Results of early experiments showing whether a candidate process module, such as a new deposition, etch or bonding step, can be made to work at all and roughly how well.
Report Work product in the Process technology (node) lifecycle and the Package technology development lifecycle
It provides early evidence that each new module is possible before a concept is selected and resources committed. Concepts that rely on modules nobody has demonstrated meet failure late in development.
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