Abstract: Technologies for authenticating a user to a computing device include determining a hair follicle pattern of a portion of the user's skin and comparing the determined hair follicle pattern to an authenticated hair follicle pattern to authenticate the user. The hair follicle pattern of the portion of the user's skin may, be generated by a camera of the computing device, and the authenticated hair follicle pattern may be stored in a secure storage of the computing device. Features of the computing device may be enabled based on the particular authenticated hair follicle pattern to which the determined hair follicle matches. Additionally, in some embodiments, one or more additional biometric authentications may be used, and the user may be authenticated based on the particular combination of the authenticated hair follicle pattern and the additional biometric authentication(s).

Abstract: Technologies for contextual platform recommendations including a computing device with a number of platform capabilities, including any combination of hardware capabilities and software capabilities. The computing device stores context data based on the current context of the computing device and determines a user profile based on the context data. The user profile is indicative of typical behavior of the user of the computing device. The computing device determines a recommended platform capability from a number of available platform capabilities based on the user profile. The computing device notifies the user of the recommended platform capability. The computing device may also provide the notification only when the recommended platform capability is relevant to the current device context. The computing device may transmit the user profile to a recommendation service, which may generate additional recommendations for platform capabilities. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: According to embodiments of the invention, an integrated configuration, flow and execution systems (ICFES) may be used to specify, control and record a history of processing of both semiconductor device experimental lots and production lots of wafers. Moreover, the system allows combining of one or more partial flows of pre-existing flow blocks, and special processing into another processing flow block. A lot plan can be created that includes the flow block, and the lot plan can be updated to include partial flows and special processing before or during processing of the lot plan.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for upfront specification of lot process parameters to enable automated processing is disclosed. The method comprises building a hierarchical representation of a process plan for a manufacturing object using data structures to represent operational flows of the manufacturing object, performing a query execution on the hierarchical representation to determine one or more of the data structures affected by a global flow change (GFC), and implementing a locking protocol to preserve data integrity in the one or more data structures affected by the GFC. Other embodiments are also described.

Abstract: Embodiments of logical groups of wafers in semiconductor processing are presented herein.

Abstract: A system for conducting transistor performance analysis is disclosed, in which automatic graph plotting is interactively enhanced with human judgment. The system includes executing transistor performance analysis software, which receives templates specifying parameters, graph charting options, and algorithms, as well as a database of transistor values, as its inputs. The software produces an output document with linked graphs and a summary report. The software extracts, filters and applies statistical regression to large quantities of data. The software also applies statistical filtering to the data and automatically plots hundreds of charts and graphs based on the data. Graphs are color-coded to highlight relationships that suffer from unusually high noise in the data. Users can manually adjust lines on the graphs, which are automatically reflected in dependent graphs and the summary report. Changes to program methodology can be achieved by changing the template rather than by modifying the software.