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THE CLASSICAL MANUFACTURING FUNCTIONS, PREVALENT IN SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF: SILICON WAFER FABRICATION; SORT/ASSEMBLY; TEST, BURN-IN AND FINISH; AND WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION ARE COMPARATIVELY EVALUATED AS TO; LIGHT-OUT; INTELLIGENCE-ON; FLEXIBILITY HIGH; AND LEAST INVENTORY. THE AUTHORS' WORK EXPERIENCE IS SHARED WITH FELLOW MANUFACTURING ENGINEERS AND SHEDS RENEWED LIGHT ON THE VALUABLE PLACE OF HUMAN RESOURCES, IN THE AUTOMATED FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURE OF THE UNITED STATES MORE PRESTIGIOUS EXPORT COMMODITY: COMPUTER CHIPS.