FabTime Donates Cycle Time Management Software to Arizona State University.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 19, 2001 FabTime Inc. today announced that it had donated a license for its FabTime cycle time management software to Arizona State University Arizona State University, at Tempe; coeducational; opened 1886 as a normal school, became 1925 Tempe State Teachers College, renamed 1945 Arizona State College at Tempe. Its present name was adopted in 1958. . The software will be used by the Modeling and Analysis for Semiconductor Manufacturing (MASM) Lab within the Department of Industrial Engineering. Professor John Fowler, co-director of the MASM Lab, said, "Among other things, we intend to use FabTime to support our research in wafer fab scheduling. We may be able to use the software to identify trigger points for rescheduling, based on fab conditions." "We are looking forward to working with Arizona State," said Jennifer Robinson, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of FabTime. "FabTime analyzes work-in-process levels and tool state information in real time. Using this information to trigger rescheduling seems like an exciting new application of FabTime's technology." Corporate customers for FabTime's cycle time management software include Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. ) and Headway Technologies, a division of TDK (NYSE:TDK). A form for requesting more information about the software, including university licensing options, is available at www.fabtime.com/software.htm. About FabTime Inc. FabTime Inc. is the first company to focus solely on the challenging problem of cycle time management for semiconductor wafer fabrication facilities. Unlike traditional reporting tools, which were designed for industrial engineers and IT specialists, FabTime's software is designed for hands-on use by fab managers. The company's Web site is located at www.FabTime.com. About the Modeling and Analysis for Semiconductor Manufacturing Lab The Modeling and Analysis of Semiconductor Manufacturing Laboratory at Arizona State University is housed in the Industrial and Management Systems Engineering department. Professors John Fowler and George Runger are co-directors of this lab. The lab is focused on how modeling and analysis tools and techniques can be used to improve semiconductor manufacturing. The lab has had research projects with NSF, SRC (SouRCe) Contrast with DST, which is an abbreviation of "destination." , SEMATECH SEMATECH Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology , Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), Motorola (NYSE:MOT), Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE:IFX), STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscope) A microscope that can image down to the atomic level. An STM uses a piezoelectric tube with a tiny sharp tip at the end that is moved within nanometers of the object being sampled. ), Tefen, Amkor (Nasdaq:AMKR), Abpac, and TSI. The Web site for the lab is at http://www.eas.asu.edu/~masmlab/home.htm. |
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