PEER Group Inc.

Kitchener,  ON 
Canada
https://www.peergroup.com
  • Booth: A434

Leading supplier of factory automation software products

Overview

Smart Manufacturing starts with factory automation software. Since 1992, PEER Group® has helped semiconductor OEMs and factories reduce time to market and lower costs by solving their most challenging equipment and factory automation, data management, and process control problems.

Choosing PEER Group gives you access to the industry’s best automation software products, backed by the industry’s most experienced and knowledgeable development team, to deliver innovative SEMI Standard-compliant solutions for the world’s most demanding semiconductor OEMs and factories.

PRODUCTS and SERVICES:

  • SECS/GEM, GEM300, EDA / Interface A connectivity software
  • Tool automation and control software
  • Equipment software testing
  • Station controllers (Equipment automation programs)
  • Multi-tiered Professional Services for OEMs and factories

CONTACT:

Event page: https://www.peergroup.com
Email: sales@peergroup.com
Phone: +1 519-749-9554


  Press Releases

  • PEER Group®, the largest supplier of innovative factory automation software products for the semiconductor industry, is highlighting its lineup of SEMI Standards compliance test products at booth A434 during SEMICON Korea 2024.

    We are excited to return SEMICON Korea and look forward to connecting with our partners and customers at the show,” says Bob Kane, PEER Group’s Director of Factory Sales, Asia. “SEMI Standards compliance testing is critical for passing the factory acceptance test. OEMs that validate their tools using PEER Group’s test applications before shipping increase their chances of a successful factory integration and securing repeat business from factories.” 

    PEER Group’s test applications include SECSIM Pro®+, which has been trusted by equipment manufacturers for more than 20 years to test and validate SECS/GEM communications. Also highlighted during the show are PFAT™, a workflow-based scenario test designer used by factories and OEMs to ensure equipment meets factory requirements, and CCS Envoy™, a factory automation standards compliance tester.

    Visitors to booth A434 will have the opportunity to meet with representatives from PEER Group’s global sales team, as well as members from Toward Future, PEER Group’s exclusive sales partner serving Korea. SEMICON Korea, which is happening January 31 - February 2, is the country’s leading semiconductor industry event.

    To learn more, and to schedule a meeting during SEMICON Korea, visit PEER Group’s event page.

    About PEER Group

    PEER Group® is the largest supplier of innovative factory automation software products for the semiconductor industry. Since 1992, our solutions have helped the world’s most advanced OEMs and factories reduce time to market and lower costs by solving their equipment automation, data management, and process control problems. An award-winning company, PEER Group’s commitment to quality has been recognized by Intel’s EPIC Supplier Program, naming PEER Group a Distinguished Supplier in 2023 and an Outstanding Supplier in 2022. Follow PEER Group on LinkedIn.

  • 도체 산업을 위한 혁신적인 공장 자동화 소프트웨어 제품을 공급하는 최대 공급업체인 PEER Group은 세미콘 코리아 2024 기간 동안 부스 A434에서 SEMI 표준 준수 테스트 제품 라인업을 선보일 예정입니다.

    PEER Group의 아시아 지역 영업 총괄인 Mr. Bob Kane은 “세미콘코리아를 다시 방문하게 되어 기쁘게 생각하며 이번 전시회에서 파트너 및 고객과 소통할 수 있기를 기대합니다.” 라고 말합니다. “SEMI 표준 준수 테스트는 공장 승인 테스트를 통과하는 데 매우 중요합니다. 납품 전에 PEER Group의 테스트 애플리케이션을 사용하여 장비를 검증하는 장비업체는 성공적인 공장 통합 및 고객으로부터의 지속적인 주문 확보 가능성을 높입니다.”

    PEER Group의 테스트 제품에는 SECS/GEM 통신을 테스트하고 검증하기 위해 20년 이상 장비 제조업체의 신뢰를 받아온 SECSIM Pro®+가 있습니다. 또한 전시회에서는 장비가 공장 요구 사항을 충족하는지 확인하기 위해 공장 및 장비업체에서 사용하는 워크플로 기반 시나리오 테스트 디자이너인 PFAT™와 공장 자동화 표준 준수 테스터인 CCS Envoy™도 소개합니다.

    부스 A434 방문객은 PEER Group의 글로벌 영업팀 대표는 물론 PEER Group의 한국 독점 영업 파트너인 토워드퓨쳐㈜의 직원들을 만날 기회를 갖게 됩니다. 1월 31일부터 2월 2일까지 열리는 세미콘코리아는 국내 최고의 반도체 산업 행사입니다.

    자세한 내용을 알아보고 세미콘코리아 기간 중  미팅 일정을 잡으려면 PEER Group의 이벤트 페이지를 방문하세요: https://bit.ly/3NOgEkN 

    PEER Group 소개

    PEER Group ®은 반도체 산업을 위한 혁신적인 공장 자동화 소프트웨어 제품을 공급하는 최대 공급업체입니다. 1992년부터 당사의 솔루션은 세계 최고의 장비업체 및 공장이 장비 자동화, 데이터 관리 및 프로세스 제어 문제를 해결하여 출시 기간을 단축하고 비용을 절감하는 데 도움을 주었습니다. PEER Group의 품질에 대한 헌신을 인정받아  Intel사의 EPIC  Supplier Program은PEER Group을 2023년에는  Distinguished Supplier로, 2022년에는 Outstanding Supplier로 선정했습니다. LinkedIn에서PEER Group을 팔로우하세요.


