SEMI 300mm communication standard compliance is no longer an optional feature. 300mm semiconductor factories require equipment suppliers to fulfill the standards in order to implement factory automation. This challenges equipment suppliers to provide communication functionality to comply with evolving standards as well as fab specific scenarios while meeting demanding delivery dates. Fortunately, the Cimetrix CIM300 product family provides a flexible software architecture and a full complement of software modules that enable quick SEMI standards implementation, including E4, E5, E30, E37, E39, E40, E87, E90, E94, and E116. In addition, Cimetrix demonstrates the commitment to maintain continual involvement in the standards process to ensure its products evolve in step with the standards and fab specific scenarios. This enables equipment suppliers to confidently select Cimetrix as a committed partner who will stand by their side during tool acceptance at semiconductor factories.

Since entering the semiconductor automation market in 1999, Cimetrix has quickly become the leading provider of software products that comply with the demanding requirements of 300mm factory automation. The CIM300 product strategy provides solutions that implement all requirements published in the SEMI 300mm communication standards and that conform to the SEMATECH and Selete base of functional requirements and scenarios. Cimetrix tests against both the SEMATECH and CCS testing scenarios and implements appropriate recovery functionality. CIM300 achieves maximum flexibility by implementing each SEMI standard as a separate software module with optional dependencies on other modules. Customers can purchase the modules as individual software products or together as an integrated solution. As the standards and scenarios further mature and new standards emerge, CIM300 will continue to provide compliance to the pertinent SEMI standards.