An Open Solutions Ecosystem for an Integrated Semiconductor Supply Chain
In the semiconductor test industry, test engineers analyze test data to drive higher yields, improved quality and reliability, and faster time-to-market and time-to-volume. Unfortunately, the current file-based approach is performed offline and takes days or even weeks to identify and resolve any issues. ACS's Real-Time Data Infrastructure (ACS RTDI™) platform helps customers accomplish intelligent data-driven workflows. The ACS ecosystem is a family of data-based products and technologies founded on a single scalable data platform that allows customers to develop or procure market-leading solutions from Advantest and its partners.
The ACS RTDI™ integrates data sources across the entire IC manufacturing supply chain while employing low latency edge computing and analytics in a secure True Zero Trust™ environment that delivers results within one touchdown or in a matter of milliseconds during test operation. This approach significantly reduces the time it used to take to perform such actions.
With the ability to apply multiple analytics models, ACS RTDI™ enables real-time corrective actions to be taken during production, resulting in increased productivity and better quality. This infrastructure also minimizes the need for human intervention, streamlining the overall process while providing secure data transactions, reuse of code across multiple insertions, and integration with customer databases.
Overall, the new ACS ecosystem enables customers to boost quality, yield, and operational efficiencies, and to accelerate product development and new product introductions for years to come.
ACS Blog (advantest.com) to read more.
Customer-Driven Products and Services for Integrated Workflows
Looping in our tightly integrated global application services team, we identify and analyze customer needs to focus our ACS product and service development on creating innovative solutions that solve real customer problems and complex challenges.
By building scalable products and offering complementary services aligned with customer needs, we ensure a thorough product-market fit.
The ACS products and services enable customers to get more value out of their supply chain with focused workflow solutions for each stage of the IC design and manufacturing process, including:
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Machine learning powered post-silicon-validation
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Dynamic parametric test
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Real-Time Data Infrastructure
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Cloud-based test-program development and debug
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Test equipment fleet monitoring
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Predictive maintenance and OEE management.
With test equipment and solution-driven ACS roadmaps closely integrated, Advantest is one of the only vendors capable of delivering a fully integrated test solution ecosystem.
ACS Real-Time Data Infrastructure (RTDI™)
ACS RTDI™ helps semiconductor companies securely collect real-time semiconductor test data, support low latency edge computing and production deployment for AI/ML-driven models, and enable real-time AI inference.
The ACS RTDI™ platform integrates data sources across the entire IC manufacturing supply chain while employing low-latency edge computing and analytics in a secure True Zero Trust™ environment. This innovative infrastructure minimizes the need for human intervention, streamlining overall data utilization across multiple insertions and supporting customers’ databases. Because cyber security remains a top concern among customers, the ACS RTDI™ platform was architected to be reliable and safe, ensuring hassle-free OS revisions, which protects data from unauthorized access or loss by leveraging True Zero Trust™. Features include:
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ACS RTDI™ integrates data sources across the entire IC manufacturing supply chain
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Offers low latency edge computing and analytics in a secure True Zero Trust™ environment
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Enables AI/ML-driven decision-making in milliseconds
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Open solutions ecosystem, allows customers to create and implement analytics models
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Enables multiple apps from customer-owned analytics models and ecosystem partners on a single platform
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Compatibility across all Advantest hardware and software platforms
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Reliable and secure, ensuring hassle-free OS revisions while protecting data from unauthorized access or loss