Ben Harry

US Patent:

6366824, Apr 2, 2002

Filed:

Nov 12, 1998

Appl. No.:

09/190986

Inventors:

Bharat B. Nair - San Jose CA
Robert C. Kuzmak - Colorado Springs CO
Larry Barto - Austin TX
Ben Harry - Austin TX

Assignee:

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. - Austin TX

International Classification:

G06F 1900

US Classification:

700115, 700 19, 700110, 700121, 700221, 700224

Abstract:

An system and method of tracking and coordinating distribution of manufacturing reference information that represents movement of devices throughout a plurality of manufacturing facilities at remote locations. The approach is particularly advantageous in application environments wherein a manufacturer has multiple manufacturing facilities. One embodiment of the method of tracking involves the steps of assigning codes that include a test flow indicator to the devices to identify information, processing devices according to the test flow indicator, receiving processing development data in near real-time at each of the remotely located facilities, utilizing a Manufacturing Reference Database to aggregate manufacturing information by receiving the manufacturing information data from remotely located facilities on a transaction-by-transaction basis, storing and then transmitting the manufacturing information to other corporate systems communicating with the Manufacturing Reference Database in near real-time.