Abstract: A system for fabricating a product and a method for fabricating a product employ a data structure having a product table as a central element. The product table also has linked therewith a location table, a package table and a material table, such that the data structure may assist with efficient and reliable fabrication of the product. The invention optionally provides a package map table mapping the package table with the location table.

Abstract: The present invention provides a data structure relating to a product and a method of preparing the same to set up the data structure. The data structure is stored in the memory of a computer comprising a technology table, a product table, and a tool table (or a mask table). The technology table comprises a technology ID and a process layer data for recording the information of each process layer, wherein the process layer data comprises a plurality of layer codes. Each layer code corresponds to a process layer. In addition, the product table comprises a product ID and a product link table for providing a link to the technology table. The tool table comprises at least one tool ID for each process layer and a tool link table for providing a link to the product table.