Advanced packaging not only keeps chips smaller and more efficient but allows for more powerful, versatile systems.
As technology devices get smaller and chips become denser, manufacturers need ways to continue increasing performance while minimizing power consumption and footprint.
FabGuard® FDC from INFICON offers a smart monitoring and notification system designed to ensure clean recipes are executed on time.
The role of AI, automation, and smart scheduling
We have subscriber discussion about estimating process time variability and understanding the impact of increased fab automation.
Seeking clear definitions of tool availability to meet the varied use cases of wafer fabs.
This article talks about why good cycle time matters for semiconductor wafer fabs, why good cycle time is difficult to achieve, and what fab managers should do at a high level to improve it. We believe that a three-pronged approach is necessary to improve fab cycle times.
In this article, we introduce The Waddington Effect, a condition in which doing scheduled maintenance can sometimes cause a short-term increase in unscheduled downtime. We discuss whether the Waddington Effect contradicts our advice to separate maintenance events rather than grouping them, as well as how to generate and use Waddington Effect Plots.