Qualtera Silicondash® is Integrated by Spreadtrum in the Global Supply Chain

Qualtera SAS (Qualtera), provider of integrated enterprise solutions for BDA (Big Data Analytics) for semiconductor manufacturing and test operations, today announced that it was selected by Spreadtrum Communications (Spreadtrum) to integrate Silicondash®in their global supply chain in a move aimed at further increasing IC quality control, supply chain visibility, IC-level traceability and overall efficiency of yield management.

Capitalizing on the latest big data and stream computing technologies, Silicondash® provides unparalleled capabilities for the integration, alignment and analytics of high-volume manufacturing and test data across the entire semiconductor supply chain. Highly reliable in-line control strategies running on real-time compute engines ensure that manufacturing issues are automatically and instantly detected and prevented, providing customers with significant cost reductions while gaining in IC quality control, and engineering speed and efficiency.

“At Spreadtrum we serve mobility and automotive markets that require a steep product ramp, rapid scaling and high device quality. Silicondash® enables us to have instant visibility and full control of our global production operations. Through the entire product lifecycle, from product introduction to mass production, and across the entire supply chain, from foundry to packaged parts. The instantaneous responses and insights provided by Silicondash® help us to improve our product quality while increasing our speed and efficiency to achieve business goals and satisfy our customer needs,” said Brian Chen, VP of Operations at Spreadtrum.

“We are delighted that after extensive evaluation, Spreadtrum Communications decided for the adoption of Silicondash®. It rewards years of R&D and innovation, and shows the enormous benefits that high-performance big data analytics bring to semiconductor manufacturing, and opens up the fast growing semiconductor market in China to our solutions and our company,” said Paul Simon, EVP of Marketing and Asia Business Operations at Qualtera.