Leading the next-generation manufacturing equipment solutions
In today's rapidly evolving semiconductor industry, manufacturing equipment serves as the cornerstone of technological advancement. As chip designs become increasingly complex and manufacturing processes more sophisticated, equipment OEMs face enormous challenges in delivering high performance, reliable solutions that meet industry standards.
Quest Global, with over 27 years of engineering excellence, transforms semiconductor manufacturing equipment through advanced automation frameworks and comprehensive engineering solutions. Our expertise spans equipment design, development and developer’s experience (DX), sustenance engineering, AI and digital transformations, enabling OEMs to create smart, connected, and autonomous manufacturing systems aligned with Industry 4.0 principles. This approach reduces time to market, improves product quality, develops differentiated products, and helps manage research and development budgets effectively.
We combine deep expertise in SEMI standards with proven system integration capabilities to help Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) deliver superior fab performance. Our solutions span the entire equipment lifecycle - from initial design to sustenance, addressing critical manufacturing KPIs, including efficiency, throughput, and yield, while adapting to rapid technological changes. Through our engineering teams specializing in automation solutions, we enable manufacturing equipment OEMs to accelerate equipment development, enhance factory connectivity, implement predictive maintenance and sustenance, ensure compliance with evolving SEMI standards, and optimize equipment performance through advanced analytics.
Focus Areas
Quest Global's flagship automation framework delivers comprehensive factory automation capabilities in compliance with full SEMI GEM standards. This advanced framework supports both 200mm and 300mm manufacturing environments through extensive standards implementation, including SEMI standards, Stream 12 (Wafermap), and G84 (Stripmap). The system excels in high-performance data management, supporting process program transfers up to 15MB with transfer completion within 15 seconds. The framework's sophisticated trace functionality enables concurrent traces with seamless re-initialization capabilities. Through customizable screens and interfaces, manufacturers can adapt the system to specific operational requirements while maintaining standards compliance and performance metrics.
Our advanced connectivity solution establishes seamless communication between 200mm semiconductor manufacturing equipment and factory hosts. This package implements the SEMI Generic Equipment Model (GEM) standard and SEMI Communication Interface Standards (CIS), ensuring reliable equipment-to-host data exchange. The solution incorporates fundamental and enhanced capabilities aligned with SEMI E4, E5, E30, and E37 standards, providing manufacturing equipment with robust connectivity features essential for modern fab operations. Each implementation undergoes rigorous testing to verify standard compliance and performance under high-volume manufacturing conditions.
This solution enables sophisticated communication protocols between factory hosts and 300mm semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Built on industry-leading standards, including SEMI E39, E40, E87, E90, E116, E58, and E94, the package undergoes regular updates to maintain alignment with evolving industry requirements. The solution seamlessly interfaces with 200mm host connectivity implementations, enabling unified equipment communication across mixed-technology manufacturing environments. Our architecture supports advanced automation features while maintaining backward compatibility with existing systems.
Our EDA solution, supporting Freeze2 (0710) standards, delivers advanced equipment data acquisition capabilities. The package maintains full compliance with current standards including E120, E121, E125, E128, E132, E134, E138, and E147, ensuring comprehensive data collection capabilities. The system captures real-time sensor and operational data at high volumes while maintaining normal equipment performance levels. Through Quest Global's EDA Software Development Kit (SDK), manufacturers can customize implementations to meet specific factory requirements. The solution features E164-compliant metadata integration with sophisticated security controls for client connections, allowing flexible configuration for various equipment types while maintaining data integrity.
The host simulation package provides manufacturers with sophisticated testing capabilities for equipment communication protocols. This solution enables the creation and validation of both standard and custom host scenarios, supporting OEMs in testing equipment behavior under various fab-specific conditions. The package includes an extensive suite of predefined test scenarios while allowing the development of custom test cases. Supporting both 200mm and 300mm SEMI standards, the simulator helps manufacturers verify equipment compliance and performance before fab deployment. This comprehensive testing solution reduces integration time and ensures reliable equipment operation in production environments.
