Brooks Automation's Factory Automation Execution Software -- Activity Manager -- Purchased by ProMOS for Full-Implementation to Automate 300mm Line
Thursday January 22, 9:00 am ET
CHELMSFORD, Mass., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brooks Automation, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRKS - News), which creates manufacturing efficiency for the semiconductor and other complex manufacturing industries, today announced that ProMOS Technologies, Inc., a top DRAM manufacturer in Taiwan, has chosen Brooks' Activity Manager product for its 300mm fab full-automation roll-out. Brooks will act as the prime contractor for the implementation and integration of the full automation solution, which includes the Brooks 300works(TM) MES solution, the Brooks Real-Time Dispatcher(TM) (RTD), and third party equipment integration (EI) and MCS applications. Activity Manager delivers automated job and exception management coordination across the various software and automation systems in a factory. The Brooks Activity Manager product provides the foundation to continually improve operational efficiency by utilizing experience and decision making technology.
"Our automation implementation at ProMOS is among the most advanced in the world," said Dr. Len Mei, senior vice president, manufacturing group, ProMOS Technologies Inc. "Activity Manager is the final link to enable coordination of jobs and exceptions -- in the form of automated operating scenarios -- across multiple manufacturing computing systems. We are now enjoying the cost benefits of inter- and intra-bay automation. Our system supports automated material and exception handling across all the challenges inherent in state- of-the-art 300mm wafer fabrication."
Joe Bellini, senior vice president of the Software Solutions Group (SSG) at Brooks, said that the customer selected Brooks based on positive past experience with the company's people and products, highlighting Brooks' local Taiwan team as a particular strength. "Successful manufacturing companies have long recognized that the key to continued success and financial growth is a constant drive to optimize business processes with intelligent automation solutions," explained Bellini. "Activity Manager, the Brooks intelligent decision execution tool, is making a significant impact in today's highly automated facilities."
According to Bellini, Brooks software is in use at nearly every 300mm fab in the world. "We strive to be the experts at using application software and our domain knowledge which is critical at the execution layer to help customers transform data into intelligence," said Bellini. "We're pleased to be the automation partner for this world-class fab of ProMOS."
About Brooks Automation, Inc.
Brooks Automation (Nasdaq: BRKS - News) is a leading worldwide provider of automation solutions to the global semiconductor and related industries. The company's factory and tool automation hardware, software and professional services can manage every wafer, reticle and data movement in the fab, helping customers to improve their manufacturing throughput, yield and flexibility while reducing both cost and time to market. Brooks products and services are used in virtually every fab in the world as well as by many customers in industries outside of semiconductor manufacturing. For more information, visit brooks.com.
About ProMOS Technologies Inc.
ProMOS Technologies Inc., was founded in Dec. 1996. It is registered under the law of Republic of China and having its headquarter and manufacturing facilities at Phase III, Science-based Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan. The major products of ProMOS are high density/high performance commodity DRAMs, which include 128Mb/256Mb SDRAM/DDR DRAM. The applications for these products are mainly in personal computer. ProMOS develops derivative products utilizing its core DRAM technologies, among which pseudo-SRAM and low power SDRAM are the current focus. The applications for these products are for hand-held low power consumption devices, such as mobile phone, personal digital assistance, digital still camera, etc. The total production volume accounts for roughly 7% of the worldwide DRAM market. ProMOS has two manufacturing facilities, an 8" fab and a 12" fab. The 8" fab reaches a 44,000 wafers per month capacity and applies 0.14 micron process for volume production, 0.12 micron and 0.11 micron process in pilot run. The 12" fab, one of the leading 12" fabs worldwide, has commenced its commercial production since April 2002. It is currently operating at 0.14 micron process. The current capacity is 13,000 wafers per month and is expected to ramp up to 18,000 wafers per month by July of 2004 using 0.12 micron and 0.11 micron processes. For more information, please visit the ProMOS web site at www.promos.com.tw.
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