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Chapter 127 APQP for Microprocessor Chips
When Xin Tong moved his computer to the Motorola project department and became his deskmate with Allan of Motorola Semiconductor Company, he secretly made up his mind to impress this foreigner and win favor for the Chinese people.

Looking at the ranking list of foreign companies investing in China, Motorola already ranks first. At its peak, Motorola's semiconductor business revenue ranked among the top five in the world, ranking only behind Intel and Texas Instruments in the United States.

It is a rare opportunity of a lifetime to be able to experience the management model of this world's top company up close. In the future of core manufacturing, we will never build a grassroots team, and we must be in line with the world's top companies!
Xin Tong felt that he was waving a sword in his hand, and under his crotch was a rare bloody horse, full of ambitions to conquer the world of semiconductors.

However, by 2003, the global semiconductor market was in a slump. Life was not easy for the first-generation chip giant Motorola Semiconductor. The MOS-17 wafer factory that had spent a lot of money to build had serious overcapacity, and the company faced huge losses.

Finding new packaging and testing factories and reducing manufacturing costs is one of the strategies to resolve the crisis.

In order to promote the implementation of this strategic project, the two companies decided to set up a project team consisting of Allan and Xin Tong to promote the implementation of the Motorola project in the Mingyueguang packaging and testing factory.

Xin Tong knows that this project is a milestone for the factory and of great significance to his career.

Come on, Xin Tong!He secretly encouraged himself.

According to the ambitious plans of the two companies, they will jointly build a new packaging and testing factory in the spirit of friendly cooperation in the future to meet the production capacity needs of Motorola Semiconductor. The first project to be introduced is the MPC5200 microprocessor chip.

This is a great car-grade chip in human history. Once it came out, it attracted global attention.

Its package form is BGA272, integrated with high-performance MPC603e core, with powerful data processing capabilities, rich interfaces, good environmental adaptability and low power operation characteristics, with the help of FPU, it can be used for most video detection The algorithm provides enough support to realize the processing of the captured video during the high-speed operation of the car, so as to provide feedback for the safety control system in the car and improve the safety of the car.

It will be a wonderful thing if this great chip can be imported into the Mingyueguang packaging and testing plant for production.

After communicating with Allan, Xin Tong learned that this microprocessor chip project has completed the preliminary project approval work and is currently at the node of project planning.

The main task of this node is to establish a project team in Mingyueguang Packaging and Testing Factory, formulate project implementation plans and set project quality goals for production transfer.

"Manager Xin, Allan will stay at Mingyueguang Packaging and Testing Factory for a while until the MPC5200 production conversion is completed." Peter, the engineering director, walked over, put his hands in the pockets of his jeans, and said in broken Mandarin.

"Great!" Xin Tong nodded.

It can be seen that Motorola Semiconductor has dispatched experts, and they are sincere about this cooperation.

"I just sent you an email. That's the preliminary implementation plan for this project. Can you check if there are any problems?" Peter said.

Xin Tong opened the mailbox and saw Peter's email, nodded: "Well received!"

Opening the project plan, Xin Tong found that Peter divided the MPC5200 conversion project management into four APQP Phases.

APQP, the English full name is Advanced Product Quality Planning, and the Chinese meaning is advanced product quality planning. APQP is a structured method for identifying and formulating the steps required to ensure that a product satisfies the customer.

There is a whiteboard in the office of the project department. Peter put his left hand in his trouser pocket, picked up a whiteboard marker with his right hand, and said while writing: "Xin Tong, in essence, APQP is project management. The four APQP Phases divide project management into four phases. stages, and defines the inputs and outputs of each stage."

Xin Tong nodded.

The young man was very unfamiliar with APQP at first, but when Peter said this, he understood.

"During the implementation of this project, your main task is to complete the production of three samples!" After Peter finished speaking, he wrote A Sample on the whiteboard.

Three samples?

Xin Tong is full of curiosity, so it is not difficult to change the project.

"Xin Tong, the design drawings and BOM of the product have already been prepared. When you have prepared the raw materials and equipment tooling, and received the wafer consigned by the customer, you can cooperate with the process engineers in each process to produce a sample. At this stage Motorola will give us Free wafers, we only need to produce 500 chips and send them to Motorola for confirmation, the purpose of manufacturing is mainly to evaluate whether we have the ability to package this chip.”

So this is A Sample!
It seems that this sample does not need to consider any production process. However, it must not be careless. After all, Motorola is doing Six Sigma, and the requirements must be very strict.

"Tong, A sample means prototype, during APQP Phase 2, the main task is to build prototype, which provide an understanding of the vehicle's design, functionality and manufacturability. (Xin Tong, A sample is a sample, in the second phase of APQP , the main task is to produce a prototype that will allow us to understand the design, functionality and manufacturability of the vehicle.)”

As for the design and functionality, this is a production transfer project, which has already been verified before the transfer. This time, it is mainly to verify the manufacturability at different sites.

"I got it!" Xin Tong nodded. After all, this A sample is to evaluate whether Mingyueguang Packaging and Testing Factory has the ability to produce MPC5200 microprocessor chips.

For packaging factories, the main consideration is the packaging form whether they have relevant chip production capabilities. For the BGA272 package, Mingyueguang packaging and testing factory has mature manufacturing experience.

But if you want to convince customers, making samples is the best proof.

"Hi Tong, we were already qualified by package BGA272 several years ago! (Xin Tong, we were already qualified by package BGA272 several years ago!)" Peter said at the side.

"Absolutely!" Xin Tong nodded.

"Once confirmed by A Sample, Motorola will arrange for us to do process DOE analysis, and the product produced using the optimized process will be BSample." Peter continued.

While speaking, he wrote B Sample on the whiteboard.

"I can use Minitab tooling to do DOE analysis! (I can use Minitab software to do DOE analysis!)" Xin Tong nodded. Fortunately, he has mastered DOE skills, otherwise it would be a big joke.

"Exactly! We can freeze the product and process after B sample! (Exactly! After B sample is confirmed, we can freeze the product and process.)" Allan nodded.

"The last sample is C sample. After three batches of confirmation, if the packaging yield can reach 99.5%, the customer can approve the Delivery Release!" Peter said while writing C Sample on the whiteboard.

Upon hearing the word Delivery Release, Xin Tong smiled, which is a sign of the successful transfer of the project: "I hope this day will come soon!"

Allan laughed when he heard this: "I will be back soon!"

When Peter heard this, he also laughed hahaha.

"Hi Tong, as for this project, Allan will send you the input, you need work with local team to generate the output, and ask for Allan to check. (Xin Tong, regarding this project, Allan will send you some input, you We need to work with our team to complete the output, and ask Allan to confirm one by one!)" Peter said, walking to Xin Tong's side, and gently patted him on the shoulder.

"No problem!" Xin Tong nodded.

After communication, Xin Tong discovered that the core of this project is Build A sample, B sample and C sample! These three samples correspond to Phase 2, Phase 3 and Phase 4 of APQP respectively.
After completing these three samples, you can organize the report and apply to Motorola for a formal production change. If the customer's official approval is obtained, it means that the project has successfully changed production.

There is a long way to go to cooperate with this world's top company!But Xin Tong is full of confidence, he wants to create a miracle.

　Thank you for the monthly pass on the sunny day, it’s the weekend again, happy weekend everyone!
　　
　
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