A Hot Topic: What Makes Scheduling the Diffusion Area so Challenging? [Tech Paper Review]
The diffusion area is particularly important to the smooth operation of a wafer fab.
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EU Chips Act Proposes €43 Billion Of Support – But How Will It Be Spent?
The European Commission has set out an ambitious plan to double the EU’s share of the semiconductor market to 20% by 2030.
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Looking into the future: how advanced optimization can manage timelink constraints (Part 2)
In our second case study, we consider a more complex problem where a trade-off must be made between the cycle time of high priority lots.
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It’s Time For The Semiconductor Industry To Embrace Smart Manufacturing
With industries around the world still being hit by semiconductor shortages, chip companies need to start embracing smart manufacturing.
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Looking into the future: how advanced optimization can manage timelink constraints (Part 1)
Timelinks are one of the most challenging a aspects of a wafer fab to navigate and significantly increase the complexity of scheduling it.
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Could Reinforcement Learning play a part in the future of wafer fab scheduling? [tech paper review]
A common example of RL is self-driving cars, but its easy to see how it could be successful in other environments, such as a wafer fab.