Semiconductor Hardware Studio
iTec Group specialists have developed the software design tool for semiconductor industry. Owning to our wide experience we’ve acquired the possibility to improve considerably its functionality and efficiency.
Developing this studio we aimed at simplifying and advancing the process of software design for semiconductor equipment. We wanted to make software development process faster and really agreeable and easy to manage! We constantly develop studio’s functionality to increase its productivity. Today it’s a powerful tool which considerably reduces development costs and makes software solutions more solid and powerful.
Among the major features of our studio, we can name the following:
1. Faster software development process
Initiating the studio, first of all, we wanted to make the software development process quicker and less time consuming. Therefore, we developed the object model, giving an overall description of the system and enabling work with the united object space (e.g., materials, devices, connections).
Our specialists developed a range of graphic designers to treat the objects. Therefore one can create and/or delete objects and adjust their options, adjust HMI, create state models, configure log options, choose one multilingual support, etc.
Unlike traditional methods, our studio permits an intuitional system adjustment, via using the range of graphic designers. This eliminates the need to make the settings manually.
2. Better functionality
System’s functional features are listed below:
- Applications are developed for Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista.
- Studio supports work with solid, liquid and gaseous materials.
- Development of the graphic HMI interface of different configurations and any degree of complexity. Support of the SEMI standard E95.
- Consistent with the following standards: E4, E5, E30, E32, E37, E39, E40, E41, E42, E53, E87, E94, E95, E98, E99, E109, E116, E118, E120, E121, E122, E123, E126, E128, E132, E134, E139, E142.
- Support of different types of databases (e.g., MS SQL2005, MS Access, Oracle).
- Graphic designers of state models.
- Graphic adjustments of the devices attributes and communications.
- Description of the communication protocols via wizards.
- Automatic log system. This powerful system enables log tracking business-logic and operator’s actions, data exchange between PC and devices, communications with the host system, etc.
- Automatic localization and exceptions handling.
- Multilingual support system.
- Wizards for simulators development.
- Graphic adjustment to the logic of the host system communications.
- Automatic help files generation within product developing process.
3. Module based structure
Products developed in the studio are organized on the modular principle. Every system unit (communications protocol, device controller, business logic, etc.) is developed like an independent part and can be used in other projects. In that way one can get components libraries, reducing development process.
Why choose working with us?
Software program quality and cost strongly depends on the basis on which it was developed.
We constantly use the studio as our main development tool. It has already proved its efficiency and productivity through many successful implementations.
Don’t hesitate to contact us or you can fill in our online order form.
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The semiconductor industry is the aggregate collection of companies engaged in the design and fabrication of semiconductor devices. It formed around 1960, once the fabrication of semiconductors became a viable business. It has since grown to be the $213 billion dollar industry nowadays.
This industry features a number of distinct characteristics that position it uniquely in the economy and in the global competitive arena. These include:
1. Very high intensity of research and development (up to 20% of annual revenues) and the required level of capital expenditures in semiconductor plants or fabs (up to 25% of annual revenues).
2. The role of the industry as technology enabler. The semiconductor industry is widely recognized as a key driver for economic growth in its role as a multiple lever and technology enabler for the whole electronics value chain. In other words, from a worldwide base semiconductor market of $213 billion in 2004, the industry enables the generation of some $1,200 billion in electronic systems business and $5,000 billion in services, representing close to 10% of world GDP.
2. Maximal exposure to international competition.
3. Continuous growth but in a cyclical pattern with high volatility. While the current 20 year annual average growth of the semiconductor industry is on the order of 13%, this has been accompanied by equally above-average market volatility, which can lead to significant if not dramatic cyclical swings.
The need for high degrees of flexibility and innovation in order to constantly adjust to the rapid pace of change in the market. Many products embedding semiconductor devices often have a very short life cycle. At the same time, the rate of constant price-performance improvement in the semiconductor industry is staggering. As a consequence, changes in the semiconductor market not only occur extremely rapidly but also anticipate changes in industries evolving at a slower pace. Yet another consequence of this rapid pace is that established market strongholds can be displaced all too quickly. |
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