Cimetrix joins SEMATECH
The firm will support the development of software for the evolving semiconductor industry
Cimetrix Incorporated, a provider of factory automation and equipment control software solutions for the global semiconductor, photovoltaic, LED, and other electronics industries, has joined SEMATECH.
SEMATECH (from Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology) is a not-for-profit consortium that performs research and development to advance chip manufacturing. SEMATECH has broad engagement with various sectors of the R&D community, including chipmakers, equipment and material suppliers, universities, research institutes, and government partners. The group is funded by its members. SEMATECH is a strategic partner with the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (CNSE) of the University at Albany.
Cimetrix will participate in the SEMATECH's Manufacturing Technology Program, and will contribute ideas to the program's strategic planning and technology development processes focused on how the industry can address its cost and productivity challenges through better software solutions.
"Our membership with SEMATECH not only fits into our long-term innovation strategy of providing equipment control, factory connectivity, and application solutions to the semiconductor manufacturing industry, but also demonstrates our industry leadership," states Dave Faulkner, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Cimetrix.
"As a software company, we have long been involved in developing new products that have supported both equipment companies' and semiconductor manufacturers' goals for improving productivity and achieving compliance to industry standards. Working closely with SEMATECH gives us even greater insight into industry's needs, and also allows us to affect the priorities of the industry while, simultaneously, providing Cimetrix with the opportunity to develop new products and get them into the hands of early adopters," he continues.
"Cimetrix is a trusted development partner with whom SEMATECH has collaborated extensively in the past," adds Jackie Ferrell, project manager of SEMATECH's Manufacturing Technology Program. "We have worked together on projects such as ECCE (EDA Client Connection Emulator) and RaP (Recipe and Parameter), and more recently Fingerprinting and the Wait Time Waste Reference Implementation (WTWRI). We believe this closer relationship will provide the industry with better software solutions to improve efficiency and agility while driving down costs."
Cimetrix expects that by working closely with SEMATECH and its member companies, new software products will be developed to allow the company to continue to address the needs of the semiconductor industry.
