FutureGrasp LLC Over 20 Years Experience In Emerging Technologies

Years ago when I worked in the semiconductor crystal growth industry, we had a frequent problem with crystal defects that occurred, seemingly at random, during a multi-day growth process. These defects caused total failure of the greater than $80,000 single crystal. One of my proposed solutions was to create a dynamic computer model of the whole system. The simulation would run simultaneously with the real system's control settings and model in real-time the various potentials for defects well in advance of their occurring. The closed-loop SCADA [1] system would then make appropriate corrections to avoid defects and yield a perfect crystal.