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| > Start Up Consulting > Cleanroom & Lab Design > Imaging Space Design / > EMI and Vibration Consulting > Design Review > Cleanroom and Lab Cost > Estimating > Modeling > Process Improvements > Technical Documentation > Equipment Engineering > Tool Relocation/Maintenance > Tool Installation Design > Forensic and Tool Inspection > High Tech Operations / IE > Consulting Studies > Supplier Ecosystem > Economic Development > Recruiting > Training |
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| Solergy | Feasibility Study for Concentrator Photovoltaic Cells Process flow and associated tool list development // Cost model // Tool layout options |
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| Plextronixs | Feasibility Study for Organic Photovoltaic Cells Cost model and analysis // Pilot line manufacturing site evaluation // Tool and materials interaction evaluation / recommendations // Substrate studies including roll to roll |
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| ATMI | FPD Market Study for Unique Chemical Containment and Delivery System, NOWPak Review of Market Opportunities in Flat Panel Display Materials // Cost of Ownership Analysis to Illustrate NOWPak Value Proposition // Tool and Process Research Regarding Methods for LCD Fabrication Gen 2 through Gen 7.5 |
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| RPO Pty, Ltd. | Capacity and Cost Modeling Flexible Touch Screen System for Consumer Electronics Application |
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| Confidential Client | Capacity and Cost Modeling MEMS Display Process and Product Mix Modeling for Development Line |
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| Luther Forest Technology Campus | Fab Site Location – Net Present Cost Model Compared world-wide locations of 300mm fab sites // Evaluated impact of incentives including tax abatement, investment, and alternate project financing // Modeled specific sites for potential clients |
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| Arizona State University | Flexible Display Center Start Up Joint venture between Army Research Labs, Arizona State University, and other university / industrial partners // Established need for modeling of flexible display backplane costs based on previous modeling for USDC, Army and Industry needs for flexible backplane foundry // Established tool cost model for 6 inch wafer tools and Gen 2 substrate tools // Developed cost and pricing plan to support University business model for multi-user Cleanroom and Company Headquarters type facility // Developed plan for flexible display cost model with 5 to 10 year horizon to support Army program and future foundry for flexible displays |
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| University of California
at Riverside | CNSE, Bourns Hall Cleanroom Developed CARME operational cost model for University nanotechnology cleanroom and FIB area // Balanced cost and recharge rates over 5 year outlook for establishing cleanroom user and staff growth // Benchmarked other UC Cleanroom cost and charge-out rates // Established key tool vendor negotiations to capitalize maintenance and warranty costs to alleviate operating costs |
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| Duke University | CIEMAS Cleanroom (Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering and Medical Applied Sciences) Developed CARME operational cost model for University cleanroom and characterization areas // Includes facility base usage charge, special tool charge and personnel services charges // Benchmarked other shared user facilities |
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| USDC | Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Cost Model for Flexible Displays Update 2003 study including current industry information on Process Flows, Tools and Materials |
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| USDC | Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing Cost Model for Flexible Displays Cost model includes equipment research and layouts for active and passive matrix and OLED/PLEDs // Process types and their associated capabilities in terms of device dimensions, temperature requirements, throughput rate, and layer-to-layer registration // Roll-to-Roll tool and handling characteristics important to meet process and production criteria // Tool and equipment types with reasonably established flexible substrate and roll-to-roll capabilities, and their estimated prices // Possible factory layouts and tool groupings for flexible substrate processing, using roll-to-roll processes where possible // Estimated cleanliness in terms of clean class and local minienvironments needed for processing // Estimated cost to create a roll to roll factory for flexible displays with the parameters described above |
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| USDC |
Horizontal vs. Vertical Flat Panel Processing Study Cost analysis of transition to vertical material handling // Cost modeling of transition from generation 3.5 to generation 5 substrates utilizing AGI’s Jupiter© software. |
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| USDC | Commercialization of Factory Planner Software for FPD Factory Simulation and Modeling Development of integrated factory planning software, including layout, capacity, automation, and cost of ownership analysis // Validation of AMLCD and FED factory models // Includes plate matching analysis |
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| USDC | 12.1” AMLCD Notebook Display Fab Cost Model Web Based Processing Team Member // Glass Edge Chipping Equipment Development and Substrate Study // RFP generation and tool port plate height study // Participant in material handling worldwide Benchmarking study // Developed Cost of Ownership Seminar for FPD division of SEMI, presented first in Korea. |
