JMP in the Semiconductor Industry
According to a recent Gartner report, global revenue from the Semiconductor Industry is projected to total $676 billion in 2022, up from $595 billion in 2021, a 13.6% growth rate. Semiconductors are critical components of electronic devices, enabling advances in many areas of society. Semiconductors, sometimes referred to as integrated circuits (ICs) or microchips, are made from pure elements, typically silicon or germanium, or compounds such as gallium arsenide. In a process called doping, small amounts of impurities are added to these pure elements, causing large changes in the conductivity of the material.
Semiconductors are an important part of our daily lives - they control computers for conducting business, the phones and mobile devices for communication, cars and planes for travel, machines that diagnose and treat illnesses, military systems that protect, and electronic gadgets to listen to music, watch movies, and play games, just to name a few examples.
Current JMP Users
Samsung Austin Semiconductor is one of the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing facilities in the world with more than 3,000 employees. Samsung Austin Semiconductor serves a global customer base with broad semiconductor process technology offerings that impact everyday life including mobile, graphic, consumer, networking/high performance computing, Internet of Things, RF and automotive. Since 1996, its parent company, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd has invested approximately $17 billion in Samsung Austin Semiconductor’s Austin, Texas campus, making it one of the largest direct foreign investments in United States history.
Celestica enables highly complex, high precision equipment for leaders in the display, semiconductor, and other capital equipment industries. With over 25 years of design and manufacturing experience in ultra-high complexity semiconductor equipment, industrial control panels and racks. A leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development.
Challenges facing the semiconductor industry
JMP statistical analysis software is well-positioned to provide a variety of analysis platforms to address critical challenges in the semiconductor industry. Employees in many business units can utilize JMP such as manufacturing, quality, and research.
Challenge: Increase Equipment Productivity
Semiconductor manufacturing equipment is expensive and must be modified in order to make next generation products. The process of converting a piece of equipment to produce a next generation product generates substantial amounts of process control and quality data.
How JMP can help:
JMP has the capabilities to analyze the substantial amount of process and quality data to streamline the analysis. JMP’s data visualization tools enable engineers to rapidly screen wafer maps and other defect-detection analyses to speed up process development. Routine analysis can be further streamlined by scripting and automating the analysis, allowing scientists and engineers focus on process improvements instead of data preparation.
Challenge: Accelerate Innovation
Semiconductor manufacturers are constantly under pressure to develop new, differentiated products, all while keeping operating costs in budget.
How JMP can help:
JMP’s Design of Experiments (DOE) platform is best-in-class software and designed with the scientist and engineer in mind. The modern DOE capabilities enable scientists and engineers to design an experiment around their unique system and not force them into using textbook classical designs. This ensures that the experimenter gets the most information out of each experiment and reduces the time to develop new products.
Customer success stories
"Excellent Statistical analysis tool!", one customer remarked. When the customer was asked what they liked best and how the product is benefiting them, they had the following response:
Data preparation is one of the most time-consuming parts for analysis and often, there is a need to clean the data before using it for analysis. JMP provides excellent features to do this, so I can always be stress-free that no matter how many clean ups my data needs before review, I can always find feature on JMP to do it. I use JMP for root cause analysis of semiconductor process issues. The statistical tools and visual graphics on JMP make it easy for the audience to understand and with JMP, I am able to better represent my work.
~ https://www.g2.com/products/jmp/reviews/jmp-review-5009607#survey-response-5009607
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Resources
Gartner Forecasts Worldwide Semiconductor Revenue to Grow 13.6% in 2022
About Semiconductors | SIA | Semiconductor Industry Association
Taxonomy - All Industries | JMP Live (sas.com)
