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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 02, 1996
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A method and system are provided for operating a data processing system including a data base computer system and a resource allocation computer for control of resource allocation in a manufacturing plant with a manufacturing line comprising a plurality of stages with manufacturing machines, the resource allocation computer including data storage means. The method includes several steps including: deriving data from the data storage means and computing the targets for each of the stages; obtaining machine capacity data from the data storage means and employing the machine capacity data for allocating machine capacity proportionally and adjusting targets; adding limits to stages of penetration and adjusting targets; determining residual capacity and allocating the residual capacity of the manufacturing machines; and checking the convergence of targets and machine allocation until convergence is achieved.