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| DuPont Displays Cost Model for Flexible Displays |
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| Raytheon | Optical Phased Array – 100mm Substrate FPD/IC Process Low Volume Factory Model/Cost Analysis // Operations Relocation Consulting // Site Selection Analysis |
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| Fujitsu | 200mm DRAM Wafer Fab Assist with sale of US fab // Create Capacity/Cost Model for Alternate buyer scenarios. |
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| Citala | New Flexible Display Fab Roll to Roll Processing // Automation Analysis // Programming, Layout, Utility Matrix // Tool Analysis and Selection // Process Analysis // Cost/Factory Model // Benchmark Display Costs |
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| Dow Chemical | Display Technology Evaluation Cost Model // Equipment Analysis and Recommendations // Process Analysis |
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| Display Sciences | MEMS Display Factory and Cost Model // Software Instruction/Sale |
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| Sandia National Labs | Wafer Fab Expansion and Renovation FabTech© Utility Matrix, Delta Studies // Tool Research // Software Instruction/Sale |
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| Motorola BioChip | BioChip Pilot Line Scale Up Management of Scale up and move // FabTech© Utility Matrix for Lab and Production Areas |
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| IPC - Printed Circuit Board Conference | Cost of Ownership Class eValuate© Model |
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| Arima – Broadband Semiconductor | GaAs 6” Wafer Fab Jupiter© Factory Cost Model // FabTech© Utility Matrix // Fab Layout // Software Instruction |
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| Atmel | 200 mm Wafer Fab, Multibuilding Renovation FabTech© Utility Matrix, Correlated to Phased Layout // Jupiter© Capacity Model // Software Instruction/Sales |
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| Amkor / Siemens / Atmel | 200 mm Wafer Fab Technical Evaluation // Jupiter© Factory Model, Moves Matrix, Capacity Scenarios and Analysis |
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| Matsushita Corporation of America, MASCA | 200mm Wafer Fab – Multibuilding Site Jupiter© Factory Model, Capacity Analysis, Moves Matrix // Support of Facility Marketing |
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| 3M | Jupiter© Factory Cost and Capacity Model Rigorous static model for tool set determination, fab capacity and start-up cost // Comparative product cost model for display technologies |
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| Silterra | 200mm SMIF Wafer Fab Design Utility matrix development and analysis of proposed process equipment for facility design purposes (FabTech©) // Static capacity modeling for tool set determination and verification (Jupiter©) |
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| Philips Semiconductor | 200mm SMIF Wafer Fab Retrofit Utility matrix development and analysis of proposed process equipment for facility design purposes (FabTech©) |
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| Littelfuse | USB Controller Chip Manufacturing Process Cost model of generic manufacturing process created to analyze feasibility and cost-effectiveness of proposed product (Jupiter©) |
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| SEMI | FPD Cost of Ownership (CoO) Taught CoO course at SEMI DisplayWorks '99 // Presented AGI’s eValuate© Cost of Ownership Modeling Software |
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| Siemens / Uniax | New OLED Manufacturing Process on Generation 2 Substrate Manufacturing Process Feasibility Study // Cost analysis of current and proposed manufacturing processes (Jupiter©) // Cost modeling of start up over 5 year horizon (Jupiter©) |
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| Rohm & Haas | Proprietary LCD Manufacturing Process Manufacturing feasibility analysis // Cost analysis of proposed process and equipment alternatives (Jupiter©) |
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| Ericsson Components | 4” CMOS and Bi-polar Wafer Fab, 6” CMOS Fab Validation of simulation model inputs (AutoMOD) // Process flow validation // Development of new dynamic simulation model (AutoSched) // Overall cycle time comparisons for factory // Evaluation of conversion of 100mm wafer fab to 150mm, including floor space, tool, and factory ramp considerations (Jupiter©) |
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| Kodak | OLED Flat Panel Displays Cost modeling for selection of manufacturing process // Strategic planning for proposed greenfield facility // Cost feasibility analysis of proposed locations // Product cost analysis for R&D, pilot, and production phases (Jupiter©) |
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| Visible Genetics | DNA Testing Microcel Manufacturing Analysis of ramifications of automating the factory // Capacity and cost calculations for proposed automation scenarios (Jupiter©) |
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| LSI Logic |
200mm SMIF CMOS Wafer Fab Validation of tool set and layout/space using dynamic and static models, prior to construction (Jupiter©) |
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| SI Diamond Technology | Field Emission Displays Development of product cost model and investment / scale-up requirements |
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| Grumman Space Systems | SDI Focal Plane Array HgCdTe, CMOS, Hybrid Technology // Manufacturing Cost Model |
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