Yield prediction feedback for controlling an equipment engineering system

A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method comprising:

• receiving a yield prediction and a yield prediction confidence by a scheduling and dispatch controller, wherein the yield prediction is associated with a manufacturing tool and a product and the yield prediction confidence is associated with the yield prediction;
• adjusting a weighting of the manufacturing tool in a routing algorithm based on the yield prediction and the yield prediction confidence;
• computing a cost-benefit analysis that identifies a cost and a benefit of manufacturing future products on the manufacturing tool;
• and
• determining whether to process a future product on the manufacturing tool based on the cost-benefit analysis.

An equipment engineering system comprising:

• one or more memories to store instructions for a yield predictor and for a scheduling and dispatch controller;
• and
• one or more processors, connected to the one or more memories, to execute the instructions;
• wherein
• the yield predictor to make a yield prediction and to compute a yield prediction confidence for the yield prediction, wherein the yield prediction is associated with a manufacturing tool and a product;
• and
• the scheduling and dispatch controller to receive the yield prediction and the yield prediction confidence, to adjust a weighting of the manufacturing tool in a routing algorithm based on the yield prediction and the yield prediction confidence, to compute a cost-benefit analysis that identifies a cost and a benefit of manufacturing future products on the manufacturing tool, and to determine whether to process a future product on the manufacturing tool based on the cost-benefit analysis.