ST builds digital twin of Crolles fab February 11, 2021 // By Nick Flaherty
STMicroelectronics is learning key lessons for edge AI in its chips from creating a digital twin of its own 300mm fab at Crolles
STMicroelectronics has built a digital twin of its fab in Crolles, France, to monitor and optimise equipment.
The company is using its STM32 32bit microcontrollers with embedded AI to monitor fab equipment and automated transport systems. This is combined with multiple data sources in a digital twin that allows predictive maintenance and system optimisation, says Philippe Magarshack, Group Vice President of the Group Vice President of Strategic Technology & System Architecture in the Microcontrollers and Digital ICs Group (MDG) group at ST. He is also vice-president of the Minalogic Collaborative R&D Cluster in Grenoble.