1. Japan TC Chapter of Information & Control Global Technical Committee Liaison Report
As of January 31, 2017
Ver.1.0

2. Outline I&CC Japan TC Chapter Leadership
Current I&CC Japan TC Chapter Structure
Document Review Summary
SNARFs and Ballots
Task Force Updates
Announcement
Meeting Information

3. I&CC Japan TC Chapter Leadership
Co-chairs
Takayuki Nishimura / SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions
Mitsuhiro Matsuda / Hitachi Kokusai Electric
Advisor
Mitch Sakamoto / Consultant
Technical Architect
Hiroshi Kondo / Murata Machinery
Tadashi Mochizuki / Tokyo Electron
Technical Editor
TBA 3

4. Current I&CC Japan TC Chapter Structure
Advisor
M. Sakamoto (Consultant)
I&CC Japan TC Chapter
T. Nishimura (SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions)
M. Matsuda (Hitachi Kokusai Electric)
Technical Architect
H. Kondo (Murata Machinery)
T. Mochizuki (Tokyo Electron)
Technical Editor
TBA
Discharged
Equipment Information System Security (EISS) TF
M. Sakamoto (Consultant)
JA I&CC Maintenance TF
M. Matsuda (Hitachi Kokusai Electric)
Fiducial Mark Interoperability TF
I&C Committee: M. Matsuda (Hitachi Kokusai Electric)
PI&C Committee: S. Mashiro (Tokyo Electron)
Silicon Wafer Committee: T. Nakai (SUMCO) Packaging Committee: S. Masuchi (DISCO)
Traceability Committee: H. Tsunobuchi (KEYENCE)
GEM 300 TF
Y. Takasaki (SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions)
Y. Toyoshima (Hitachi High-Technologies)

5. Document Review Summary at Japan Standards Summer 2016 Meetings
Cycle
Doc #
Description
Japan Chapter Action
5601A
New Standard: SPECIFICATION FOR WAFER JOB MANAGEMENT (WJM)
Passed with editorial changes
Ratification ballot issued in Cycle
Minority Report was submitted.
Contains five claims, but one is invalid.
All four claims are supported by GCS voting.
Japan TC Chapter reconsidered the Negatives cited in the Minority Report at the last TC Chapter meeting held on October 21, 2016 and does not overturn its previous decision on any of the Negatives.
Procedural Review of 5601A was passed at A&R.

6. Ratification Ballot voted
Cycle
Doc #
Description
Result
R5601A
New Standard: SPECIFICATION FOR WAFER JOB MANAGEMENT (WJM)
Passed for Cycle 6
Met the Acceptance conditions
Passed at A&R in October 2016 and published as SEMI E
Received four Disapprove Votes.
Japan TC Chapter considered them as new business at the meeting held on October 21, 2016.
Decided to forward the technical reasons of three votes to Japan GEM300 TF
Need to clarify the technical reasons of one vote
TC Chapter decided not to consider it due to no reply from the voter
Japan GEM300 TF has already started working for the technical reasons of one vote

7. Document Review Summary at Japan Standards Fall 2016 Meetings
Cycle
Doc #
Description
Japan Chapter Action
6033
Line item revision to SEMI E E (Reapproved 0710) “The Carrier ID Reader/Writer Functional Standard: Specification of Concepts, Behavior, and Services” and SEMI E (Reapproved ) “Specification for SECS-I and SECS-II Protocol for Carrier ID Reader/Writer Functional Standard” --
Line Item 1
To correct nonconforming titles of both SEMI E99 and SEMI E99.1 as following.
Passed as balloted
Superclean
Line Item 2
To correct small technical errors in SEMI E99 and SEMI E99.1 as following.
6034
Reapproval of SEMI E “Specification for Sensor Actuator Network for MOTIONNET® Communication”
6036
Reapproval of SEMI E “Specification for AMHS SEM (AMHS SEM)”

8. Document Review Summary at Japan Standards Winter 2016 Meetings in conjunction with SEMICON Japan 2016
Cycle
Doc #
Description
Japan Chapter Action
5973
Line Item Revision to SEMI E “SPECIFICATION FOR SECURED FOUNDATION OF RECIPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SFORMS)”
*The SNARF anticipated some revisions to SEMI E in conjunction with the revisions to SEMI E , however, no revision to SEMI E is needed for these line item revisions. --
Line Item 1
Revise the format of ‘Service Message Description Table’.
Passed as balloted
Line Item 2
Correct editorial errors in ‘Table 46 Compliance Statement’.
Superclean
Line Item 3
Add a section ‘Required Items for Each Implementation Step’ which provides a checklist of required items for each implementation step in Related Information.
Failed and work will be discontinued.

