Role of Semiconductor Yield Management System at High Volume Production
Semiconductor wafer fabrication plant is one of the most capital intensive unit with a production cycle of more than 6 weeks. Typically, a modern state of the art process fabrication…
Adding the 4th V in Semiconductor Big Data Dimensions
The semiconductor manufacturing industry has witnessed drastic changes over the time and these changes have made semiconductor manufacturing one of the most complex and highly advanced industry where each product…
Ensuring Quality and Reliability in Global Supply Chains
With the ever increasing rise of competition in the industry, the semiconductor manufacturing is moving towards highly specialized, advanced and complex processing of wafers. The supply chain is getting more…
Getting More out of your Product Engineering Team
Semiconductor wafer manufacturing is a long and complex process comprising of several process steps. Normally it takes somewhere between five weeks to several months to manufacture a fully functional IC…
PAT, GDBN Outlier Detection Moving Beyond Automotive
Semiconductor testing is a walk on the tightrope because of the latent defects that emerge in chips later in their life when they are part of an end-product. That’s why…
Big Data Revolution at Chip Industry’s Doorsteps
Semiconductor Manufacturing is not a stranger to “Big Data”. Intel alone manages 59 Data Centers and over 130,000 servers for its internal design and manufacturing operations. In fact, the capital…
Statistical Process Control
SPC monitoring measures variations in production material for unexpected deviations. yieldWerx Enterprise performs SPC analysis and notifies staff when an unexpected deviation occurs. The yieldWerx Enterprise solution offers reporting tools…
Customer Contractual Data Archival
Customers in the automotive, life sciences, military, aerospace & Defense, and other high-reliability industries often specify Contractual Data Archival requirements for semiconductor manufacturing data. Suppliers to these industries may be…
RMA Containment
Achieving 100% reliability is not possible in high-volume manufacturing. When a customer returns a failed device, the pressure to find and ensure any problems are contained can be intense. yieldWerx…
Fab, Probe and Final Test Yield Reporting
Semiconductor Manufacturing Process The semiconductor manufacturing process is a meticulous procedure that encompasses several steps, one of which includes the Fabrication (Fab) phase. In this phase, complex designs are created…
Production Yield Reporting
yieldWerx Enterprise excels at building standard production yield reports by vendor, device, lot, operation, etc. and managing access to these reports. Extending your team to include suppliers to review the…
Commonality Analysis, Equipment Commonality
Commonality Analysis refers to a set of techniques used to identify systematic causes of yield loss. Because of the complexity and number of process steps involved in semiconductor manufacturing, pinpointing…