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Actian Helps Cypress Semiconductor Maintain Blue-Chip Manufacturing Quality

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
Applicable Industries	Semiconductors
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Manufacturing System Automation
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is a diversified supplier of high-performance, integrated circuits for network infrastructure and access equipment. The company’s manufacturing processes are intensive in both scale and precision, as its billion-dollar wafer fabrication plants conduct and log dozens of intricate manufacturing processes. If its machinery sits idle, the company has serious production problems. If the measurement specifications are off by a fraction of a millimeter, that’s trouble, too. “If you botch a wafer lot by executing a wrong step or mismanaging precision controls, you’ve literally destroyed a million dollars worth of wafers,” said Robert Price, DBA Manager at Cypress. “If any aspect of the system goes down, it will cost you.” This need for reliable, consistent performance has led Cypress to demand absolute perfection from its databases and related services. Simply put, if its systems can’t keep pace with its requirements, the company’s productivity comes to a costly halt. Read More
About Customer	Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is a diversified supplier of high-performance, integrated circuits for network infrastructure and access equipment. The company's manufacturing processes are intensive in both scale and precision, as its billion-dollar wafer fabrication plants conduct and log dozens of intricate manufacturing processes. The company's productivity can come to a costly halt if its systems can't keep pace with its requirements. The company demands absolute perfection from its databases and related services. If the machinery sits idle, the company faces serious production problems. If the measurement specifications are off by a fraction of a millimeter, that can also cause trouble. Read More
Solution	Cypress’ selection of a database for its manufacturing system came down to two solutions: Oracle or Ingres. “We chose Ingres,” said Price, “and it’s done the job.” Ingres Database, a leading open source database for business-critical applications, provides Cypress with a high-performance, highly scalable, expertly supported database that supports manufacturing processes that perform tens of thousands of hourly operations. Cypress currently runs Ingres on Sun Solaris on 12 of its production servers. The solution’s fullfeatured, enterprise-class database enables industry-standard data access via JDBC, ODBC, and .NET, providing Cypress’s production systems with the data they need, when they need it to ensure precise production control and accurate manufacturing. Transaction journaling and point-intime recovery help Cypress quickly diagnose and address any problems that do arise. On the rare occasions when the system does go down, Ingres Premium Service keep interruptions limited to minutes or hours rather than days. The service option gives Cypress one point of contact for service and a very tight relationship with its Ingres support team. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage

Applicable Industries

Semiconductors

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Manufacturing System Automation

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is a diversified supplier of high-performance, integrated circuits for network infrastructure and access equipment. The company’s manufacturing processes are intensive in both scale and precision, as its billion-dollar wafer fabrication plants conduct and log dozens of intricate manufacturing processes. If its machinery sits idle, the company has serious production problems. If the measurement specifications are off by a fraction of a millimeter, that’s trouble, too. “If you botch a wafer lot by executing a wrong step or mismanaging precision controls, you’ve literally destroyed a million dollars worth of wafers,” said Robert Price, DBA Manager at Cypress. “If any aspect of the system goes down, it will cost you.” This need for reliable, consistent performance has led Cypress to demand absolute perfection from its databases and related services. Simply put, if its systems can’t keep pace with its requirements, the company’s productivity comes to a costly halt.

About Customer

Cypress Semiconductor Corporation is a diversified supplier of high-performance, integrated circuits for network infrastructure and access equipment. The company's manufacturing processes are intensive in both scale and precision, as its billion-dollar wafer fabrication plants conduct and log dozens of intricate manufacturing processes. The company's productivity can come to a costly halt if its systems can't keep pace with its requirements. The company demands absolute perfection from its databases and related services. If the machinery sits idle, the company faces serious production problems. If the measurement specifications are off by a fraction of a millimeter, that can also cause trouble.

Solution

Cypress’ selection of a database for its manufacturing system came down to two solutions: Oracle or Ingres. “We chose Ingres,” said Price, “and it’s done the job.” Ingres Database, a leading open source database for business-critical applications, provides Cypress with a high-performance, highly scalable, expertly supported database that supports manufacturing processes that perform tens of thousands of hourly operations. Cypress currently runs Ingres on Sun Solaris on 12 of its production servers. The solution’s fullfeatured, enterprise-class database enables industry-standard data access via JDBC, ODBC, and .NET, providing Cypress’s production systems with the data they need, when they need it to ensure precise production control and accurate manufacturing. Transaction journaling and point-intime recovery help Cypress quickly diagnose and address any problems that do arise. On the rare occasions when the system does go down, Ingres Premium Service keep interruptions limited to minutes or hours rather than days. The service option gives Cypress one point of contact for service and a very tight relationship with its Ingres support team.

Impact #1	High system uptime for consistent, accurate production
Impact #2	Scalability to support tens of thousands of hourly operations
Impact #3	Precision control to prevent millions of dollars in manufacturing errors

Impact #1

High system uptime for consistent, accurate production

Impact #2

Scalability to support tens of thousands of hourly operations

Impact #3

Precision control to prevent millions of dollars in manufacturing errors

Benefit #1	When something goes wrong, the post analysis teams come back with a root cause more than 90% of the time

Benefit #1

When something goes wrong, the post analysis teams come back with a root cause more than 90% of the time

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Actian Helps Cypress Semiconductor Maintain Blue-Chip Manufacturing Quality

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