Recently

there has been a growing research field on engineering and design for manUfacturability of integrated circuits. It is an integration of design

fabrication

assembly and test engineering group into the process of manufacturing an IC. Under the unitized framework of driven manufacturing cost and yield

IC product will be designed and programed. So

the technique can shorten the period of research and development

reduce the manufacturing cost

increase yield and reliability of IC products. This paper describes the research progress in IC manufacturability field and gives the direction tion of further study.