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Jon Goldman Associates Enters Joint Development
Agreement with TEL
Orange, CA - January 1999 - Jon Goldman Associates
(JGA), manufacturer of software based information management
systems for the semiconductor industry, entered into a joint-development
agreement with semiconductor equipment manufacturer, Tokyo
Electron Limited. (TEL), Tokyo, Japan. The new agreement will
integrate JGA's SPC Trends software, Trends 2000, into the
next generation of TEL's WAVES and AGC (Advanced Group Controller)
furnace controllers. The new application, which will use Microsoft's
Windows NT as the operating platform, is expected to be released
with TEL's next furnace controller family. The software package
will dramatically enhance the semiconductor manufacturer's
ability to control production through the use of sophisticated
Input Parameter SPC data.
The parameters to be tracked are selected using the TrendSetter
utility, which allows the user to query the system for critical
process indicators such as temperature, pressure and power
consumption. The resulting information is displayed using
the trendviewer utility, which enables the viewer to manipulate
data to better understand the production process and the equipment.
Trends 2000 automates standard SPC calculations and tests
for Western Electric Rule conformity.
"We have been working closely with TEL to develop a software
to make their furnaces even more state-of-the-art by providing
easy to use software to monitor the manufacturing process,
analyze and output SPC data, and predict outcomes and trends
of the process," states JGA President, Jon Goldman. "Our Trends
2000 software will be used on all TEL Furnace AGC systems."
Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL), established in 1963, is
a leading supplier of semiconductor production equipment worldwide
and the largest manufacturer of furnaces with revenues in
excess of 4.0 billion dollars.
Jon Goldman Associates, based in Orange, CA, has been
providing data mining software solutions to the semiconductor
industry for over ten years. Founder and President Dr. Jon
Goldman has been serving the semiconductor industry for more
than 25 years. He is the holder of several patents, including
LPCVD deposition of Silicon Nitride, LTO, and BPSG. JGA's
data analysis tools are widely used in the industry by both
end users and equipment manufacturers to reduce down time
and wafer scrap by implementing and improving SPC control.
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