Internship in Spansion

Today was the second day of training in Spansion (KL). Yesterday was the first day and first week of a twenty weeks of my industrial attachment programme. Generally, for the first week, there were mainly briefings. The environment is ok there..extra clean for a manufacturing plant I used to see. Probably is the nature of the products which required cleanliness and static free condition to prevent contamination on the ICs. It was like a ermm.."a hospital minus the disinfectant smell" or shall I said is like "a maze" in there. Nearly got lost initially but got used to it after a few walks. I was assigned to the assembly department specifically on the bond process of IC manufacturing. The briefings were all on the production and assembly processes as well as the general knowledge that is needed before each of us were handed to the respective engineers. There are 2 lines involved in the assembly department, one is FOL (Front of Line) and the other is EOL (End of Line). I will be in the Front Line of the assembly process where cleanliness is essential. So...I'll be working in a clean room for the entire half a year! I just hope I'll get used to the attire or what we called jumpsuit very soon. Hmm..is like I was about to fly to the moon upon entering this site of production where one can see each other's eyes and forehead only. Prior to entering this site, we were required to take an "air shower", then got dressed in a jumpsuit, booties, hairnet, face mask, glooves and a pair of clean shoes. Then, we'll have to ensure that our body is static-free and another round of air shower is needed after completely dressed. Hmm...so, it would be a routine for me later as I'll be sticking to this site of plant to complete my training and tasks assigned to me. On the other hand, EOL was not that strict on cleanliness. What is required there is only a "smock" and a cap upon entering the EOL area. Tristan got this site of assembly process (EOL) under the molding process and his lucky not to have to dress like me everyday in a jumpsuit :X Will have updates with photos later because we were not allow to capture photos with our own cameras. Strictly have to use their camera. Hehehe...