Integrated management of semiconductor process data

A method for integrated management of semiconductor process data comprising:

• installing into each one of a plurality of semiconductor fabrication lines a corresponding one integrated management system (IMS) including a plurality of semiconductor device fabrication process data sets for the one semiconductor fabrication line, and a data set module for extracting certain data from a corresponding one of the plurality of data sets, the one IMS being in communication with every other IMS of every other line of the plurality of semiconductor fabrication lines;
• logging a user interface computer into a contacted IMS;
• updating a work environment at the user interface computer from the contacted IMS, the work environment including a contacted data set module;
• and
• carrying out, at the user interface computer, a task for controlling semiconductor device fabrication, including processing some data from a contacted plurality of semiconductor device fabrication process data sets according to the updated work environment;
• wherein said logging the user interface computer into the contacted IMS comprises checking an identification (ID) of an operator, authorizing the operator to perform a set of tasks, and selecting one line of the plurality of semiconductor fabrication lines for logging into a respective one IMS, and
• wherein said method further comprises:
• selecting a task, before said carrying out the task for controlling semiconductor device fabrication;
• determining whether there is another task to carry out with the one line, after said carrying out the task for controlling semiconductor device fabrication;
• if there is another task, returning to said selecting a task;
• if there is not another task, determining whether to log said user interface computer into a different IMS of a different line of the plurality of semiconductor fabrication lines;
• and
• if it is determined to log into the different IMS,
• logging the user interface computer into the different IMS, and
• updating a different work environment at the user interface computer from the different IMS.