Paper Info
Title
Factory capacity and throughput planning: discrete-event simulation using systemc: interactive semiconductor factory modeling with FabSim
Abstract
Semiconductor fabrication factories are large enterprises with many toolsets, each having multiple production machines. The process flow is highly reentrant, therefore modeling is best done by discrete-event simulation. To describe such a fab, the author has developed a new discrete event simulator called FabSim. It is written in C++. As the simulation engine it uses SystemC, a C++ class library originally developed for modeling "Systems on a Chip". The factory with its machines and lots traveling and in process is mapped onto SystemC like a hardware description during RTL (register transfer) modeling. The resulting simulator is compact, fast and efficient. In a special configuration as a MS Windows dynamic link library, the simulator is fully interactive. At any time you may define a stop in the simulation flow, retrieve the state of the whole system, change parameters, add lots, or even enter a new state and continue with the simulation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.5555/1030818.1031004
Winter Simulation Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
process flow,resulting simulator,factory capacity,simulation engine,interactive semiconductor factory modeling,new discrete event simulator,class library,discrete-event simulation,simulation flow,ms windows dynamic link,change parameter,throughput planning,new state
Microsoft Windows,Simulation,Work in process,Computer science,Semiconductor device fabrication,SystemC,Chip,Throughput,Reentrancy,Discrete event simulation,Embedded system
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-7803-8132-7
1
0.52
References 
Authors
2
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Holger Vogt116611.45