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December 2005:
- European Mask and Lithography Conference 2006.
iCADA sponsors and exhibits at the EMLC 2006 (European Mask and Lithography Conference) hold in Dresden 23 – 26 January 2006.
This conference is dedicated to the science, technology, engineering and application of mask technologies, of lithography technologies, and of associated technologies (like data processing, resist, metrology, inspection and application). Details.
iCADA makes donation to Amnesty International
We thank you very much for all your X-Mas cards and the best wishes for the new year. We also want to thank you for your confidence in iCADA and wish you a very prosperous and healthy year 2006. We have made a donation to Amnesty International instead of sending out X-Mas cards and hope that this finds your favor.
November 2005:
Visit us at SEMICON Japan 2005.
October 2005:
- iCADA presents its award winning Reticle Management Solution
at the
CamLine Forum hold in Schloss Hohenkammer near Munich on
17 October 2005.
The forum is a yearly event for project and production managers as well as IT representatives who are involved in process, quality and production data collection and analysis. Details.
August 2005:
Visit us at SEMICON Taiwan 2005.
June 2005:
Visit us at SEMICON West 2005.
- iCADA announces the appointment of Romaric Corporation as its distribution and service partner in the U.S. Romaric Corporation is a very experienced Utah based software company focused on integration and automation. The close relationship will support iCADA's sales and service activities in the US. (Details).
May 2005:
iCADA selected by Taiwanese customer as Reticle Management Supplier
iCADA has received a purchase order from a major 300mm fab in Taiwan for their Reticle Management System (RSM). The RSM will be integrated into the local IBM SiView infrastructure and will improve the reticle life cycle management, reticle inspection management, inspection tool connectivity and mask house connectivity. Furthermore the customer sepcific business rule engine, requal and todo planning will help the customer to minimize errors and thus reduces cycle time, defects and costs. (Details).
iCADA goes Japan
iCADA is strengthening its focus on the Japanese market. Our homepage is now available in
Japanese
For all inquiries in Japanese please feel free to contact our team member Takeshi Hattori in Japan:
.
March 2005:
Visit us at SEMICON Europa 2005.
February 2005:
- iCADA Reticle Management System (RSM) now in production at a
new 300mm fab at one of our existing customers.
Installation, customization and integration into the new 300mm environment was realized in less than 3 weeks.
"We are very impressed by the commitment and expertise of iCADA's team members who managed to realize this important task in a minimum time frame." stated the Director of the global MES "... and we are looking forward to future new challenging projects with iCADA."
January 2005:
- iCADA sponsors and exhibits at the EMLC 2005 - European Mask and
Lithography Conference - hold in Dresden 31 January - 3 February 2005.
This conference is dedicated to the science, technology, engineering and application of mask technologies, of lithography technologies, and of associated technologies (like data processing, resist, metrology, inspection and application). Details.
- iCADA presents the 'Art of Reticle Management' at the Innovation
Forum hold in Dresden on 20/21 January 2005.
The innovation forum is a yearly event organized by a cooperation of four companies to present innovative solutions for the automation of the semiconductor industry. Details.
December 2004:
iCADA supports Asian Tsunami victims (Details).
iCADA makes donation to Amnesty International
We thank you very much for all your X-Mas cards and the best wishes for the new year. We also want to thank you for your confidence in iCADA and wish you a very prosperous and healthy year 2005. We have made a donation to Amnesty International instead of sending out X-Mas cards and hope that this finds your favor.
November 2004:
Major chip manufacturer located in Singapore chooses iCADA as its reticle management supplier
iCADA GmbH has received an order for their Reticle Management Software (RSM) from a major worldwide chip supplier located in Singapore. (Details).
Visit us at SEMICON Japan 2004.
September 2004:
European chip manufacturer chooses iCADA as its worldwide reticle management supplier
iCADA GmbH, a German based software company, has received an order for a corporate license for their Reticle Management Software (RSM) from a major European chip supplier. (Details).
Visit us at SEMICON Taiwan 2004.
June 2004:
Visit us at SEMICON West 2004.
Come to meet our reticle management experts. We will provide life demos of all our software packages. (Details)
Furthermore we will demonstrate our newest product for ESD tracking:
EnviroTracker™, placed in a reticle carrier, travels along with the reticle throughout the entire process anywhere in the fab and collects the data on the reticle ESD exposure. At any time the collected data can be read via RFID link and the exposure status of the reticle will be known. If a reticle has been exposed to ESD, this reticle can be rerouted to inspection rather than to be a cause of defects in the ICs. Using collected data the locations of ESD exposure can be identified for correcting ESD environment problems and improving yield. (Details).
