1. SEMI Staff Report
July 2016
SEMICON West

2. SEMI Global 2016 Calendar of Events
Event Name
Event Details
July 12-14
San Francisco, California
September 7-9
Taipei, Taiwan
October 25-27
Grenoble, France
December 14-16
Big Sight Tokyo

3. Standards Meetings at SEMICON West 2016
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
NARSC
3DS-IC
EH&S
Schedule at-a-glance
Facilities & Gases
HB-LED
Information & Control
Liquid Chemicals
MEMS/NEMS
Metrics
Microlithography
PV Materials
Physical Interfaces & Carriers
San Francisco Marriott Marquis Hotel
Silicon Wafer
Traceability

4. NA Standards Fall 2016 Meetings NA Standards Spring 2017 Meetings
Upcoming NA Meetings
Event Name
Event Type
Date / Venue
NA Standards Fall 2016 Meetings
Standards Meetings
November 7-10, 2016
SEMI HQ in San Jose, California
NA Standards Spring 2017 Meetings
April 3-6, 2017
SEMICON West 2017
July 10-13, 2017
San Francisco, California

5. 2016 Critical Dates for SEMI Standards Ballots
Ballot Submission Deadline
Voting Opens
Voting Closes
Cycle 6
July 22
Aug 1
Sep 1
Cycle 7
Aug 17
Aug 31
Sep 30
Cycle 8
Oct 17
Oct 24
Nov 23
Cycle 9
Nov 16
Nov 30
Dec 30
Fall Adjudication

6. SEMI Standards Publications
Cycle
New
Revised
Reapproved
Withdrawn
March 2016 2 20 4
April 2016 8 10
May 2016 3
June 2016
Total SEMI Standards in portfolio: 964
Includes 141 Inactive Standards

7. New Requirements/Process Reminders for TC Chapter Meetings [1/2]
Standards Document Development Project Period
Project period shall not exceed 3 years (Regs 8.3.2)
SNARF approval to TC Chapter approval
If document development activity is found to be continuing, but cannot completed with the project period, TC Chapter may grant one-year extension at a time, as many times as necessary.
The TC Chapter should review the expiration dates for all applicable SNARFs at each TC Chapter meeting. (PM Note 10)
SNARF Review Period
A submitted SNARF for a new, or for a major revision to an existing, Standard or Safety Guideline is made available to all members of a TC Chapter’s parent global technical committee for two weeks for their review and comment. (Regs 8.2.1)
If the SNARF is submitted at a TC Chapter meeting, the committee can review and approve, but the SNARF will need to be distributed for two weeks and then approved via GCS.
New SNARF & TFOF Form

8. New Requirements/Process Reminders for TC Chapter Meetings [2/2]
Procedures for Correcting Nonconforming Titles of Published Standards Document (PM Appendix 4)
Some Standards qualify for a special procedure where a line item change can be used to correct the titles. Otherwise, the corrective action will likely require a major revision.

9. Nonconforming Titles 5-Year Review None
Refer to Procedure Manual (PM) Appendix Table A4-1 for details on nonconforming titles
5-Year Review

10. SNARF 3-Year Status
Doc. 5267, New Standard: Specification for Microfluidic Port and Pitch Dimensions
SNARF was approved on 06/03/2011
Granted 1-year extension in Spring 2015
Granted an additional year in Spring 2016
Action needed by Spring 2017
TC Chapter may grant a one-year extension

11. Thank you