9. Ballots to be reviewed at Japan Standards Spring 2017 Meetings
Cycle
Doc #
Description TF
6090
Line Item Revision to SEMI E (Reapproved 1109) “SPECIFICATION FOR PROBER SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT MODEL (PSEM)”
Japan I&C Maintenance TF
6089
Line Item Revision to “SEMI E SPECIFICATION FOR SECS-II PROTOCOL FOR SECURED FOUNDATION OF RECIPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM”, “SEMI E , SPECIFICATION FOR SECURED FOUNDATION OF RECIPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SFORMS)” and “SEMI E SEMI EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATIONS STANDARD 2 MESSAGE CONTENT (SECS-II)” with title change.
GEM300 TF
6091
Line Item Revision to SEMI E : SPECIFICATION FOR WAFER JOB MANAGEMENT (WJM)

10. SNARF/SNARF Withdrawal Approved at Japan Standards Fall 2016 Meetings
Doc #
Description TF
6035 Withdrawal
Line Item Revision to SEMI E (Reapproved 1109) “SPECIFICATION FOR PROBER SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT MODEL (PSEM)”
JA I&CC Maintenance TF
6090
Line Item Revision to SEMI E (Reapproved 1109) “SPECIFICATION FOR PROBER SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT MODEL (PSEM)”
*The scope of the SNARF 6035 is needed to change, so the SNARF had been withdrawn and a new SNARF was proposed per PM
6091
Line Item Revision to SEMI Ennn-mmyy (SEMI Doc. R5601A): SPECIFICATION FOR WAFER JOB MANAGEMENT (WJM)
GEM300 TF
6092
New Standard: SPECIFICATION FOR CENTRALIZED USER AUTHENTICATION AND ROLE AUTHORIZATION MANAGEMENT (CUARAM)
6089
Line Item Revision to “SEMI E : SPECIFICATION FOR SECS-II PROTOCOL FOR SECURED FOUNDATION OF RECIPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” and “SEMI E5-0813: SEMI EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATIONS STANDARD 2 MESSAGE CONTENT (SECS-II)” with title change.

11. SNARF Revision Approved at Japan Standards Winter 2016 Meetings in conjunction with SEMICON Japan 2016
Doc #
Description TF
6091
Line Item Revision to SEMI E : SPECIFICATION FOR WAFER JOB MANAGEMENT (WJM)
GEM300 TF
6089
Line Item Revision to “SEMI E : SPECIFICATION FOR SECS-II PROTOCOL FOR SECURED FOUNDATION OF RECIPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM” and “SEMI E5-0813: SEMI EQUIPMENT COMMUNICATIONS STANDARD 2 MESSAGE CONTENT (SECS-II)” with title change.

12. Add R1-8 to Related Information 1 of SEMI E170
The TC Chapter authorized for publication to add the compliance table as R1-8 to Related Information 1 of SEMI E170 with subsequent approval by both the GCS and the ISC A&R SC.
It was subsequently approved by the I&C GCS members on January 14,
The proposal is forwarded to A&R for subsequent approval.

13. Task Force Updates [1/5]
Equipment Information System Security (EISS) TF
The activity started from the study group meeting for virus protection by white list at SEMICON Japan 2011.
The SNARF (#5422) for Guide for Equipment Information System Security was approved in 2012.
Ballot #5422A passed at the Japan TC Chapter meeting at SEMICON Japan 2013 and was published as SEMI E
Then the task force started discussion on Role Base Access Control.
Further discussion on the topic was taken over to GEM300 TF summer
The discharge of EISS TF was approved at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting held on December 16, 2016.

