More than 30 years
Semiconductor equipment software architecture, development, and production support.
SECS/GEM • Tool Control Software • Local Intelligence
SECS/GEM Tool Control Software Experts
Design • Development • Modernization • Integration
Custom semiconductor equipment software engineered for reliability.
Add KodeGEM Intelligence alongside new or existing Tool Control Software with local operation and no required cloud service.
When compatible interfaces are available, the existing control-software deployment can remain unchanged. Other environments may require an adapter, configuration, or approved data interface.
Local • Customer controlled • No cloud required
Local intelligence running alongside
EQUIPMENT EVENTRECEIVED
ALARM CONTEXTKNOWLEDGE FOUND
MESH POLICYAUTHORIZED NODE
- New or Existing Software
- Local Deployment
- No Cloud Required
- Customer-Controlled Data
- Project-Specific Integration
Coming soon
SecsHost MCP — AI agents meet SECS/GEM
A Model Context Protocol server inside SecsHost so AI agents can connect over HSMS, exercise GEM interfaces, and work with real equipment messages on the same engine SecsHost users run today. Early access and a 30-day full trial are coming soon.
Two Connected Offerings
Semiconductor Software Engineering and Local Equipment Intelligence
Semiconductor Software Consulting
Design, development, modernization, integration, and production support for semiconductor equipment software.
- Tool Control Software
- SECS/GEM and GEM300
- Factory host and MES integration
- Legacy modernization
- Motion, vision, robotics, and automation
- Architecture, commissioning, and production support
KodeGEM Intelligence
A local intelligence suite designed to run alongside new or existing Tool Control Software. Compatible interfaces can preserve the existing control-software deployment; adapters or configuration may still be required.
- GEM natural-language knowledge access
- Live SECS/GEM and alarm monitoring
- Documentation and field knowledge
- Distributed Knowledge Mesh
- Local operation
- No cloud dependency
Low-Risk Modernization
Add Intelligence Without Rewriting Validated Control Software
KodeGEM Intelligence runs as a separate local software layer on the Tool PC, beside the equipment, or on dedicated local hardware. The existing Tool Control Software can remain unchanged when compatible interfaces already provide the required context; some projects require an adapter or configuration.
Factory Host / MES
Existing Tool Control Software
Semiconductor Equipment
KodeGEM Intelligence runs locally beside the Tool Control Software and receives approved equipment context, SECS/GEM activity, alarms, and knowledge sources.
- Existing Tool Control Software remains in place
- No required cloud service
- Runs on customer-approved local hardware
- Uses approved equipment and knowledge sources
- Adapters or configuration may be required
- Integration is defined for each project
Grounded Knowledge
Intelligence Grounded in Your Equipment
KodeGEM Intelligence combines live equipment context with the customer’s own approved technical and operational knowledge. Sources below represent approved and configured information sources.
Sources
Manuals and procedures
SECS/GEM activity
Alarm history
Field-service reports
Maintenance records
Shift records
Engineering notes
Expert knowledge
Operational data
Outcomes
- Query tool knowledge through GEM
- Investigate alarms with supporting context
- Find relevant procedures and field fixes
- Understand recent equipment activity
- Reuse approved knowledge across similar tools
Local by Design
Designed for Customer-Controlled Local Deployment
On-Prem Operation
Run KodeGEM Intelligence on the Tool PC, beside the equipment, or on dedicated local hardware.
No Cloud Required
Core knowledge access, monitoring, and analysis do not depend on an external cloud service.
Customer-Controlled Data
The deployment can be configured so approved documentation and equipment context remain within the customer’s environment.
Compatible Existing Software
For compatible interfaces, KodeGEM Intelligence can run alongside existing Tool Control Software without changing its validated source code.
Flexible Deployment
Support new, existing, and legacy equipment using deployment hardware appropriate for the tool and factory environment.
Distributed Knowledge Mesh
When One Tool Learns, Similar Tools Can Benefit
Once an issue is understood and the resulting knowledge is reviewed and approved, Distributed Knowledge Mesh can make that insight available to other authorized, similar tools running KodeGEM.
