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News Release from: Cimetrix
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 30 April 2007
Potential changes to Interface A EDA
standards
SEMI has accepted once change to the EDA Interface A standards and has balloted on another.
Cimetrix, a provider of factory automation software for the global semiconductor and electronics industries, is working with International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) to deliver two prototypes for potential changes to the Equipment Data Acquisition (EDA) standards also known as Interface A Interface A is an industry connectivity standard that allows chipmakers to obtain on-demand, high quality data from manufacturing processes
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 Jul 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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The industry approved the standards in late 2004.
Cimetrix, under contract to ISMI, developed two prototypes for potential new capabilities to facilitate more efficient data transmission in Interface A communications.
These potential features and their prototypes were discussed at the recent Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) Standards North America Information and Control Committee meetings.
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The first added capability, an enhanced establish session feature for Interface A Standard E132, was balloted, voted, reviewed, and approved by the committee at the March meeting.
This feature will enable Interface A client applications to receive specific functions, instead of all functions available, consequently reducing client software complexity and network traffic.
This potential change also paves the way for simpler adoption of the new Recipe Management standard (E139) using XML technologies.
The second capability is a Discovery Service which reduces the amount of information about the production equipment that a client application must know before establishing a session with the equipment.
Leading equipment suppliers, Integrated Device Manufacturers (IDMs), ISMI and third-party technology suppliers engaged in discussions regarding the benefits of the proposed Discovery Service at last week's committee meeting, and decided to continue their investigation into the proposed feature with committee members until the next meeting, which convenes in July, 2007.
Cimetrix has based the development of its award-winning EDA software product, CIMPortal around partnerships that incorporate input from industry consortiums such as ISMI and SEMI, as well as feedback from users that include equipment suppliers and IC makers.
"Using this model, Cimetrix has developed a proven track record of providing robust software products and professional services solutions which answer the needs of the industry as they are discovered", says Dave Faulkner, Vice President for Cimetrix.
"ISMI in conjunction with SEMI has played a key role in managing the adoption of the Interface A standards to the benefit of the industry and their member companies".
"By prototyping potential standards changes before the balloting process, the industry has a much better understanding of the impact and implementation details of the potential change".
"In this case, one was accepted and the other needs some more work - a positive outcome".
"We are happy with the high level of interest and with the feedback on the proposed implementations".
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