Symbiotic Simulation Control in Semiconductor Manufacturing
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چکیده
Semiconductor manufacturing is a highly complex and asset intensive process. Solutions are needed to automate control of equipment and improve efficiency. We describe a symbiotic simulation control system which uses reactive what-if analysis to find a stable configuration of a wet bench tool set. This control system is based on a generic framework for symbiotic simulation. We show that symbiotic simulation can be used to make control decisions in near real-time. Furthermore, we show that our approach yields a notable performance improvement over common practise.
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