Revolutionizing Chipmaking: The Power of Digital Twins in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Since the invention of the transistor more than 75 years ago, technology—and semiconductor technology in particular—has advanced at a rapid and accelerating pace. We’ve reached the point where smart manufacturing equipment powered by advanced chip technology and artificial intelligence (AI) is itself producing the next generation of computer chips. This has created a virtuous cycle of innovation, where computer chips and machine learning are helping produce new, more powerful chips even faster and better than before.
What is intelligence? At Lam Research, we use Max Tegmark's definition as presented in Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence: "An ability to accomplish complex goals." If there is one thing we know about Lam, we have “complex goals,” all of which need "accomplishing."
Tegmark’s three attributes of intelligence are self-awareness, self-maintenance, and adaptability. It is perhaps unsurprising, then, that we assign these same attributes to our Equipment Intelligence® solution:
