TSMC's eFoundry®; Shortens Time-to-Market, Time-to-Delivery and Time-to-Volume

TSMC's eFoundry® services are a suite of web-based applications that provide a more active role in design, engineering, and logistics. Designers have 24-hour a day, seven days a week access to critical information and are able to create custom reports through eFoundry® online services.

eFoundry® services are available thorugh two channels and three collaboration models.



Chanel Options

	TSMC-Online™
	TSMC-Online™ is the first foundry delivery system to enable secure online business transactions and information transfer for creating product design, tape outs, and wafer tracking. The Results:
	Customers can focus on their own core competency Complete foundry production and IC development cycle coverage Enhanced visibility into TSMC's foundry services Access to up-to-date technical documents and status reports Reduced cycle time, inventory level, and inventory-related costs

	TSMC-DirectSM
	TSMC-DirectSM is a premium service that enables system-to-system integration between TSMC and our business partners who use third party software. The Results:
	Link mission-critical business processes and seamlessly connect process and information systems through TSMC-DirectSM Enhanced supply chain visibility to reduce cycle time; and control inventory levels and cost Ability to handle free format types such as text, images, CAD files, and binary data

Collaboration Options

eFoundry® services' three collaboration options cover design, engineering and logistical functions.

	The Design Collaboration focuses on content availability and accessibility, with close attention to complete, accurate, and current information at each level of the wafer design life cycle.
	The Engineering Collaboration includes online access to pilot lots, wafer yields, wafer acceptance test (WAT) analysis, and quality reliability data.
	The Logistics Collaboration provides access to data updated three times a day on a wafer lot's status in fabrication, assembly and testing, final testing, order and shipping.