Abstract: A method, apparatus and system are provided for determining the price of a reticle set. The system retrieves information related to a specific reticle set from various data sources (e.g., data bases) and determines a price for the reticle set. An example embodiment of the method of the invention for calculating a price of a reticle set comprises: a) receiving customer information for the reticle set and storing the customer information; b) receiving sales order data for the reticle set and storing the sales order data; c) retrieving layer information for the reticle set and storing the layer information; d) retrieving cost data for the layer information for the reticle set and storing the cost data; e) determining the price of the reticle set using the layer information, the sales order data, and the cost data; and storing the price of the reticle set; and f) outputting the price of the reticle set.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for changing/modifying a customer specific reticle set design to a reticle set design that meets a user's process standard. An example embodiment of a method of modifying layout information representing a reticle set design for an integrated circuit comprising the following: receiving layout information and job information; and storing the layout information and the job information; the layout information representing a reticle set design for an integrated circuit and the job information related to the reticle set design; modifying the layout information and the job information to put the layout information and the job information into a first process compatible format; using the layout information and the job information to create mask writer format information for the reticle set design; and storing the mask writer format information; and outputting the mask writer format information.

Abstract: A system, apparatus and method for changing/modifying a customer specific reticle set design to a reticle set design that meets a user's process standard.