Services
Manufacturing Equipment Automation
Quest Global's framework delivers complete tool control and factory automation capabilities for semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Our solution accelerators reduce time-to-market while maintaining the highest quality. The advanced solution features an object-oriented, modular design that supports rapid development and deployment across diverse tool configurations. Through continuous innovation and optimization, we enable significant throughput improvements via strategic product re-architecture. SEMI standards compliance for both 200mm and 300mm equipment ensures seamless fab integration. The framework has proven success across multiple equipment types, including deposition, etch, metrology, and inspection systems, consistently delivering improved product quality through comprehensive test automation suites.
Factory Automation
Quest Global delivers proven connectivity packages that are compliant with both 200mm and 300mm SEMI standards and compliant with their manufacturing environments. Our Interface A (EDA) implementation supports the latest standards while enabling real-time data collection without impacting equipment performance. Through our Sustenance Center of Excellence (CoE), we extend equipment lifetime while ensuring peak performance. We develop custom host communication scenarios and automated test frameworks to validate equipment operation, our factory simulation tools, and diagnostic capabilities ensure equipment meets all acceptance requirements before deployment.
Digital Transformation
As manufacturing equipment evolves toward Industry 4.0, our digital solutions enable smart manufacturing capabilities with IoT, AR/VR, AI, and DX. We implement solutions for remote monitoring and predictive maintenance, leveraging advanced analytics to optimize equipment performance. Through cutting-edge technology stack upgrades, we drive continuous performance improvements across the manufacturing ecosystem. Our expertise in digital twin development and edge computing creates new opportunities for process optimization and equipment monitoring. These solutions transform traditional manufacturing equipment into intelligent, connected equipment that drives manufacturing excellence, supported by real-time yield analysis and actionable insights through advanced data analytics.
Product and Manufacturing Design
Understanding the critical challenges faced by equipment OEMs to reduce time-to-market while ensuring high chip quality, reliability, and accuracy, we leverage our two decades of industry expertise to deliver comprehensive solutions. Our mechanical, electrical, and software engineering teams work in concert to address these challenges through innovative design approaches and proven solution accelerators. Combining our deep domain knowledge with advanced engineering capabilities, we enable OEMs to meet stringent quality requirements while accelerating their development cycles. Our integrated approach ensures seamless coordination across all engineering disciplines, resulting in robust, high-performance manufacturing equipment that consistently meets fab acceptance criteria.
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Dushy Reddy
Chief Business Officer and Global Business Head, Semiconductors
With over two decades of experience in the industry, he’s passionate about iterative and innovative solutions for his clients’ problems. Dushy holds a master’s degree in engineering from IIT-Kharagpur, India.
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Rajeev Nair
Strategic Business Leader, Semiconductors
Rajeev Nair is known for devising market strategies and orchestrating successful mergers and acquisitions. His leadership reflects adaptability and transformational capabilities, particularly in establishing and expanding industry verticals in Japan.
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Sumedha Limaye
Vertical Delivery Leader, Semiconductors
Sumedha has 30 years of experience in silicon design for AI, server edge, and networking SoCs, developing unique products and services in SoCs, digital IPs, and CAD/EDA tools. At Quest Global, she leads strategy execution to enhance capabilities and operational discipline, meeting the semiconductor market's dynamic demands across design, embedded software, and OSATs.
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Gopakumar Vasavan
Vertical Solutions Partner, Semiconductors
As a passionate engineer-turned-business leader, he has almost three decades of experience across diverse verticals including Hi-Tech, Automotive, Aerospace, and Semiconductors with key expertise in engineering software, embedded systems, and digital solutions for global clients.
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Srinivasan Natarajan
Delivery Leader, Semiconductors
A seasoned professional with 23 years of experience in product engineering across mechanical, software, hardware, and manufacturing. He has developed engineering centers for leading OEMs in semiconductors, transportation, energy, and aerospace. He is dedicated to growing Engineering Centers for Semiconductor Equipment customers worldwide.
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Mubarak Rasheed
Industry Leader, Semiconductors
With 27 years in software engineering, he has a proven track record developing innovative solutions for semiconductor equipment companies. His expertise covers etch, deposition, inspection, and metrology. He possesses in-depth knowledge of SEMI standards and extensive experience in fabrication plants.
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