1. JCL Inc. is a major chip manufacturing firm that sells its products to computer manufacturers
like Dell, HP, and others. In simplified terms, chip making at JCL Inc. involves three basic
operations: depositing, patterning, and etching. - Depositing: Using chemical vapor deposition
(CVD) technology, an insulating material is deposited on the wafer surface, forming a thin layer
of solid material on the chip. - Patterning: Photolithography projects a microscopic circuit pattern
on the wafer surface, which has a light-sensitive chemical like the emulsion on photographic
film. It is repeated many times as each layer of the chip is built. - Etching: Etching removes
selected material from the chip surface to create the device structures. The following table lists
the required processing times and setup times at each of the steps. Assume that the unit of
production is a wafer, from which individual chips are cut at a later stage. Note: A setup can only
begin once the batch has arrived at the machine. (a) What is the process capacity in units per
hour with a batch size of 100 wafers?