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Asyst puts Interface A on open source licence |
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Sep 12, 2005 at 02:16 PM |
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Asyst Technologies,
has made available its Interface A-compliant equipment data acquisition (EDA)
Client Emulator to the semiconductor industry under an open-source license.
Beginning October 31,
2005, Asyst for the first time has provided its connectivity and automation
software as open source, and represents a major move to support the SEMI
Interface A standards, according to the company.
"We have known
for some time that there is a strong interest among equipment manufacturers,
end-users and suppliers to continue their assessments of the manufacturing and
economic benefits of new EDA implementations," commented Jim Holliday, vice
president, software marketing, for Asyst. "In order to facilitate the testing of
Interface A implementations, Asyst began shipping the EDA Client Emulator to
all of our customers in October 2004 as part of our software automation suite.
Based on positive feedback from customers, we decided to offer the EDA Client
Emulator on an open source basis. Such a move is designed to support the
adoption of Interface A on a broader scale and to accelerate its automation and
yield benefits across the industry."
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