Reviewed knowledge
Approved distribution
Authorized tools
Equipment-family matching
Customer-controlled sharing
Tool-specific restrictions
Engineering Services
Semiconductor Software Consulting Services
SECS/GEM, GEM300, equipment control software, factory automation, motion control, vision systems, robotics, and legacy modernization.
SECS/GEM and GEM300 implementation, Host communications, event reporting, alarms, remote commands, and acceptance support.
SECS/GEM & GEM300 Development
SECS/GEM and GEM300 implementation, Host communications, event reporting, alarms, remote commands, and acceptance support.
Semiconductor Tool Control Software
Windows equipment control software for production tools—architecture, development, integration, commissioning, and sustained support.
Motion Control, Vision Systems & Robotics
Precision motion, machine vision, and robotics software layers integrated into the tool control stack.
Legacy Modernization
Extend or modernize Windows equipment software built with MFC, C++, C#, VB, or Pascal using an incremental, production-aware approach.
Factory Automation Integration
MES connectivity, databases, scheduling systems, networking, and factory host reporting.
KodeGEM Intelligence
Local intelligence designed to run alongside new or existing Tool Control Software, with project-specific interfaces for GEM knowledge access, live monitoring, and Distributed Knowledge Mesh.
Framework-flexible development using Cimetrix products, PEER Group EIB OEM, KodeGEM DDL, or an existing Windows equipment-software architecture.
- Cimetrix CCF
- PEER Group EIB OEM
- KodeGEM DDL
- Existing Windows Architectures
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Who We Work With
Equipment Control Software for OEMs, Fabs & Engineering Leadership
Equipment OEMs
Ship reliable tool control and SECS/GEM with your equipment — without building a full factory-software team in-house.
Semiconductor manufacturers
Integrate tools, modernize legacy control PCs, and keep host connectivity stable across the fleet.
Engineering leadership
Directors, software managers, and CTOs who need experienced tool-control engineers — not a slide deck.
Case Studies
Approved Project Evidence from Production Equipment Work
Named clients appear where approved; other case studies display the client as “On Request” and omit confidential details.
R&D Die Bonder
Business and engineering details are withheld from public disclosure.
View details →300 mm Backside Mini Track
Business and engineering details are withheld from public disclosure.
View details →Wafer Bow Metrology Module
Measure wafer bow within an integrated equipment workflow.
View details →Advanced Dual-Head Exposure Unit
Support simultaneous exposure on both sides of a wafer.
View details →Mini Track Software Modernization
Modernize existing equipment software using Cimetrix CIMControlFramework.
View details →NXQ8300 Next-Generation Software Platform
Replace an existing MFC/C++ framework with a maintainable .NET equipment-software architecture.
View details →Black Crystal Semiconductor Tool Software Framework
Create a reusable equipment-software framework with SECS/GEM capability.
View details →Verifiable Experience
Semiconductor Software Experience You Can Evaluate
Specific engineering experience, approved project evidence, and framework knowledge—presented without implying customer endorsement.
Production equipment software
Tool Control Software, motion, vision, robotics, process control, and factory integration.
Factory Host validation
Simulator testing, factory Host validation, FAT, SAT, commissioning, and long-term operation.
Framework-flexible delivery
Cimetrix products, PEER Group EIB OEM, KodeGEM DDL, and existing Windows architectures.
Selected Engineering Experience
Company names and marks identify approved prior engineering experience. They do not imply sponsorship, certification, partnership, or endorsement.
Semiconductor software expertise.
Local intelligence alongside it.
We build Tool Control Software and can deploy KodeGEM Intelligence alongside new or existing systems so documentation, alarms, and field knowledge stay usable locally. Existing control software can remain unchanged when compatible project interfaces are available.
1
Scope the engagement
Tool control, SECS/GEM, host integration, or legacy modernization — we start from your requirements.
2
Build on the tool PC
Software delivered where it runs: on-prem, beside or on your equipment.
3
Add optional Intelligence
Where compatible interfaces are available, add GEM, monitoring, and Distributed Knowledge Mesh locally alongside new or existing control software.