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PEER Group Inc.

Kitchener,  ON 
Canada
https://www.peergroup.com
  • Booth: A629

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:

Webpage: https://www.peergroup.com
Email: [email protected]
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 longstanding expertise in the integration of equipment into semiconductor factories during SEMICON Korea.

    Visitors to booth A626 will have the opportunity to learn about PEER Group’s suite of automation and connectivity products, SEMI® Standards leadership, and engineering services, all of which contribute to the company’s reputation for helping customers reduce the complexity, risk, and cost associated with factory integrations. 

    “For more than 30 years, we have worked closely with equipment manufacturers and factories to get tools accepted into advanced semiconductor manufacturing environments,” says Mike Barrett, PEER Group’s Vice President, Global Sales, “during that time, we have refined and optimized an approach to the design, development, and deployment of automation and connectivity solutions that has become the gold standard in our industry. We look forward connecting with current and future customers during SEMICON Korea and discuss the ways we can help with their equipment integrations.” 

    Taking place at the COEX Convention & Exhibition Center in Seoul, SEMICON Korea will feature exhibitors from across the semiconductor manufacturing supply chain, keynote speeches, workshops, and special events, including an all-day Semiconductor Manufacturing Cybersecurity Consortium (SMCC) planning meeting and workshop. 

    “The SMCC looks forward to gathering during SEMICON Korea,” says PEER Group’s Director of Marketing, Doug Suerich, who also serves as an SMCC Governing Committee member. “We have a productive day of discussions planned on key cybersecurity issues and look forward to welcoming key CISOs and executives who will be providing invaluable input on protecting our industry.”  

    SEMICON Korea takes place February 19-21, 2025. For more information, visit our event page.

  • 반도체 산업용의 혁신적 공장 자동화 소프트웨어 제품의 최대 공급업체인 PEER Group®은 세미콘 코리아에서 반도체 공장에 장비를 통합하는데 있어 오랜 전문성을 강조할 것입니다.

    A626 부스를 방문하시는 고객분들은 PEER Group의 자동화 및 연결 제품군, SEMI® 표준 리더십 및 엔지니어링 서비스에 대해 알아볼 기회를 갖게 되므로 고객이 공장 통합에 관련된 복잡성, 위험 및 비용을 줄이는 데 도움이 되어 고객사의 회사 평판에 긍정적으로 기여할 것입니다.

    PEER Group의 글로벌 영업 부사장인 Mr. Mike Barrett은 “30년 이상 첨단 반도체 제조 환경에 장비가 도입될 수 있도록 장비 제조업체 및 공장과 긴밀히 협력하여 왔습니다. ” 라고 언급했습니다. 그 동안, 자동화 및 연결 솔루션의 설계, 개발 및 배포에 대한 접근 방식을 개선하고 최적화하였으며, 이는 업계의 황금 표준이 되었습니다. PEER Group은 세미콘 코리아에서 현재 및 미래 고객과 소통하고 장비 통합을 도울 수 있는 방법에 대해 논의하기를 기대합니다. 

    서울 코엑스의 컨벤션 및 전시 센터에서 개최되는 세미콘 코리아는 반도체 제조 공급망 전반에 걸친 전시업체의 기조연설, 워크숍, 특별 이벤트로 구성되었으며, 특히 하루 종일 반도체 제조 사이버보안 컨소시엄(SMCC) 기획 미팅 및 워크숍이 진행됩니다. 

    “SMCC(SEMI 제조 사이버보안 컨소시엄 )는 세미콘 코리아 기간 중의 모임을 학수 고대하고 있습니다.” 라고 SMCC 관리 위원회 멤버이기도 한 PEER Group의 마케팅을 담당하는 Mr. Doug Suerich는 말합니다. “우리는 주요 사이버보안 문제에 대한 토론을 위해 알찬  하루를 계획했으며, 우리 산업을 보호하는 데 귀중한 의견을 주실 주요 CISO(최고 정보 보호 책임자) 와 임원분들을 환영할 것입니다.”

    SEMICON Korea는 2025년 2월 19-21일에 개최됩니다. 자세한 내용은 이벤트 페이지를 방문하세요.


  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.