May 2004:
New RSM version 3.5 released:
Lots of new features and enhancements have been realized:
- Improved web wizards for modeling fab specific procedures,
e.g. reticle entry, blow off, etc.
- Hierarchical grouping of reticle locations, hierarchical administration of users and user groups, etc.
- Multi language support per user, e.g. English, French, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, etc.
- Improved web wizards for modeling fab specific procedures,
e.g. reticle entry, blow off, etc.
Mask Vendor Connectivity (MaVen) now in production
The RSM mask house interface provides for data exchange with mask suppliers using the SEMI standard P10. Reticle records in the RSM database are automatically created when the reticle order file is send to the mask-house. The progress of the manufacturing process in the mask house, e.g. production status, estimated time of arrival (ETA), etc. can be monitored with the RSM. Upon delivery of the reticle the electronic Certificate of Conformance (CofC) is automatically validated and verified with the original reticle order file. The RSM then supports the corresponding authority to sign-off the new reticle for production use in the fab. (Details).
March 2004:
Visit us at SEMICON Europa 2004.
Februray 2004:
Visit us at SEMICON China 2004.
October 2003:
- iCADA names AceTeam its exclusive distributor in Taiwan. AceTeam is a young and fast expanding agent company based next to the famous Science Industrial Park in Hsinchu Taiwan (Taiwan's silicon valley). The experienced team members will work closely with the Taiwanese customers to sell and support iCADA's Reticle Management solutions.
July 2003:
-
iCADA and KLA Tencor
have signed an agreement licensing iCADA for the implementation and use of the
KLA Result Format (KLARF) in their software.
The KLARF exchange option enables iCADA's reticle management system RSM to directly access to KLA's reticle inspection results. Previous RSM versions had to provide various, customer specific PostScript parsers for this purpose.
June 2003:
New RSM version 3.3 released:
Lots of new features and enhancements have been realized:
now supporting SUN Solaris, improved state model support, waiver tracking, improved trigger mechanism, DMS stocker integration, reticle selector export function, high availability, Web wizard, mouse wheel support, improved reticle selector loading/filtering time, etc.
(Details).Visit us at SEMICON West 2003.
May 2003:
iCADA now distributes the Dr. Schenk particle detection system
Pollux is a very fast and cost effective reticle surface inspection system which can be used as OEM for equipments as well as stand-alone system. It is well integrated with the iCADA Reticle Inspection Management (RIM). (Pollux Details).
Reticle Inspection System: Pollux.
March 2003:
iCADA proudly announces a new product for advanced reticle inspection analysis reducing production loss and rework:
New product: GO / NO-GO Box
The iCADA GO / NO-GO Box performs an in-depth analysis of reticle surface inspections and recognizes defect patterns such as scratches and torn pellicles prior to exposure (Details).
Visit us at SEMICON Europa 2003.
February 2003:
iCADA and Texas Instruments Inc. publish a case study about their Reticle Management System (Details).
Visit us at SEMICON China 2003.
December 2002:
iCADA wins against competitors and finalizes major deal with a European customer (Details).
iCADA receives the Editors' Choice Best Product Award for its Reticle Management Software (Details).
Visit us at the European Mask Conference 13th Jan - 15th Jan 2003 in Sonthofen, Germany (Details)
October 2002:
September 2002:
- iCADA provides a new world-time service for their international customers and partners.
August 2002:
- iCADA supports the East German flood victims (Details).
July 2002:
Further RSM improvements:
- SEMI E-109 compliant (98%).
- Further enhancements to our photo dispatch connectivity .
- Several new features bringing carrier and transponder management even further beyond SEMI E99.
June 2002:
- Reticle Management now supports EAPSM masks.
May 2002:
- First Mediation Device sold to the U.S.
- Further integrations of new KLA-Starlight Models (KLA TerraStar, KLA Ligthning, etc.) and NIKON PPD inspection systems (see RIM).
March 2002:
- Visit us at SEMICON Europe 2002.
January 2002:
Further RSM improvements:
- Enhanced inspection
support for improved preventive maintenance.
(defect classification, delta maps, overlay maps,...) - 3D PDS Map now available via RSM Web.
December 2001:
- First RSM Web sold to the U.S.
August 2001:
- RSM now optimized for AMHS & Transport Conveyors.
- 300 mm ready.
July 2001:
New RSM improvements:
- SEMI E-109 (prelimanary) compliant.
- Carrier & Transponder Management
(including Carrier Content Recognition on Multi-SMIF batches). - Reticle Tunneling Optimization in multi slot carriers.
June 2001:
- Visit us at SEMICON West 2001.
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