards meetings will be held at SEMI Headquarters in San Jose, CA EHS (tentative location) Physical Interfaces & Carriers (tentative location) Facilities & Gases Information & Control Liquid Chemicals MEMS / NEMS Metrics NARSC PV Traceability HB-LED 3DS-IC Staff Report - Feb 2012

NA Standards Spring 2012 Meetings April 2-5 Intel (Santa Clara) Silicon Wafer Other locations To be determined Staff Report - Feb 2012

SEMI Standards Publications February 2012 Cycle New Standards: 15 Revised Standards: 50 Reapproved Standards: 32 Withdrawn Standards: 5 Total SEMI Standards in portfolio: 842 Includes 83 Inactive Standards Staff Report - Feb 2012

2012 Critical Dates for SEMI Standards Ballots No. Ballot Submission Due Date Voting Period Starts Voting Period Ends Cycle 1 January 3 January 17 February 16 Cycle 2 February 3 February 17 March 19 Cycle 3 April 13 April 27 May 29 Cycle 4 May 16 May 30 June 29 Cycle 5 July 27 August 10 September 11 Cycle 6 August 29 September 12 October 12 Cycle 7 October 8 October 22 November 21 Staff Report - Feb 2012

Upcoming NA Meetings Event Name Event Type Contents This week NA HB-LED Task Force Meetings TF Meetings February 7-9, 2012 In conjunction with Strategies in Light Conference Santa Clara, CA NA Standards Spring 2012 Meetings Standards Meetings April 2-5, 2012 SEMI Headquarters in San Jose, California NA Compound Semiconductor Materials Committee Committee Meeting April 23-26, 2012 In conjunction with CS MANTECH Boston, MA SEMICON West 2012 Meetings TF and Committee Meetings July 9-12, 2012 San Francisco Marriott Marquis San Francisco, CA NA Standards Fall 2012 Meetings October 29 – November 1, 2012 [TENTATIVE] SEMI Headquarters in San Jose, California This week Staff Report - Feb 2012

New Templates Updated 2003 versions to comply with Style Manual and Procedure Guide changes. Templates by Document subtypes are available, includes the mandatory sections for each type: http://www.semi.org/en/Standards/DocumentsUnderReview/StandardsBallotsTools/P_000778 Word 2010 versions to be published mid-February. Staff Report - Feb 2012

Style Manual and COT Styles Manual Compilation of Terms (COT) Version 5 published in August 2011 Major changes: Required sections information moved to the Procedure Guide; Notices updated. Minor revisions and addition throughout. Compilation of Terms (COT) Updated and published after each publication cycle is completed Contains all Abbreviations, Acronyms, Definitions and Symbols listed in the terminology section of Standards and Safety Guidelines. The Style Manual contains terminology formatting information; the Procedure Guide contains information about writing/attributing definitions. Staff Report - Feb 2012

FPD Metrology Committee, EHS, I&C, Facilities, PV Regional Staff Contact Information Name Natalie Shim E-mail eshim@semi.org Phone 82.2.531.7808 Office Address #4005 Trade Tower, 159-1 Samsung-dong, Kangman-ku, Seoul, Korea zip:135-729 Committees In charge FPD Metrology Committee, EHS, I&C, Facilities, PV