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IC Knowledge LLC
IC Knowledge was formed in the year 2000 by a group of semiconductor
technologists, management specialists and fab designers. IC Knowledge is
a company providing knowledge resources to the semiconductor industry.
Publications
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Software
ADE Software (Newton, Massachusetts)
ADE's WaferAnalyzerTM is an extension of the powerful DefectAnalyzer software
application designed to aid engineers in solving defect problems in
semiconductor device manufacturing.
Boin Scientific Software (Boin GmbH; Tomerdingen, Germany)
WAFERMAP, developed by Boin GmbH, is an off-line metrology wafer map editing
tool. This product is also a Window95/NT based application. This software is
typically used in wafer fabs and at equipment suppliers for production and
off-line metrology data analysis and visualization. It can import data files
from metrology equipment such as thickness gauges, ellipsometers and four
point probes used within the semiconductor industry. WAFERMAP can be used to
visualize data as 1D, 2D (contour), 3D plots and histograms. It can also be
used offline to analyze and print measurement data outside of the clean room.
It serves as a tool to standardize the display of wafer data and to allow for
an easy comparison between multi-point measurements from different metrology
tools.
Galaxy Semiconductor (Galway, IRELAND)
Galaxy delivers software solutions for the semiconductor industry that
enable engineers to transform massive amounts of IC test data into
rapid, actionable insight. Product, test and process engineers use
Galaxy tools both to characterize new devices and monitor ongoing
production, with the ultimate benefit of better test repeatability,
higher yields, and improved engineering productivity.
HPL (San Jose, CA)
HPL Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of yield optimization
solutions for the semiconductor and flat panel display industries. HPL
offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services including:
silicon-proven intellectual property (IP), highly flexible data analysis
platforms, factory floor systems and professional services. HPL
solutions have enabled companies to significantly improve yield by
accelerating the process by which they identify, characterize and
eliminate sources of failure throughout the entire product lifecycle.
This is why a majority of the worlds top twenty-five semiconductor and
flat panel manufacturers use HPL Yield Optimization Solutions.
iSEMICON (Taejon, Korea)
Advanced defect analysis software.
Integrated Systems Engineering (Zurich, Switzerland)
ISE Integrated Systems Engineering is a world-leading provider of
Technology CAD (TCAD) software products that cover the entire range from
process simulation over device and circuit and systems simulation to
complete package simulation.
KLA-Tencor (Milpitas, CA)
Defect Control Solutions for Inspection, Review, and Analysis.
Knights (Sunnyvale, CA)
From design to final test, Knights Technology™ software enables
chipmakers to collect, share, analyze and act on essential data—saving
significant time, increasing yields and improving profitability.
PDF Soluctions (San Jose, CA)
dataPOWER is the most powerful and comprehensive set of data management
and yield enhancement tools available in the semiconductor industry.
Around the world, dataPOWER has been proven invaluable to major
semiconductor manufacturers, improving productivity, yield, and time-to-
market at foundries, IDM's (Integrated Device Manufacturers) and fabless
companies.
Predictions Software Ltd (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Tools (EYES, PEYE-CAA, PEYE) to predict semiconductor yield from design
layout and tools to enhance the GDSII layout to make it more
manufacturable.
Quadrillion Corporation (Ontario, Canada)
Q-Yield Data Mining software.
Salland Engineering (Zwolle, Netherlands)
Salland Engineering, headquartered in Zwolle, The Netherlands, is an
international engineering company, specialized in semiconductor test
application services, semiconductor automation products and data
analysis tools.
SAS (Cary, NC)
The world's leading supplier of integrated data warehousing, mining, and
statistical analysis software systems.
Siverion (Tempe, AZ)
SiVerion's web-based interactive engineering data analysis solutions
allow fabless semiconductor companies and IDMs to achieve the steepest
yield ramp possible in production and, in turn, accelerate time to
revenue which is critical in today's environment.
SPEEDWORKS Software (San Jose, CA)
The company provides productivity and yield enhancement software tools
for nanoscale manufacturing processes, including semiconductors, flat
panel displays and micromachining applications. By combining its two
core technologies, spatial intelligence and data/image mining,
Speedworks’ products play a key role in the industry’s drive to zero
defects through the early identification of potential yield issues.
Initial SpeedWorks products target the semiconductor manufacturing
process, but the technology is generally applicable to other
nanofabrication processes.
SpotFire (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Decision analytics software.
Syntricity (San Diego, CA)
Syntricity’s software and services help semiconductor companies make
their businesses significantly more profitable and efficient by
providing them with the tools to better manage their yields and speed
designs to volume production. Syntricity does this by providing a Web-
native software platform and consulting services that enable customers
to apply best engineering methods and practices. These practices involve
managing (collect, store and maintain), analyzing (methods and
techniques), and communicating (reports, and two-way collaboration)
engineering decisions based upon engineering data from around the world.
With the continued global outsourcing of the semiconductor supply chain,
Syntricity’s dataConductor® leverages the Internet to connect people,
processes and equipment in near real time, accelerating time to volume
and significantly improving yield and profitability.
Yield Dynamics (Santa Clara, CA)
Yield Dynamics is the leading provider of enterprise yield management
and advanced process control (APC) software for semiconductor and flat
panel display (FPD) manufacturers, as well as fabless chip design
companies. Our extensible software analysis and database platform
enables our customers to quickly identify and correct semiconductor and
FPD production failures, achieving faster product ramps and higher
yields. The world's foremost microprocessor manufacturers, memory
manufacturers, semiconductor foundries, fabless semiconductor companies,
and consumer electronics companies rely on our products as an integral
part of their manufacturing processes to optimize yields.
yieldWerx (Irving, TX)
yieldWerx provides a suite of semiconductor test data acquisition,
analysis, and reporting solutions for semiconductor companies, design
houses, and engineering groups.
Zenpire Corporation (Palo Alto, CA)
Defect, BitCell, Test, Data Transfer and Storage Software.
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