AIBIZ Co., Ltd., a specialist in industrial AI (artificial intelligence) solutions, announced on the 20th that it signed an agreement with semiconductor equipment maker SEMES Co., Ltd. to develop 'on-device AI for etching (ETCH) equipment'. Under the agreement, the two companies will equip semiconductor etching equipment with AI and develop on-device AI that performs real-time anomaly detection and identification of the causes of anomalies. AIBIZ's process diagnostic AI will be used for this. It is widely applicable not only to the semiconductor industry but also to manufacturing industries such as secondary batteries and solar power. It is also characterized by being able to identify root causes of anomalies in addition to equipment predictive maintenance technologies such as real-time anomaly detection. An AIBIZ official said, "The two companies will cooperate to distribute a deep learning-based AI platform for the manufacturing industry and speed up the advancement of manufacturing process diagnostic technology," adding, "SEMES will be able to strengthen the competitiveness of its semiconductor equipment, and AIBIZ will be able to secure a new revenue model." He added, "We will grow into a company with global competitiveness in the AI field."