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Globalfoundries use AR Glasses in Fab

Globalfoundries has started using augmented reality glasses after a year it started testing products from multiple vendors

eetasia.com, May. 29, 2019 – 

Seeking an edge in productivity over its rivals, Globalfoundries recently started equipping a handful of its workers with augmented reality (AR) glasses. It hopes its effort, already in progress a year, will set a standard that others will follow.

"To increase profit margins, we need to ship more wafers at lower cost, so we are looked at every part of our process and developed an integrated AI and AR/VR strategy," said D.P. Prakash who leads implementation of the augmented/virtual reality project he claims is a year ahead of his competition.

In early May, GF gave ten workers AR glasses from Realwear to provide 2D displays of documentation inside the fab. The foundry has identified 30 use cases for the application developed by PTC using its Vuforia platform acquired from Qualcomm in 2015.

"Jobs that used to take two weeks or even two months could now take a couple days," said Prakash.

GF identified four applications for AR with training the next one slated for deployment followed by operations. In a proof-of-concept pilot, the foundry determined AR could slash training time 30-50%.

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