Applied Materials, Inc.

Verizon Media Inc.

Jin Xu

Kelvin Chan

Alexandros T Demos

Kang Sub Yim

Priscilla Amirtharaj

The present teaching relates to managing computing resources. In one example, a search query is received from a user. A plurality of performance scores associated with a plurality of providers is obtained from a provider score database. One of the plurality of providers is selected based on the plurality of performance scores. The search query is transmitted to be performed by the selected one of the plurality of providers. One or more search results are received in response to the search query from the selected one of the plurality of providers. The one or more search results are presented to the user to be displayed on a user device.

Method and system for search provider selection based on performance scores with respect to each search query

Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods for lowering the dielectric constant of low-k dielectric films used in semiconductor fabrication. In one embodiment, a method for lowering the dielectric constant (k) of a low-k silicon-containing dielectric film, comprising exposing a porous low-k silicon-containing dielectric film to a hydrofluoric acid solution and subsequently exposing the low-k silicon-containing dielectric film to a silylation agent. The silylation agent reacts with Si&#x2014;OH functional groups in the porous low-k dielectric film to increase the concentration of carbon in the low-k dielectric film.

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Fremont, CA, United States of America

Jin Xu