ECCE version 2 available from Cimetrix

SEMICON West 2011, SALT LAKE CITY, USA: Cimetrix Inc., a leading provider of factory automation and equipment control software solutions for the global semiconductor, photovoltaic and electronics industries, announced the availability of the Equipment Client Connection Emulator (ECCE) version 2.

ECCE v2 is a fully functional Equipment Data Acquisition (EDA) client that can communicate with web services that comply with the E125, E132, and E134 SEMI Interface A (EDA) standards. ECCE v2 also implements the required consumer web service for receiving messages from the Interface A web services.

Cimetrix developed ECCE in cooperation with the International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI). ISMI member companies provided feature requirements. ECCE v2 supports both the 1105 freeze version, as well as the newer 0710 freeze version, of EDA, and includes an equipment simulator. Using ECCE v2, which includes an equipment simulator, OEMs can verify the EDA/Interface A functionality they have implemented complies with ISMI standards.

“Cimetrix is proud to have been chosen by ISMI to develop the new version of the EDA Client Connection Emulator (ECCE),” said Dave Faulkner, executive VP of Sales and Marketing at Cimetrix. “As a leader in product development, it is incumbent upon us to design superior products companies can use for their development processes.”

Semiconductor equipment is constantly changing in pursuit of improved process performance and productivity. The high level of factory integration and automation in 300mm factories has enabled unprecedented levels of data-driven decision making.

“With this new freeze version of EDA, we have extended Interface A by what we have learned over the last five years to make it easier to implement and provide more features that allow data collection and analysis,” said Sanjay Rajguru, director of ISMI. “The 0710 freeze version of Interface A includes the ability to make a simple query to discover E132-based interfaces, support for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.2, SECS Mapping to EDA to assist the transition to Interface A for new users, and easier metadata construction.”