Gigaphoton launches new laser monitoring solution

     Gigaphoton, Inc., a leading manufacturer of lithography light sources, has announced the launch of a new remote laser monitoring solution for cloud computing redemption for excimer lasers used in semiconductor manufacturing. The Redemption Cloud is a highly scalable and customizable solution based on the latest Web technologies - providing an open platform for innovation, enabling external partners to facilitate its development and allowing the solution to be adapted to meet the specific needs of each user.

     Leveraging Redemption  's predecessor redemption cloud, Gigaphoton was able to achieve significant downtime reductions, achieving a very high  uptime rate of 99.8% on average. However, if Moore's Law will continue and semiconductor manufacturers seek to further reduce costs and miniaturizations, lasers need to provide an even greater contribution to maximizing process efficiency and performance. To achieve this, a highly flexible application platform for monitoring and analyzing broader and more detailed laser performance data is necessary. With the introduction of Ransom Cloud ™, users will not only be able to monitor general laser analysis data, but it will also be possible to combine data with a variety of optional features and hardware to customize display and analysis content to match each user's requirements.

     Based on the latest Web application technology and responsive design, the operation of the redemption cloud is not limited to a specific device, operating system (OS) or screen size. It can be operated using almost any standard web browser on PCS, tablets, smartphones and other mobile devices.

     In addition, as part of Gigaphoton's initiative to drive open innovation and collaboration, external partners and users will in the future be able to take full advantage of Cloud Redemption ™ as a platform for developing their own unique features, extensions and user interfaces.

     "I am very pleased that with an advanced solution such as the Redemption cloud, we have been able to take the first step towards realizing our vision for the future of software development." Tomaru Hitotomaru, Gigaphoton's President and CEO, said, "I believe that Redemption Cloud ™ will serve as a foundation for accelerating our collaboration with external partners and users to provide solutions that greatly advance the semiconductor industry. "