Yield prediction is a very important task to a semiconductor manufacturing factory. However, it is difficult because yield improvement is a learning process, and the uncertainty and variation inherent in the learning process are not easy to consider. In addition, the competition in the...

Cycle time reduction plays an important role in improving the competitiveness and sustainability of a semiconductor manufacturer. However, in the past, cycle time reduction was usually unplanned owing to the lack of a systematic and quantitative procedure. To tackle this problem, a systematic...