  Products

  • PTO
    PEER® Tool Orchestrator (PTO®) is an equipment automation and control framework with a GUI-based tool designer, PEER Tool Composer (PTC). Semiconductor OEMs use PTO to automate equipment....

  • PEER Tool Orchestrator (PTO®) has a proven record of reducing an OEM’s tool development time, which has elevated it to be the most popular tool automation software platform for semiconductor, PV, LED, MEMS, and flat panel manufacturing. PTO provides all of the on-tool functionality required for material transport, optimized scheduling, alarm management, tool recovery, data collection, and factory host communications. Its flexible framework and intuitive configuration environment provides OEMs with the capability to develop their own control system quickly and continue to adapt to evolving manufacturing needs.

  • EIB OEM
    EIB® OEM is a framework that OEMs use to provide SEMI Standards-compliant connectivity to factory systems. It supports various equipment interfaces and provides the flexibility to develop custom interfaces....

  • EIB® OEM Product Suite is a multi-connection, multi-protocol host connectivity software solution for equipment suppliers that reduces the cost of satisfying each factory’s diverse automation requirements. It is available in three versions:

    • EIB GEM for 200mm SECS/GEM equipment communications
    • EIB 300 for 300mm (GEM300) equipment communications
    • EIB EDA for providing EDA / Interface A data to factory host systems

    EIB is easy to configure for any tool type and integrates to the equipment control system or devices using a variety of standard communication mechanisms such as ASCII, COM, .NET, SECS/GEM or custom protocols. EIB OEM also enables rapid integration using OPC and OPC-UA for PLC-based equipment that use HMI/SCADA software packages such as Modbus, Rockwell’s RSView32 and FactoryTalk View, Wonderware Intouch, GE’s Cimplicity and iFix, Siemen’s SIMATIC WinCC, and National Instrument’s Labview.

  • EIB EDA for Big Data
    EIB® EDA provides SEMI EDA (Interface A) data to factory host systems, enabling OEMs to deliver real-time data on-demand in high volumes without affecting normal equipment performance....

  • Our big data solutions allow companies to manage data in different ways, and organize and analyze large volumes of collected data quickly, efficiently, and cost-effectively. EIB EDA provides SEMI EDA with E164, enabling you to deliver real-time data on demand in high volumes without affecting equipment performance. It provides the pipe to Big Data, allowing you to turn collected information into action through advanced manufacturing application capabilities such as e-Diagnostics, SPC, APC, Fault Detection, Run-to-Run Control. EIB EDA is easy to configure. In a matter of days, EDA can be deployed on any type of equipment, allowing you to collect data from multiple sources. It’s easy to add. With configuration only (no coding), you can add EDA onto existing PEER Group solutions or onto any equipment providing a SECS host interface. It’s easy to integrate your ECS with our EDA software seamlessly, to create a fully-independent communications channel.

  • PFSC
    PEER FACTORY® Station Controller (PFSC™) is a platform that semiconductor factories use to develop station controllers easily and integrate equipment quickly....

  • PFSC provides the fastest way to integrate tools into an automated factory. Based on our proven automation and control technology used by hundreds of OEMs to automate their tools, PFSC’s customizable and extensible platform simplifies the process of developing equipment interfaces and building station controllers for all tools on a manufacturing floor. PFSC provides a generic communication layer between equipment and factory systems like the MES.

    With PFSC, we have simplified station controller development, and we’ve made it easy to connect disparate systems and adapt to evolving equipment vendor changes and factory requirements. PFSC helps factories design and adapt lot management, data collection, and visualizations quickly and easily – or go beyond traditional station controller capabilities and add analytics, expanded visualization of the factory with “control room” and OEE views, and lot dispatch or scheduling logic.

  • PFAT
    PEER FACTORY® Acceptance Tester (PFAT™) is a scenario test designer. Semiconductor OEMs use it to build and execute holistic test automation scenarios to ensure equipment meets factory requirements....

  • The developers of CCS Envoy™ and SECSIM Pro®+ have created PEER FACTORY® Acceptance Tester (PFAT™), a next-generation host simulation product designed specifically for SECS/GEM-based manufacturing equipment. With its graphical test designer and real-time results tracker, users can design tests quickly to simulate a factory’s operational scenarios and pinpoint failures easily. Factories can accelerate test development across entire equipment lists while OEMs can re-use scenarios across multiple factories. PFAT can communicate directly with a tool's control system or an independent software application for more rigorous software reliability testing. PFAT is the only product on the market that is designed to do comprehensive testing of SECS-based equipment to ensure production readiness. Both high-volume manufacturers and their suppliers use PFAT to find and solve problems on equipment to accelerate installation, increase equipment reliability, and avoid costly repairs in the field.

  • Professional Services
    PEER Group® Professional Services combines best-in-class software products with industry-leading expertise to deliver innovative automation solutions to semiconductor OEMs and factories....

  • Not all automation challenges can be solved with off-the-shelf software. When semiconductor OEMs and factories need automation solutions that reduce the time to market and achieve rapid factory acceptance, they trust PEER Group® Professional Services.   

    Over the last 30 years, PEER Group Professional Services has established itself as the leading supplier of semiconductor factory and tool automation solutions. By combining our powerful software products with extensive industry knowledge and expertise, the Professional Services team develops innovative SEMI Standard-compliant solutions for the world’s most demanding semiconductor OEMs and factories.

    From pre-consultation, spec and design, and development to testing, integration, and ongoing support, our team works closely with customers to deliver high-quality, compliant solutions that meet their specific tool or factory automation requirements.