Mel Burks
Founder / Senior PartnerTech Quest Research, LLC
Mel Burks is currently Founder and Senior Partner at Tech Quest Research, LLC. Mr. Burks has over 25 years of experience in process engineering and semiconductor manufacturing from the Front-end to the Back-end. He is experienced in all wafer fabrication processes and knowledgeable on advanced process technology nodes, semi-capital equipment requirements, and all major capital equipment vendors. As Founder of Tech Quest Research, LLC, a market research company he provides consultation to clients on current trends on capital equipment spending trends, silicon foundry volumes and thin-film solar industries. Current market research is on “thin-film” solar, supply-chains, advanced process technology (65nm and 45nm), lithography (immersion, double-patterning, nano-imprint) and market trends for DRAM and NAND/NOR-flash memory. Mr. Burks held previous positions at ON Semiconductor, AMI Semiconductors, Entergis, Western Digital, TI and Candela Nova / Solar Engineering. (This is me - Update Profile)
| 2008 - 2008 | Principal Engineer On Semiconductor Corporation |
|---|---|
| 2008 - present | Founder / Senior Partner Tech Quest Research, LLC |
| 1997 - 2003 | Thin Films Section Manager AMI Semiconductor Inc |
| 1988 - 1997 | Principal Engineer AMI Semiconductor, Inc. |
| 1985 - 1988 | Co-Founder Candela Nova / Solar Engineering |
| 1983 - 1987 | Applications Engineer Manager Entegris |
| 1976 - 1983 | Process Engineering Manager Western Digital Corp |
GLG Study Groups with Mel Burks(?)
| Study Group Name | Members |
|---|---|
| Power Semiconductors Experts | 16 |
| Semiconductor Experts in GLG Member Programs (US) | 525 |
| Thermal Processing Experts | 16 |
| Semiconductor Pricing Trend Experts | 122 |
GLG NewsSM Analyses by Mel Burks(?)
Development of silicon and III-V compound semiconductor nanostructures offers yet another path for low cost production and increased photovoltaic efficiencies. The real question is when how soon these advanced methods will become commercialized. The decisive factor for the success and production of...
This acquisition is not Lam Research’s first step into wet processing but will be the most significant and application intensive. A very good match considering the industry is in the transitional phase for new materials and device structures at and below the 65nm node and requires an in-depth understanding...
The sluggish memory market combined with the credit crunch changes the dynamic for bank funding of the Intel, STMicroelectronic and Francisco Partners joint venture agreement. This delay could impact select semiconductor capital equipment vendors. Competitor Spansion won’t likely benefit from a 3-month...
Nanoscale probing directly at the transistor level for 65nm, 45nm and 32nm IC's has come of age. Agilent and MultiProbe's strategic partnership using Agilent's tester and MultiProbe's atomic force probe (AFP) system is posed to strengthen Agilent’s product offerings to include...
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