Optimal+ will control Xilinx production lines

27 May, 2016

Optimal+’s Global Ops platform enables fabless chip manufacturers to monitor production and quality assurance in real time, in order to improve efficiency and locate problems

Optimal+’s Global Ops platform enables fabless chip manufacturers to monitor production and quality assurance in real time, in order to improve efficiency and locate problems

Xilinx Virtex-7 component
Xilinx Virtex-7 component

Xilinix, currently the largest independent FPGA producer worldwide, chose to use Optimal+’s Global Ops platform for its worldwide production test operations. The Global Ops platform was designed for fabless companies and IDMs – as these are required to monitor production processes carried out in different locations and by different contractors which are not managed directly by the company.

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Dan Glotter, founder and CEO of Optimal+.

American Xlinx specializes in the production of programmable logic devices (PLD). Such components can be reconfigured, adjusted to new standards and reprogramed for specific applications. The company has a current market cap of $12.6 billion and has many lucrative customers such as: IBM, Sony, Siemens and many more.

Outsourcing comes with a price tag

Xilinx is a fabless company – this means that it has no manufacturing plants of its own. The Manufacturing is outsourced to external contractors (foundries). Xilinx was in fact a fabless pioneer, the first company to wholly adopt this model. Along the advantaged of this model, fabless companies struggle with no direct control of the complete production process. This is where optimal+ comes into the picture.

“With the real-time visibility of our test operations provided by Optimal+ we are able to monitor every critical parameter in our test environment to ensure that every product is of the highest quality and performs as expected” said Vincent Tong, senior vice president, Global Operations and Quality at Xilinx.

One platform to bind them all

Optimal+ supplies a wide selection of products and solutions to semiconductor manufacturers. The platform chosen by Xilinx – Global Ops was specifically designed for fabless companies. The platform collects and correlates test data and delivers powerful automated analytic capabilities that can improve product yield, increase product quality and drive operational efficiency.

“With Xilinx’s adoption of Global Ops, we are continuing to expand the scope and scale of our solutions and are committed to enabling the semiconductor industry to create actionable intelligence from every aspect of their manufacturing operations and optimize their supply chain to improve yield, quality and productivity.” said Dan Glotter, founder and CEO of Optimal+.

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