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PEER Group Inc.

Kitchener,  ON 
Canada
https://www.peergroup.com
  • Booth: M0938

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:

Website: 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, will be showcasing its suite of powerful and flexible test products and services during SEMICON Taiwan 2024.

    “Successfully passing the factory acceptance test (FAT) is a very important step for OEMs,” says Mike Barrett, PEER Group’s Vice President, Global Sales. “By using PEER Group’s test product and services, OEMs can quickly and easily validate their tool to ensure it’s ready for a seamless integration once it reaches the factory floor and avoid any costly delays or issues.” 

    With decades of experience integrating equipment into semiconductor factories, PEER Group provides OEMs with deep knowledge and expertise into what it takes to pass the factory acceptance test at the world’s leading semiconductor factories. “We have been doing this for a long time,” says Barrett, while noting: “Failing the FAT can really hurt a company’s reputation and jeopardize future sales. Luckily, we have the test products and services OEMs need to make sure their tool meets and complies with all the requirements factories are requesting.” 

    PEER Group’s test products are used by OEMs to validate SECS/GEM communications, factory requirements, and compliance with SEMI automation standards. These tests can be conducted before the tool is shipped to the factory, eliminating risk of integration delays or issues by identifying any potential problems early on. 

    For OEMs that require additional help passing the FAT, PEER Group OEM Services offers various options, including factory specification reviews, equipment testing, and onsite integration services, to ensure timely and successful equipment acceptance. 

    SEMICON Taiwan will take place September 4-6 in Taipei. The PEER Group booth, M0938, will be located on the fourth floor in Hall 1. For more information, visit the SEMICON Taiwan event page.

  • PEER Group是半導體製造業中最大的工廠自動化軟體商,我們會在2024台灣半導體展中展示彈性且強力的測試軟體及服務能力

    Mike Barrett,PEER Group的全球業務副總表示“成功通過工廠測試是對設備製造商很重要的階段”

    “透過使用PEER Group的測試軟體,當設備到達工廠時設備製造商可以簡單的驗證設備能順利的完成整合避免延遲或故障所造成的成本損失”

    PEER Group 超過數十年在半導體廠的設備整合經驗,PEER Group 提供設備商能擁有通過世界領先的半導體工廠的工廠測試所需的深入且全面的專業知識

    Barrett 說到“我們有很長的時間在協助客戶做這件事”

    ”無法通過工廠測試對設備商來說會對公司評價有很大的傷害並危害到未來的銷售,幸運的是,我們有測試軟體及服務能讓設備商確保他們的設備能滿足工廠的各種需求”

    PEER Group的測試軟體能讓設備商去驗證SECS/GEM通訊,工廠的要求及是否滿足SEMI的自動化標準

    這些測試可以在設備出貨前去執行,減少整合時發生延遲及錯誤的風險提早發見潛在的問題

    PEER Group針對設備商的服務提供不同的方案,包含工廠規範的檢視,設備的測試,現地整合的服務,讓客戶能快速有效的通過設備測試

    九月四日到六日在台北舉行台灣半導體展

    PEER Group的攤位在Hall 1 ,攤位M0938

    歡迎來參觀更多進一步的訊息


  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 is a multi-interface communications framework for connecting equipment to factory host systems and managing equipment data. EIB OEM is fully compliant with SECS/GEM, GEM300, and EDA / Interface A SEMI Standards.

    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.

  • 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.