14. Task Force Updates [2/5] Fiducial Mark Interoperability TF
Last TF meeting was held on November 18, 2015
T7 issues
SNARF 5890
Delete all position specifications from SEMI T7 because position specifications are also described on SEMI M1 and other related Silicon Standard.
Document 5890
Submitting to 2015 Cycle 7, passed with editorial changes at JA TC Chapter meeting of Traceability TC on Dec. 18, 2015, and passed A&R.
Published as T
Others
Assembly and Packaging: Discussing backend alignment issues with introducing fiducial mark wafer.
TF leaders to start discussion about disbanding this TF if the TF doesn’t have further activity.

15. Task Force Updates [3/5] GEM 300 TF
#5973: Line Item Revision to SEMI E170 & SEMI E170.1
SNARF revision was approved at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on June 16.
It is highly probable that documentation quality issues
The SNARF anticipated some revisions to SEMI E in conjunction with the revisions to SEMI E , however, no revision to SEMI E is needed for these line item revisions.
Ballot was reviewed at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on December 16.
LI 1 & LI 2 passed as balloted
LI 3 failed and work will be discontinued.
#5601: New Standards for “Wafer Job Management”
Ballot #5601A
Passed with editorial changes at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on June 16.
Passed at A&R in July
Minority Report to TC Chapter decision was submitted and made pre-consideration of the Minority Report
Ballot #R5601A
Submitted in Cycle 6
Met acceptance conditions
Passed at A&R in October.
Published as SEMI E

16. Task Force Updates [4/5] GEM300 TF (cont’d)
#6091: Line Item Revision to SEMI E
SNARF was approved at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on October 21.
SNARF Revision was approved at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on December 16.
Ballot to be submitted for Cycle
#6089: New SNARF for Line Item Revision to E170.1 and E5
According to comment from potential Standards users at GEM300A STEP, TF consider to simplify E170 subordinate standard by using dedicated SECS II message, instead of OSS generic service.
Assumed stream number for E170.1 is S20.
#5618
TF decided to give up the activity for #5618: New Standard: Specification for Preservation of Recipe Integrity (PRI), which is owned by NA TC Chapter.
#6092: New standard “CUARAM: Centralized User Authentication & Role Authorization Management”
Scope was discussed with EISS TF.
Material of explanation for concept of CUARAM is distributed to I&C TC Members in Korea and Taiwan in order to receive response from them.

17. Task Force Updates [5/5] JA I&CC Maintenance TF
Last TF meeting was held on October 21, 2016.
#5615: SEMI E98 and SEMI E98.1 (OBEM)
SNARF withdrawal was approved at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on June16.
#6033: Line Item Revision to SEMI E99 and SEMI E99.1 (Carrier ID Reader/Writer)
LI1 & LI2: Passed as balloted at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on October 21.
#6035: Line Item Revision to SEMI E91 (PSEM)
SNARF withdrawal was approved at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on October 21.
The scope of the SNARF is changed, so a new SNARF was proposed per PM
#6090: Line Item Revision to SEMI E91
SNARF was approved at I&C Japan TC Chapter meeting on October 21.
Ballot to be submitted for Cycle
The activity of SEMI E107 “Specification of Electric Failure Link Data Format for Yield Management System”
No action to be made.

18. Announcement
GEM300A
SEMI E170 SFORM, SEMI E171 PCL and SEMI E174 WJM document group was named “GEM300A”.

19. Meeting Information - Japan TC
Last Meeting – Japan Winter 2016 Meetings in conjunction with SEMICON Japan 2016:
Friday, December 16, :00PM-5:00PM
@ Tokyo Big Sight Conference Tower, Tokyo, Japan
Next Meeting – Japan Spring 2017 Meetings:
Friday, April 21, :30PM-5:00PM
@ SEMI Japan Office, Tokyo, Japan

20. Schedule for I&CC Japan TC Chapter Meetings
Spring on April 21, 2017
Summer in June, 2017
Fall in October, 2017
Winter on December 15, 2017 (tentative)
in conjunction with SEMICON Japan 2017

21. End of
I&CC Japan TC Chapter
Liaison Report
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