Backup control system (BCS) for optimizing utilization of multiple fabrication facilities

摘要

Within both a method for operating a plurality of fabrication facilities and a system for operating the plurality of fabrication facilities there is providing within each of the plurality of fabrication facilities a corresponding plurality of backup control systems. Within the method and the system, each backup control system is connected with the remaining backup control systems within the remaining fabrication facilities within the plurality of fabrication facilities, and each backup control system is programmed to forward a request for fabrication in a remote fabrication facility within the plurality of fabrication facilities and receive a request for fabrication from a remote fabrication facility within the plurality of fabrication facilities. The method and the system are particularly useful for fabricating semiconductor integrated circuit microelectronic fabrications.