Semiconductor processing backup system

A semiconductor processing system comprising

• a first control device,
• a processing portion, the processing portion including
• a communications terminal, the communications terminal being coupled to the first control device, the communications terminal including an interceptor portion,
• a manufacturing device, the manufacturing device being coupled to the communications terminal,
• an interceptor controller, the interceptor controller being coupled to the interceptor portion;
• a second control device, the second control device being coupled to the communications terminal;
• and
• a stocker portion, the stocker portion being coupled to the first and second control devices, the stocker portion including
• a stocker terminal, the stocker terminal including a stocker terminal interceptor portion,
• a stocking device, the stocking device being coupled to the stocker terminal, and
• a stocker interceptor controller, the stocker interceptor controller being coupled to the stocker terminal interceptor portion;
• the interceptor portion and the interceptor controller together providing a processing portion interceptor module, the processing portion interceptor module receiving a first response from one of the first and second control devices, storing the response until a second response is received from the other of the first and second control devices, and comparing the first and second responses to independently determine whether a potential fault exists with one of the first and second control devices,
• the stocker terminal interceptor portion and the stocker interceptor controller together providing a stocker interceptor module, the stocker interceptor module receiving a first response from one of the first and second control devices, storing the response until a second response is received from the other of the first and second control devices, and comparing the first and second responses to independently determine whether a potential fault exists with one of the first and second control devices,
• the combination of the processing portion interceptor module, the stocker interceptor module, and the first and second control devices providing a backup system, the backup system providing continuous operation of the manufacturing system in the event that there is a fault with one of the first and second control devices.