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Services Offered

NeST being a global solution provider to OEMS and automation solution providers world over has been working with almost all kinds of equipments, processes and products established in the industry. So, NeST provides below mentioned services to the semiconductor industry.

Software Consultancy

  • Designing flexible and scalable architecture for next-generation control software
  • SEMI standard implementation for tool automation and host connectivity solutions
  • SECS/GEM consultancy, product integration and factory acceptance testing
  • Automating next-generation wafer processing, inspection and metrology tools
  • Image Processing and Data Analysis software development for Metrology tools
  • Enhancement of existing software, re-design and factory integration support
  • Custom and proprietary communication protocol implementation
  • E95 GUI and Custom GUI development support
  • Technologies/Platforms:
  • OPC, DCOM, CORBA, .NET Remoting, ActiveX
  • Devicenet, CIP, Ethernet/IP, Modbus, CANbus, ControlNet, RS-232, TCP/IP
  • C, C++, C#, Java, PAL, XML
  • Windows CE, XPe, XP, OS2

Software Integration and Customization

  • Development of custom software bridges or wrappers
  • Integration with existing or third-party software products
  • Implementation of proprietary protocol and drivers
  • Custom UI Screen development and integration
  • Integration of host connectivity solutions
  • Achievements:
  • Fully developed all interfaces for integrating CIM300, ConX300 with ICE300 Family of Products
  • Performed routing and movement optimization of AMHS
  • Fully automated 3 production lines at Samsung fab

Semi Specific Testing and Certification

  • Tested and qualified GEM software for Equipment control tools for a Japanese OEM at
  • Intel FAB, USA
  • Samsung Korea
  • Extensive testing experience using host connectivity tools and GUI testing
  • Experience in host connectivity testing tools
  • Extensive experience in usage of CCS Envoy
  • Excellent know-how in executing test case
  • Simulators developed to simulate fab conditions
  • Alarm conditions are also simulated
  • SEMI Standard compliance  testing using standard compliance testing tools
  • Test automation for stress, load and regression testing
  • Use of bug tracking tools for effective bug fixing support

Certifications:

  • OPC

Testing Tools

  • CCS Envoy
  • SECSSim Pro
  • FastSIM
  • ICE Host

Global FAB deployment support

Expertise in providing global support for installation and qualification of Equipment software and GEM / Host connectivity solutions at OEMs and Fabs

  • Installation and configuration
  • Simulator testing and qualification
  • Field failure analysis
  • Resolving issues/ bug fix
  • Product upgrades or modification

Global support at End-User Locations (Fabs)

  • Fab installation support for ICE family of products in:
  • USA and Japan

Global support at End-User Locations (Fabs)

  • Supported OEM clients for Fab installation in
  • Germany, Japan, Taiwan, Korea