Ha Seung-jae, CEO of AIBIZ, a promising company at the Soongsil University Venture & SME Center "Our deep-learning-based industrial AI platform 'DutchBoy' improves the work efficiency of semiconductor manufacturing engineers... We plan to apply it to secondary battery manufacturing as well" It is the age of artificial intelligence (AI). AI is being applied across a wide range of industries, gaining competitiveness and emerging as a core technology that opens the future. The Federation of Korean Industries forecasts that the global AI market will grow to about 500 trillion won by 2027, comparable to the global semiconductor market. A company has drawn attention by commercializing competitive patented technology, recently establishing a subsidiary in the United States and signaling innovation in the global AI market. AIBIZ, a specialist in industrial AI solutions, is accelerating its expansion into the U.S. market as well as the domestic market with 'DutchBoy', an AI platform specialized for semiconductor processes. It has also opened a path to applying this technology to secondary battery manufacturing. DutchBoy is an 'AI solution for anomaly detection and root cause analysis in semiconductor manufacturing processes.' It connects data scattered across each piece of equipment so that engineers can tell where a defect originated during semiconductor manufacturing, and provides the comprehensive analysis results in real time. Implementing this technology requires connected data from some 200 pieces of equipment that make wafers (the core material of semiconductors). In addition, although a large amount of data is continuously generated in the manufacturing process, a prerequisite is that only the normal data among it be extracted to train the AI. To meet this, AIBIZ has spent three years improving the solution's level of completion while reflecting engineers' requirements. As a result, it can intuitively tell, for example, that a defect occurred in a certain piece of equipment with 80% probability and which sensor detected the anomaly. In addition, sensor values change when parts are replaced or equipment ages, and this too can be detected automatically. With this technology AIBIZ received NET (New Excellent Technology) certification, and it now holds 3 registered patents and 13 pending applications. Three of these patents have also been filed in the United States, Taiwan, and China. It is the age of artificial intelligence (AI). AI is being applied across a wide range of industries, gaining competitiveness and emerging as a core technology that opens the future. The Federation of Korean Industries forecasts that the global AI market will grow to about 500 trillion won by 2027, comparable to the global semiconductor market. A company has drawn attention by commercializing competitive patented technology, recently establishing a subsidiary in the United States and signaling innovation in the global AI market. AIBIZ, a specialist in industrial AI solutions, is accelerating its expansion into the U.S. market as well as the domestic market with 'DutchBoy', an AI platform specialized for semiconductor processes. It has also opened a path to applying this technology to secondary battery manufacturing. DutchBoy is an 'AI solution for anomaly detection and root cause analysis in semiconductor manufacturing processes.' It connects data scattered across each piece of equipment so that engineers can tell where a defect originated during semiconductor manufacturing, and provides the comprehensive analysis results in real time. Implementing this technology requires connected data from some 200 pieces of equipment that make wafers (the core material of semiconductors). In addition, although a large amount of data is continuously generated in the manufacturing process, a prerequisite is that only the normal data among it be extracted to train the AI. To meet this, AIBIZ has spent three years improving the solution's level of completion while reflecting engineers' requirements. As a result, it can intuitively tell, for example, that a defect occurred in a certain piece of equipment with 80% probability and which sensor detected the anomaly. In addition, sensor values change when parts are replaced or equipment ages, and this too can be detected automatically. With this technology AIBIZ received NET (New Excellent Technology) certification, and it now holds 3 registered patents and 13 pending applications. Three of these patents have also been filed in the United States, Taiwan, and China. Ha Seung-jae, CEO of AIBIZ. / Photo = Reporter Lee Min-ho Ha Seung-jae, CEO of AIBIZ. / Photo = Reporter Lee Min-ho CEO Ha Seung-jae of AIBIZ explained, "We successfully completed a DutchBoy pilot operation with Company A, a domestic foundry semiconductor company, and also signed a contract for a 'semiconductor device analysis auto-generation solution.' Recently, we also signed a PoC contract with a semiconductor equipment company and, starting this month, are performing 'anomaly detection during semiconductor processes' for two months." A foundry refers to a production company dedicated to semiconductor manufacturing. CEO Ha cited turning DutchBoy into a platform as the company's greatest competitive strength. This is because time-series data (data that changes over time) can be used to gain diverse extensibility, such as process optimization and machine vision. Using this platform, the company recently filed a patent for a 'smart construction supervision system' that predicts construction disasters and threats and helps prevent them, and in May it jointly filed a patent with SOPT for an 'artificial intelligence judging system and method for martial arts using video information.' It plans to apply the platform to the secondary battery field going forward and has currently made a proposal to a domestic secondary battery company. CEO Ha said, "There is a big difference between having tried something and attempting it, and what matters is having completed it. I have done it and have even received a success verdict. The reason for entering the U.S. is that foundry companies around the world are building local plants in the U.S., and there are also secondary battery plants. In Korea there are only five semiconductor foundry companies, and above all they tend to offer startups' products at rock-bottom prices. If we achieve good results in the U.S., we expect the perception of domestic companies to change as well." He added, "Thanks to the Soongsil University Venture & SME Center, we were able to secure an environment where our 12 employees can work comfortably. We are getting help in completing our service and in entering the U.S. market." <Copyright © Money Today, 'Real-time news where you can see the money'. Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution prohibited>