Securing Semiconductor Manufacturing with Advantech's ARK
2025/8/11
Project Background
Cybersecurity is critically important in semiconductor manufacturing due to the industry's reliance on highly sensitive intellectual property, precision machinery, and global supply chains. Semiconductor fabs operate with complex, interconnected systems that, if compromised, can lead to production halts, IP theft, or sabotage. Since chips power everything from consumer electronics to national defense systems, securing manufacturing environments against cyber threats is essential to protect economic stability, technological leadership, and national security. Several of Advantech’s existing customers in manufacturing lithography, CMP, defect inspection, and data center equipment rely on ARK for secure and reliable solutions that enhance cybersecurity and operational stability.
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Customer Pain Points
Navigating cybersecurity compliance (e.g., IEC 62443) is complex and requires coordination across diverse tools and vendors. Furthermore, with the rise of AI, tasks such as equipment fault detection, visual inspection, and process anomaly detection benefit from low-latency AI inference at the edge. As a result, semiconductor equipment manufacturers need powerful, compact, and fully secure edge AI devices.
Benefits
By leveraging the latest Intel® ATOM® and Core Ultra processors, customers can finally achieve the stability needed for their semiconductor equipment within constrained spaces. Advantech’s AI-enabled ARK-1251 is used for wafer inspection, defect detection, and yield optimization—critical tasks for maintaining quality and throughput in semiconductor production. Furthermore, the CRA and IEC 62443-4-2 pre-certification of the ARK-1125 can save customers up to 60% in development time and 50% costs.
Key Solution Highlights
- ARK has a decades-long reputation for reliability and stability in industrial applications.
- The ARK-1251’s iDoor modular design supports customized CAN bus integration.
- The ARK-1251, with its embedded NPU, delivers AI computing power in a power-efficient solution that meets customer’s AI requirements.
- The compact ARK-1125 can fit into constrained spaces, such as roadside cabinets.
- IEC 62443-4-2 pre-certification means the ARK- 1125 and ARK-1251 enable customers to save time and costs on feasibility studies, validation, and implementation schedules.
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