Why a Collaborative Open Platform is the
Future of Semiconductor Software
Originally held on October 18, 2022
Now available for On Demand viewing
Overview:
At first glance, it looks like today’s semiconductor manufacturers have no shortage of data whatsoever. But while data in its simplest forms is easy to come by, data that is unified, insightful, and actionable is not. The semiconductor software analytics landscape today is incredibly siloed: even the best software solutions can only be leveraged on one piece of the production line, such as for one type of vendor equipment. Ultimately, the complexities and limitations of a multi-vendor system mean that even the biggest OEM software budgets fall short. Gigaphoton, a leading light source provider, recognized that the answer to solving both manufacturer and vendor headaches lay in the creation of a collaborative open platform that allows data from all equipment on the production line to be collected, managed, and visualized in one place. The solution they designed is Fabscape: a secure open platform capable of doing exactly that. In this webinar, Yuji Minegishi, General Manager at Gigaphoton, will explain how the Fabscape platform works to solve the semiconductor industry’s greatest puzzle.
What you’ll learn:
- Why advanced analytics are a critical resource for modern fabs
- Why advanced analytics are so challenging to obtain
- How a collaborative open platform can solve the analytics puzzle
- What is Fabscape and how the platform works from a technical perspective
- How the platform is currently being applied to leverage AI
- How to try Fabscape now
Presented by:
Yuji Minegishi
General Manager
Gigaphoton, Inc.
About the Presenter:
Yuji Minegishi is the General Manager at Gigaphoton Inc., a manufacturer of light sources for semiconductor lithography processes. He is responsible for the company’s Digital Transformation Department where he leads the engineering and development efforts responsible for launching Fabscape®, one of the semiconductor industry’s first truly open software platforms for developing manufacturing factory equipment monitoring, maintenance, and data analysis applications.
Jacob Strock
Data Scientiest
DX Department, Gigaphoton, Inc.
About the Presenter:
Jacob Strock is a Data Scientist in Gigaphoton’s DX Department. He earned his M.S. degree in statistics from the University of Rhode Island and possesses an IBM AI Engineer Certification. His specialties include Bayesian statistics, machine learning, and time series. Recent projects include forecasting multidecadal environmental time series, detecting anomalies in flow cytometric instruments with unsupervised learning, and predicting hospitalized COVID patient outcome with time-to-event and classification models. He resides in Coventry, Rhode Island.
Moderated by:
Pete Singer
Editor-in-Chief
Semiconductor Digest
Sponsored by:
About Fabscape:
Fabscape is the premier open platform for vendor-independent data monitoring, management, and analytics across the entire production line. It was built by real semiconductor industry experts to solve real industry problems. Created by Gigaphoton, the intention is for the Fabscape platform to be owned by the industry.
About Gigaphoton:
Since it was founded in 2000, Gigaphoton has delivered valuable solutions to semiconductor manufacturers throughout the world as a manufacturer of light sources and equipment analytics software. In every stage from R&D to manufacturing, sales, and maintenance services, Gigaphoton is committed to providing world-class support delivered from the perspective of everyday users.
For more information about Gigaphoton, visit https://gigaphoton.com.
For information about Fabscape platform visit https://fabscape.net
For the developer resources and to download the developer kit visit https://fabscape.org
Media Contact:
Yuji Minegishi
Gigaphoton Inc.
