Deal Structured to Facilitate Industry Adoption of Interface A
SALT LAKE CITY, July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cimetrix (OTC: CMXX), a
leader in factory communications software, today announced a significant
milestone in the technology progression and industry maturation of Interface A
within the greater semiconductor manufacturing community. Cimetrix has
granted ISMI (International SEMATECH Manufacturing Initiative) a 12-month
exclusive license to distribute Cimetrix Interface A client software, which
ISMI will call "EDA Client Connection Emulator." Interface A is part of SEMI's
equipment data acquisition (EDA) standards targeting e-manufacturing
applications such as advanced process control and e-diagnostics.
"The significance of this license with ISMI is that it enables rapid
dissemination of proven Interface A intellectual property and greatly
facilitates the implementation of new process control improvements that are
paramount for the industry going forward," said Dave Faulkner, executive vice
president at Cimetrix.
The EDA Client Connection Emulator will be made available to ISMI member
companies, equipment OEMs and even Cimetrix competitors who provide other
Interface A solutions. Following the initial 12 months, the Interface A
software source code will be "open sourced" to the semiconductor community.
"ISMI is providing this forward-looking solution to the industry at a critical
point with respect to commercial adoption and market acceptance of the new
Interface A standards," said Harvey Wohlwend, project manager at ISMI. "By
supplying this reference client implementation, which is based on ISMI member
company consensus requirements, we expect equipment OEMs to progress quickly
in developing their Interface A solutions."
"This license agreement with ISMI demonstrates Cimetrix's commitment to
helping the industry-wide adoption of Interface A," commented Faulkner. "By
allowing access to our technology, eventually including the source code itself
in an open source license program, we hope to unify the commercial adoption of
Interface A and enable the entire community to use and contribute to this
technology."
In short, Cimetrix will leverage its fourth generation Interface A
technology to provide source code for EDA client tools. The EDA client tools
use two separate user interfaces. The first user interface is for security
administration, data collection plan creation and management and equipment
metadata viewing. The second user interface is for consuming the data and
monitoring the performance of the collection rate. An equipment supplier will
be able to connect to this EDA client and execute functions defined in the
SEMI standards, with the results captured in a log file. It will also provide
the equipment supplier a basic set of performance metrics.
"After working very closely with our early beta customers and addressing
the ongoing development requirements from ISMI, Cimetrix has developed new
features for our CIMPortal Interface A solution that go beyond the scope of
the SEMI Interface A standard, yet stay within the confines of the standard,"
said Michael Feaster, executive vice president of research and development for
Cimetrix. "What ISMI is licensing and distributing as the EDA Client
Connection Emulator is fourth generation software technology that is part of
our CIMPortal development program. This technology was developed based on
Microsoft's .NET platforms, but will be modified to run with Linux using a
Linux based SOAP package."
Speaking about the broad capabilities that the license enables, ISMI's
Wohlwend said, "By requiring the EDA Client Connection Emulator to run on both
Windows and Linux and multiple SOAP packages, this solution covers the broad
spectrum of needs required by ISMI members. It provides insight into the
complex interoperability challenges, and also fulfills the ISMI mission to
provide a reference client application for equipment suppliers to use in the
development of Interface A compatibility."
Visit Cimetrix at SEMICON West, booth 5526 North Hall
About Cimetrix Incorporated
Cimetrix designs, develops, markets and supports factory automation
software for the global semiconductor and electronics industries. Cimetrix's
connectivity software allows equipment manufacturers to quickly implement the
SECS/GEM and Interface A standards, with over 10,000 connections shipped
worldwide, and provides solutions to meet the 300mm SEMI communications
standards, with OEM customer installs in all major 300mm fabs. Cimetrix's
PC-based motion control software is used by leading equipment manufacturers
for demanding robotic applications. Cimetrix provides total solutions for its
customers with engineering services and passionate technical support. Major
products include CIMConnect(TM), CIM300(TM), CIMPortal(TM) and CODE(TM)
(Cimetrix Open Development Environment). For more information, please visit
http://www.cimetrix.com.
Forward-looking Statement Disclaimer: The matters discussed in this news
release include forward-looking statements made by the company's senior
management regarding the development status of its Interface A products and
the potential for customer demand for those products, which statements involve
risks and uncertainties including but not limited to the ability of the
company to move the products from the beta testing stage to final product, the
response of the company's customers to such products, the ability to resolve
'bugs' identified during the beta testing process, and the success of the
company's customer service, professional services and R&D departments in
addressing such issues. In addition, the market demand for the final products
will depend on general industry economic conditions, competitive offerings and
development of similar products by others, the technical performance of the
company's products and other risks discussed more fully in filings by the
company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Reference is made to the
company's most recent reports on Forms 10K and 10Q, which discuss such risk
factors in additional detail.
SOURCE Cimetrix Incorporated
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Related links:
http://www.cimetrix.com
CONTACT:
David Faulkner of Cimetrix, Incorporated,
+1-801-256-6500, or fax, +1-801-256-6510, or
Dave.faulkner@cimetrix.com; or Trine Pierik of Positio PR,
+1-408-453-2400, or fax, +1-408-453-2404, or trine@positio.com,
for Cimetrix
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