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A decade ago, the development of cluster tools in the IC manufacturing industry seemed to herald the end of batch processing systems. Single-wafer, multichamber tools were the wave of the future—they ...

(1) Processing a group of files or databases from start to completion rather than having the user open, edit and save each of them one at a time. For example, a graphics conversion utility can change ...

Real-time streaming data applications may get all the press, but the reality is that much of the business world still runs in batch mode. As companies grow, so does the volume of management reports ...

Implementing a batch process to handle gigabytes of data is a veritable tsunami of a task, but you can take it down a chunk with the help of Spring Batch. This popular Spring module has been ...

How integrated pharmaceutical manufacturing helps CDMOs simplify scale-up, reduce complexity, and move from raw materials to finished dosage forms faster.

significantly enhanced if it has on-line connectivity with, and access to, the work-in-process inventory system that contains the actual, sampled characteristics and attributes (i.e., potency, percent ...

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