COUPLING THE SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN

computer software containing a set of standardized data elements for semiconductor manufacturing processes and a set of protocols for communicating those data elements, namely, nomenclature for products, inventory data, process control data, defect data, device electrical data, non-lot data, build information, capacity data, in-transit shipping information, accounting information, specifications, and manufacturing instructions that will be made available to outside parties to be utilized by outside parties in outside party computer software and computer software instructional manuals