In the era of big data, customers have a growing demand for higher performance consumer electronic products. The continual advancement in semiconductor manufacturing is the key to ensuring the capacity for electronic information processing and data storage.  The course aims to provide students with a broad overview of modern semiconductor manufacturing and management in consumer electronic products. This course is suitable for students from different backgrounds. We will cover basic operation principles for semiconductor devices and technological details for the fabrication processes of semiconductor devices. Based on these discussions, the management in the semiconductor business will be discussed in the case studies of the renewal and transformation at big semiconductor companies, such as Samsung, TSMC, and Intel.

Continuous Assessment: 40%

Examination: 60%

Examination Duration: 2 hours