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FEBRURAY 2003
iCADA and Texas Instruments Inc. publish a case study about their
Reticle Management System.
iCADA GmbH, Germany and Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas/Tx. today published the results of a case study about the improvements and savings which were realized at Texas Instruments KFab in Dallas/Tx. after the installation of the iCADA Reticle Management System (RSM).
Patrick Gagnon, Texas Instruments, stated: "Our decision to go with iCADA RSM was based on performance of both the Software and the company. iCADA is the small nimble speed boat that brought there international best practices/experience and incorporated them into our System. The installation and integration into our complex local architecture was smooth and painless. We are very content with the system and it's saving us a lot of time and money."
Texas Instruments Statement about the improvements and savings which could be reached with the iCADA Reticle Management System:
- Time searching for reticles improved by: 15%
- Time for accessing reticles improved by: 15%
- Rework due to wrong reticles reduced by: 5%
- Reduced stepper downtime due to missing reticles saves: 4000 US$/day
The iCADA Reticle Management Solution is a software package that takes care of the entire reticle life cycle. It is hardware independent and provides the entire package from look-ahead inspection, just in time delivery, error cause backtracking, etc. and thus reduces cycle time and costs.
Jochen Gruhn, iCADA Chairman and CEO, stated: "We are proud that we can name Texas Instruments, a technology leader in semiconductor manufacturing, as one of our satisfied customers and we are looking forward to future common projects and development with TI.".
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