New integration and patterning schemes used in 3D memory and logic devices have created manufacturing and yield challenges. Industrial focus has shifted from the scaling of predictable unit processes ...
Process manufacturers have been using advanced process control (APC) and online optimization technologies for several decades. Advances are being made on the business front, increasing manufacturers’ ...
When David Hartmann met Dr. Xiaofan Luo in Shanghai a decade ago, something just clicked. The two shared a vision about vastly improving the simulation and optimization processes for additive ...
Industrial AI operates in the physical world. A compressor has a real operating envelope. A distillation column has hydraulic and thermodynamic limits. A reactor has temperature and pressure ...
Customer Profile: JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy is a fully integrated petroleum products company, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is the largest oil company in Japan, and in recent years it has been ...
Dow has a transformation plan called Transform to Outperform and expects to save about $700 million this year. Dow is targeting $2 billion in savings overall. Part of that transformation is job cuts, ...
Maxflow Technologies has sponsored this post. A design optimization workflow diagram. (Image courtesy of Maxflow Technologies.) As engineers move from design to design, they experience many of the ...
To ensure success in semiconductor technology development, process engineers must set the allowed ranges for wafer process parameters. Variability must be controlled, so that final fabricated devices ...