Advanced Micro Devices Corporation

F Walter Smith

Richard Charles Kittler

Randy Burdick

Bruce P Szalwinski

The present invention provides for a method of archiving data files. A command to begin archiving is received. An archiving process is initiated in response to said command to begin archiving. An archiving write phase is implemented in response to said initiation of said archiving process. An archived-file deleting process is implemented in response to a completion of said archiving write phase.

Method and apparatus for archiving and deleting large data sets

Data in disparate formats from different data sources are reformatted into a common data format and stored in database servers serving one or more data sources such that each database server contains only a portion of the composite database. A client server and graphical user interface are provided for allowing a client to perform simple search requests on one database server, browse requests on all database servers, or serve complex search requests on one or more database servers. The client server may reformat the resultant search data into one or more specific database formats for retrieval and manipulation by a specific database program or display the information for the client. The present invention has particular application to the semiconductor manufacturing field, for tracking data produced during the processes of semiconductor manufacturing.

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