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 through two channels and three collaboration models.

• 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-Direct℠

  TSMC-Direct℠ 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-Direct℠
  • 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

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.