Syntricity

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Syntricity Corporation is the number one provider of test management and optimization software for the semiconductor industry. Built for the future of analytics, enterprises worldwide rely on Syntricity for data integration, data quality, and big data solutions that accelerate product ramps and deliver premium yields. A privately-held company, Syntricity is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information, send e-mail to brian.graff@syntricity.com, visit www.syntricity.com, or call 858.552.4485.

What’s in a Name?

Stigler’s Law of Eponymy states, "No scientific discovery is named after its original discoverer." It was named by Stephen Stigler, who credits the notion to Robert K. Merton (1910-2003). Stephen Stigler’s father, George Stigler, won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1982. Robert K. Merton’s son, Robert C. Merton, won the Nobel Prize in Economics [...]

By |2017-09-18T22:54:36+00:00September 7th, 2010|The Data Blog|Comments Off on What’s in a Name?

Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility

Six-sigma  projects and other factors have contributed to the increased popularity of gauge r&r studies. The DMAIC (define, measure, analyze, improve, control) problem solving framework commonly used in six-sigma projects starts by defining a problem followed by the measurement step. Measurement systems analysis is based on the notion that you need to determine the capability of [...]

By |2017-09-18T22:54:36+00:00August 12th, 2010|The Data Blog|Comments Off on Gauge Repeatability & Reproducibility

Syntricity’s Deployment Strategy Turns Data Solutions

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, July 7, 2010 – Syntricity’s experience in deploying its dataConductor semiconductor yield managements system, including broad support for standard as well as proprietary data formats, continues to help customers establish the best-practices necessary for data collection, automated file feeds, and data analysis to turn data into solutions. After more than a decade [...]

By |2017-09-20T18:15:44+00:00July 8th, 2010|Press, The Data Blog|Comments Off on Syntricity’s Deployment Strategy Turns Data Solutions

Thinking Outside the Boxplot

Boxplots and Outside Values "The normal distribution, for example, is clearly the template for the selection of fence locations." Dr. James Thompson, The Age of Tukey,Technometrics, August 2001. The basic boxplot is a graphical representation of the five-number summary: the minimum, 25th percentile (also called first quartile), 50th percentile (the median, or second quartile), 75th [...]

By |2014-08-20T23:55:40+00:00June 30th, 2010|The Data Blog|Comments Off on Thinking Outside the Boxplot

The Myth of Seven

Samurai use swords, not bullets It's been 50+ years since Dr. George Miller published The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on our Capacity for Processing Information (1956) in The Psychological Review. Over the years, many people (knowingly or not) have used this article to support the notion that you should, for example, limit the [...]

By |2017-09-18T22:54:36+00:00June 30th, 2010|The Data Blog|Comments Off on The Myth of Seven

Syntricity Reports Profitability 2009 – Sees Increased Demand Products Services

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, January 21, 2010 - Syntricity Inc. announced today profitability for the calendar/fiscal year 2009, including four successive quarters of profitability. The company pointed to increases in sales both of products and services as well as improved operational efficiency as key achievements. Significant milestones in 2009 include the release of its rapid characterization [...]

By |2017-09-20T18:16:16+00:00January 20th, 2010|Press, The Data Blog|Comments Off on Syntricity Reports Profitability 2009 – Sees Increased Demand Products Services

Syntricity’s dataConductorEP 6.0 Makes Data-Driven Decisions as Easy as Drag-and-Drop

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, September 9, 2009 - Syntricity Inc., the pioneer in web-native analysis and reporting for the semiconductor industry, has released dataConductorEP 6.0, which combines powerful, template-based analytics with an enhanced, high-performance data warehouse. Ease-of-use continues to be a hallmark of the product, with drag-and-drop analysis objects, intuitive filtering, and point-and-click sorting. The power [...]

By |2017-09-20T18:16:39+00:00September 9th, 2009|Press, The Data Blog|Comments Off on Syntricity’s dataConductorEP 6.0 Makes Data-Driven Decisions as Easy as Drag-and-Drop

Syntricity Breaks the One-Trillon Measurements-Per-Year Barrier

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, June 17, 2009 - Syntricity Inc., a leader in semiconductor yield management solutions, announced today the capability of loading over a trillion measurements per year using its newly enhanced dataConductorEP™ warehouse. Anticipating that the data collection and analysis needs of its customers will continue to grow, Syntricity has produced a 10x improvement [...]

By |2017-09-20T18:16:55+00:00June 17th, 2009|Press, The Data Blog|Comments Off on Syntricity Breaks the One-Trillon Measurements-Per-Year Barrier

Steven Griffith Named President and CEO of Syntricity Inc.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, February 11, 2009 - Syntricity Inc., today announced that Steven Griffith, formerly the company’s chief operating officer and chief technology officer, has been appointed president and chief executive officer. In this role, Mr. Griffith will assume responsibility for all Syntricity business operations and accelerating the growth of Syntricity’s enterprise yield management software [...]

By |2017-09-20T18:17:10+00:00February 12th, 2009|Press, The Data Blog|Comments Off on Steven Griffith Named President and CEO of Syntricity Inc.

Syntricity’s Supplier Yield Management Formulates Business Intelligence Semiconductors

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, September 25, 2008 - Syntricity Inc. today introduced the production release of their new application, Supplier Yield Management, which provides business intelligence analysis on semiconductor yields for the popular dataConductorEP® yield management platform. Supplier Yield Management (SYM) provides a supervisory overview of all suppliers and can quickly discern differences in yields between [...]

By |2017-09-20T18:17:25+00:00September 25th, 2008|Press, The Data Blog|Comments Off on Syntricity’s Supplier Yield Management Formulates Business Intelligence Semiconductors