Cimetrix Starts Semiconductor Division.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 23, 2000 Steve Hausle, Formerly Executive Vice President With GW Associates, Joins Cimetrix as Vice President and General Manager of New Semiconductor Division Cimetrix Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB: CMXX), of Salt Lake City, Tuesday announced that it has hired Steven D. Hausle, formerly the executive vice president of GW Associates, to launch a new Cimetrix Semiconductor Division. Hausle has extensive experience with equipment suppliers and wafer fabs including both hardware and software products. Cimetrix has been building an arsenal of products and partners that fit very well in the semiconductor industry. The CODE motion control, logic control and vision environment is targeted at difficult control problems where applications are typically written in C++ or Visual Basic. Through cooperation with SDI (1) (Serial Digital Interface) A physical interface widely used for transmitting digital video in various formats. For electrical transmission, it uses a high grade of coaxial cable and a single BNC connector with Teflon insulation. , in Vancouver, Wash., Cimetrix and SDI have built object-oriented solutions for SECS/GEM and 300mm applications. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Dave Faulkner, executive vice president of marketing for Cimetrix, "We have state of the art software products for both motion control and SECS/GEM/300mm applications. "We needed an experienced professional to help us bring these products to the semiconductor market. Steve is well known in the industry. Just having Steve join our team will cause tool suppliers to look carefully at our solutions." Hausle has spent the past two years as executive vice president of GW Associates, a major supplier of SECS/GEM solutions in the semiconductor industry. Before GW, Hausle worked with companies that provide leading edge hardware and automation solutions, such as Ultratech Stepper step·per n. 1. One that steps, especially in a fast or spirited manner. 2. Informal A dancer. Noun 1. and Prometrix, now a division of KLA-TENCOR. He has held positions of increasing responsibility in marketing, sales and executive management. According to Hausle, "I see a well run company with a first class software engineering staff at Cimetrix. I look forward to bringing the Cimetrix technology to the semiconductor market." Hausle, and the division, will be based in the Silicon Valley. Hausle can be reached at 408/828-1228. The Cimetrix Semiconductor Division will offer various software products aimed at reducing costs and time to market for semiconductor equipment suppliers. All products are based on Microsoft's Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. . CIMConnect is an object oriented See object technology and object-oriented programming. SECS/GEM product that interfaces to the equipment builder's application software through a DCOM (Distributed Component Object Model) Formerly Network OLE, it is Microsoft's technology for distributed objects. DCOM is based on COM, Microsoft's component software architecture, which defines the object interfaces. interface. Basic Edition and Advanced Edition are testing and debugging tools for communication interfaces. A complete host side product is also available. Software solutions for the new 300mm specifications will be introduced at SEMICON SEMICON Semiconductors Equipment and Material International Conference West in San Francisco on July 10. The Cimetrix CODE Family of machine control software allows the equipment supplier to build motion, logic and vision based solutions from one environment that can be programmed in standard computer languages or the IEC-1131 PLC standard. This allows the elimination of separate PLC, HMI (Human Machine Interface) The user interface in a manufacturing or process control system. It provides a graphics-based visualization of an industrial control and monitoring system. , and standalone motion control boards. "The Cimetrix motion control solutions offer a unique cost savings and performance advantage that hasn't been offered in the semiconductor industry. With this broad range of product solutions, we can offer significant value to the equipment supplier," Hausle said. Cimetrix has also recently announced that Motorola has placed a large seven-figure order for host side GEM/SECS licenses to be used as part of the new Motorola PULSE product. Cimetrix and Motorola have been working together for over four years on developing software solutions for electronics manufacturing. Cimetrix is a publicly traded software products company (CMXX) that markets and sells PC-based open architecture machine control and equipment communications software products to the factory automation industry. Cimetrix is building alliances with industry leaders in the fields of semiconductor, SMT (1) (Surface Mount Technology) See surface mount. (2) (Station ManagemenT) An FDDI network management protocol that provides direct management. Only one node requires the software. SMT - Station Management (Surface Mount Technology), electronics assembly, robotics, packaging, machine tools, and custom mechanisms. Cimetrix recently acquired products from SDI, of Vancouver to further its presence in the SECS/GEM market. To find out more about Cimetrix and its open architecture products, call 801/256-6500 or find us on the Internet at www.cimetrix.com. |
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