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Scheduling tools with queue time constraints

US7463939B1 · kind B1 · utility

17Cited by

24References

40Claims

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Assignee

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. · US

Inventors

Gustavo Mata · Austin, US
Steven C. Nettles · Blanco, US
Larry D. Barto · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 18, 2004
Grant date	Dec 9, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06Q10/10
WIPO fieldIT methods for management
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for use in an automated manufacturing environment are disclosed. The method includes autonomously scheduling a consumer manufacturing domain entity for the consumption of services provided by a plurality of provider manufacturing domain entities in an automated process flow; and constraining the autonomous scheduling to lessen queue time violations in the process flow. The apparatus includes a program storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed by a computing device, performs such a method; a computing apparatus programmed to perform such a method, and an automated process flow implementing such a method.

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