[null and void]

They quit inviting me to meetings when I improved the process enough to start reporting yields over 100% of standard.

Standard yield for wafer fab was defined as 80% of the wafers started made it to the end of the line.

Standard yield for electrical test was defined as 80% of the die on those wafers met electrical test requirements.

Standard yield for pressure test was defined as 80% of the electrically good die met sensitivity requirements.

0.8 x 0.8 x 0.8 ≈ 50% actual yield. They were happy with 80% of that when I started.

They were NOT happy with me explaining that to upper management...

[ArGee]

Traditional management techniques always lead to information hiding, which is exactly what managers don’t want.

Why do they keep putting up with it?

[NoCmpromiz]

improved the process enough to start reporting yields over 100% of standard.

Umm... Isn't Global Foundries looking for increased yields (or was that when they were still AMD)...??? ;-)

But then you'd need to move to either Silicon Valley in the land of Fruits and Nuts, or Dresden... You like German Bier, ja?

[Cyber Liberty]

That’s a pretty crappy wafer yield in today’s fab. They get upset if it’s <95% electrical (no sensors) where I worked, back when I was in manufacturing. I was thrilled when I landed the job at R&D. Now it’s, “Huh? What is this ‘yield’ of which you speak?”