a construction cost estimator developed by SEMATECH for evaluating the costs of various facility options, particularly for 0.25 mm wafer fabrication facilities. FCM includes regional cost factors data, a tool list database, and a unit costs database. It calculates total project area including cleanroom, fab support area, office space, and central utilities building area, and it provides a detailed cost estimate by subsystem. [SEMATECH]
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