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Lead (Pb)–Free and Green Position Statement
The Western Design Center, Inc. (WDC), a pioneer in the licensing of microprocessor Intellectual Property and supplier of 65xx technology, is committed to achieving full compliance with the European Union RoHS Initiative and the Japan Green Procurement Standard Survey Initiative (JGPSSI).WDC is moving forward with our efforts toward full compliance by working with our manufacturer and packaging company, and plan to be in full compliance by the July 1, 2006 deadline.
WDC defines Pb–Free to be products that do not contain the following six substances, as defined in the RoHS initiative.
- Lead
- Cadmium
- Mercury
- Hexavalent Chromium
- Polybrominated biphenyls (PBB)
- Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE)
Part Number Designation for Green Parts
All of WDC’s Green parts will have a ‘G’ in the part number to designate that it is Green/RoHS compliant, as shown in the following example:W65CxxSxPG–14
Manufacturing Information
WDC currently uses Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation (TSMC) as their FAB. The following
WDC devices are manufactured by TSMC in FAB 2:
W65C22S6
W65C21S6
W65C22N6
W65C21N6
W65C51S6
W65C02S6
Production lines in FAB 2 are both RoHS and Green compliant. See the following
documents indicating TSMCs compliance.
TSMC Certificate of Compliance
TSMC Sony Green Partner Certificate
Previously, WDC devices were manufactured by Sanyo Semiconductor Corporation. All devices manufactured
at Sanyo are both RoHS and Green compliant. WDC still has stock on wafers for the following devices
manufactured by Sanyo:
W65C816S
W65C134S
W65C265S
Sanyo Certificate of Compliance
Sanyo Green Information
Sanyo Environmental Policy
Packaging Information
Plastic Dual–In–Line (PDIP) and Plastic Leaded Chip Carrier (PLCC) packaging service is provided by GTK through Progate Group Corporation (PGC). GTK’s packaging service is RoHS and Green compliant.Pb–Free and Green Roadmap/Device Availability
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