Software enables faster semiconductor equipment automation.
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iAutomate(TM) Software uses industry-standard scenarios for each equipment type including single wafer, batch, linked, and cluster. It enables users to realize run-to-run control, overall equipment efficiency, and fault detection through off-the-shelf integration of automation solution with equipment and analysis solutions. iAutomate's embedded intelligence manages equipment run scenarios for 300 mm FOUP, 200 mm SMIF and 200 mm Open Cassette equipment configurations.
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New Equipment Automation Solution from Brooks-PRI Accelerates Implementation Ramp, While Lowering Cost of Ownership
CHELMSFORD, MA - December 9, 2002 - Brooks-PRI Automation Inc. (NASDAQ: BRKS), which delivers total automation for semiconductor manufacturing, today introduces its powerful iAutomate(TM) software solution that enables faster semiconductor equipment automation, resulting in lower cost of ownership over the life of the fab.
iAutomate is the latest addition to the equipment automation suite of products from Brooks-PRI Automation. Using industry-standard scenarios for each equipment type-single wafer, batch, linked, cluster, etc.-iAutomate delivers the fastest time to equipment automation value. By doing so, it enables users to realize the benefits of run-to-run control, overall equipment efficiency (OEE), and fault detection through off-the-shelf integration of the automation solution with the equipment and analysis solutions.
iAutomate combines and leverages the flexibility of STATIONworks(TM), Brooks-PRI's market- leading automation development toolkit, with the knowledge and experience that Brooks-PRI has obtained through numerous implementation projects. iAutomate is a complete equipment automation solution that ensures faster and more consistent implementation with less development and more reuse of logic across the fab. iAutomate's embedded intelligence manages equipment run scenarios for 300mm FOUP, 200mm SMIF and 200mm Open Cassette equipment configurations thereby short-cutting the time a fab takes to "go-live."
"At Brooks-PRI, we are always striving for ways to help our customers improve efficiencies within the fab," notes Jeff Cassis, senior vice president of Brooks-PRI's FAB Systems Group. "One of our customers recently evaluated iAutomate. This global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor products across the spectrum of microelectronics found it only took two weeks to automate a 300mm tool using iAutomate."
About Brooks-PRI Automation, Inc.
Brooks-PRI (NASDAQ: BRKS) delivers total automation. The company's hardware, software and services can manage every wafer, reticle and data movement in the fab, helping semiconductor manufacturers accelerate time-to-market while reducing their risk. Brooks-PRI products are used in virtually every fab in the world. For information, visit www.brooks-pri.com.
