7 minGoodhart’s Law and the pitfalls of targeting load port utilisation on photo tools It has been described as the law that rules the modern world, and its effects can be observed in every organisation.
5 minIs Fear Holding Back The Chip Industry’s Future In The Cloud?The semiconductor industry is at the cutting edge of technology – so why is it still so nervous about the cloud?
4 minPosition Vacant: Are Chip Companies Really Running Out Of People?The semiconductor industry worries that it won’t have enough workers for its fabs – could disruptive tech help solve this problem?
6 minA 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.
3 minLooking 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.
5 minCould 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.