Semiconductor Blog
Learn how semiconductor factory automation experts are navigating technology, people, and market dynamics to gain competitive advantage in semiconductor manufacturing. Popular semiconductor categories include MES, AI/ML technologies, quality, productivity, scheduling, use cases, and smart manufacturing.
We define smart manufacturing as striving for zero defects and optimal asset utilization of trying to get the most out of what you have. This allows you to drive the highest quality in your semiconductor factory and create the most profit from your operations.
Semiconductor Manufacturing Execution
SmartFactory MES for ATP brings die tracking and traceability, material consumption history to the fan-out process
Consumables, the unsung heroes of the production floor
Assembly Test and Packaging burn-in use case scenario using SmartFactory Durables Management
SmartFactory 300works® can help reduce an often-overlooked component of maintenance downtime
SmartFactory Monitor prevents factory-impacting problems through performance trend analysis and predictive analytics.
New SmartFactory message bus – critical to enable advanced automated manufacturing
Increase KPIs by automating repetitive tasks and improving communication
The MES provides a critical foundation for the semiconductor factory as needs change over time.
This blog series focuses on the role of data in helping semiconductor manufacturers achieve greater benefits in productivity and quality.
Understanding and defining AI and ML
Realizing the challenges and opportunities AI brings to semiconductor manufacturing
Diving into digital twins: debunking misconceptions and unveiling the digital twin framework
This series focuses on how to achieve greater benefits in productivity and quality
This fully integrated solution enables manufacturers to manage deployments in as little as six months, a quarter of the time it typically takes them to develop individual models.
Semiconductor growth is anticipated and there are many tools to help drive it
Everything you need to increase quality and productivity in factories of any size
Integrating the functions of Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Fault Detection (FD) helps semiconductor manufacturers achieve higher quality, reliability, and efficiency
Achieve better detection, decision making, and costs through unified process control
Explore AI-driven process quality improvement with SmartFactory’s UPC solution in this engaging article by Applied SmartFactory.
Automating analytics reduces defects, optimizing continuous improvement
This blog series discusses strategies, priorities, and challenges manufacturers face to automate factories of any size to move the needle towards zero defects manufacturing
Increase yield and reduce costs of non-quality in automotive manufacturing
Improve yield learning and accelerate yield ramp using an integrated yield analysis solution
Quickly determine root cause of failures using complete, integrated defect analysis solution
Extend automation intelligence capabilities in your factory with cohesive OCAP solution using SmartFactory Knowledge Advisor.
Advancements are helping legacy fabs deploy automation solutions
Explore how reinforcement learning offers a revolutionary approach to using real world data to solve complex scheduling and dispatching challenges in semiconductor manufacturing.
Envisioning where you are and how to get there to ease deployment, ensuring smart manufacturing.
Framework makes it easier to plan and implement APF solutions in the cloud
Dynamically optimize a dispatch rule’s parameters for better lot scheduling.
Data challenges for rapid deployment of factory productivity and supply chain solutions
Common data framework for rapid deployment of factory productivity and supply chain solutions
Improve cycle time by 10% in less than 6 months using SmartFactory Dispatching Solution
Madhav Kidambi describes how to improve factory performance from the enterprise down to the factory floor.
New ways to streamline device production processes and wring higher productivity.
A quality factory scheduling solution can improve equipment productivity, product quality, and on-time delivery of products
Make more advanced validations and fine tune the schedule generated by a factory schedule solution system to get the most from your semiconductor factory
Choose scheduling that will be the right fit for your factory needs
Use APF Fusion® to integrate dispatching and scheduling algorithms.
Increase productivity by another 3-5% by integrating SmartFactory scheduling and dispatching solutions
Production Control simulation identifies roadblocks and overcomes challenges
Activity Manager quickly tests models, puts data in easy-to-compare interface
Enable dispatching, planning, and scheduling solutions integrated with real-time data to boost factory productivity.
UMC integrates real-time dispatching, full automation workflow, MES 300works® and more.
Advance factory automation to optimize manufacturing processes and reduce waste
Increasing quality and productivity in factories of any size with Applied SmartFactory integrated automation solutions for semiconductor manufacturers
Manufacturers rely on SmartFactory solutions to improve process quality, increase factory performance, and maximize performance of equipment.
Semiconductor manufacturing has moved through several levels of technology. Now the industry is entering another change cycle.
Semiconductor Webinar Replays
In this webinar, Selim Nahas, Yoram Barak and Chandramouli Sankaranarayanan discuss the importance of durables monitoring in semiconductor manufacturing.
Vishali Ragam leads a webinar focused on statistical process control and how it fits into process quality.
