Press Release: AMD Partners With Semi And Industry Leaders To Develop Security Framework For Web-Based Collaboration
Posted By Kathy Smith
Date: December 20, 2001
NIST-funded project to improve manufacturing
productivity.
SUNNYVALE, CA-DECEMBER 20,
2001-AMD will share its expertise in developing
manufacturing systems software in a joint venture effort of semiconductor
industry leaders to develop, prototype and validate an Internet-based security
framework. Creating this security framework will remove a significant barrier to
widespread acceptance of eManufacturing models. eManufacturing allows all
participants in the manufacturing process - from customers to suppliers to fab
operators to quality control - to share information and automate processes.
Through the use of process control technologies and factory-wide integration,
eManufacturing can provide greater flexibility and responsiveness to the
customer, reduce cycle times and improve quality, thereby enhancing
productivity. AMD, long recognized as a leader in developing advanced process
control technologies, continues to demonstrate its commitment to quality and the
customer with its participation in this project. AMD will work with domainLogix,
ILS Technology and Oceana Sensor Technologies in a project managed by
Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI) and partially funded
by a $5 million grant from the National Institute of Standards in Technology (NIST).
Companies participating in the venture will share costs in the project, which
has a total budget of approximately $10.1 million.
"AMD is renowned for its manufacturing excellence, which is, in part,
attributable to the process and control software developed by AMD. We're excited
to be able to share our expertise in this area to help develop a security
framework that allows not only our company and tools to communicate with one
another, but with tool manufacturers and other companies as well - and all in an
environment that is secure and protects everyone's proprietary information,"
said Charles Clark, director of AMD's Manufacturing Systems group. "Such sharing
of information will allow huge improvements in manufacturing productivity. This
is just another example of how AMD works with the industry to develop
technologies that benefit everyone."
The venture is expected to reach its goals within three years. Its approach will
be validated by building eDiagnostics and eManufacturing applications,
demonstrating how security problems are resolved by these applications, and by
offering compelling improvements in factory effectiveness. The vendor and
party-neutral framework will be developed as an open standard. The project aims
to create a flexible firewall - a distributed architecture that can protect any
accessible device - from a factory server down to an embedded sensor - and that
enforces the security policies of the fab and the equipment suppliers.
About AMD
AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits
for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with
manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a
Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash
memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking
applications.
Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $4.6
billion in 2000. (NYSE: AMD).
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