Flexible process control software allows machines from ficonTEC to be more than just the sum of their parts. ficonTEC has always maintained a distinctive modular approach to machine design, with this ...

New integration and patterning schemes used in 3D memory and logic devices have created manufacturing and yield challenges. Industrial focus has shifted from the scaling of predictable unit processes ...

In this article, as in industry, advanced process control (APC) refers primarily to multi-variable control. Multivariable control means adjusting multiple single-loop controllers in unison, to meet ...

Plant optimization software may be outside of the conventional definition of project management, but when the project itself is optimizing a given power plant, optimization software becomes a critical ...

To ensure success in semiconductor technology development, process engineers must set the allowed ranges for wafer process parameters. Variability must be controlled, so that final fabricated devices ...

Valmet introduces Valmet IQ Virtual Sensor, a software-based solution that gives paper and board producers real-time ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Software robots work for humans. Typically now shortened ...