Digital twin for semiconductor manufacturing
As the semiconductor market continues rapid growth, every part of the design and manufacturing of semiconductor products needs to adopt smarter processes to meet the demand. Designers need to accelerate development, manufacturers needs to ramp yield quickly and maximize the efficiency of the fab, and all parts of the supply chain need to be in sync. For the semiconductor fab, this means implementing a digital twin to reduce iterations between design and production, virtually prototype and develop new processes, and quickly characterize and calibrate every piece of equipment in the fab.
Siemens, a leader in digital twin technology, offers the Calibre Fab Insights platform to help semiconductor manufacturers meet their business and sustainability goals today and into the future.
The goal of smart manufacturing using a digital twin approach is accelerate the transfer between products and production, and also back from production to product. With a digital twin, fabs can characterize every piece of equipment in the fab. Making use of all the data a fab generates will narrow the iterative efforts between design and production and allow for quick virtual prototyping and development of new manufacturing processes. In a digital twin implementation, the use of data for predictive insights accelerates the design, optimization and realization of both the product and the production of semiconductors. A digital twin implementation allows for realistic simulations and validation of product, machines, lines, and complete fabs and provides the foundation for flexible and efficient manufacturing.
Using a digital twin with Calibre Fab Insights provides unique business value: new products start production sooner, yield ramp is faster and yield entitlement is higher.