MULLEN@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA (06/27/84)
From: Juanita Mullen <MULLEN@SUMEX-AIM.ARPA>
[Forwarded from the Stanford SIGLUNCH distribution by Laws@SRI-AI.]
SIGLUNCH
DATE: Friday, June 29, 1984
LOCATION: Chemistry Gazebo, between Organic & Physical Chemistry
TIME: 12:05
SPEAKER: Steven Rosenberg
Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories
Palo Alto
TOPIC: Expert Systems at Hewlett-Packard
The Applications Technology Laboratory of HP Labs is engaged in
developing "industrial strength" AI. As part of its contribution to
this effort, the Expert Systems Department has engaged in various
"experiments" to develop expert system prototypes. One such
experiment involved the development of PICC, an expert system for
diagnosing flaws in IC wafers during negative photolithography. This
talk will discuss the development and status of PICC. Besides
describing the technical aspects of PICC, I will explore some of the
issues involved in conducting expert systems experiments: why was
photolithography chosen as a good area to apply expert systems
technology; what were the pitfalls in moving PICC from a laboratory
environment into a real fab line; even if it works, is it useful?