KLA lays out Yield Management

Organization Name :KLA-TencorTime Period :1980'sRelevant Date :1981-06-01

Summary : This technical paper laid out the future of yield management, covering all the issues the industry faced with defects and gave a vision for resolving them. It became the foundation on which KLA was built. Published sometime in 1981, it is a landmark in visionary work.

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