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32 SMT007 MAGAZINE I NOVEMBER 2024 server runs a very fast analysis using AI algo- rithms, and then we notify the machine, while it's still holding the component, whether the part is good or bad. is way we eliminate the chances that any bad component will ever be assembled to a board. e challenge is that the machine must run at its usual pace, so we need to be fast enough to analyze, react, and inte- grate with the machine. at's exactly what we're doing now. We're starting with Fuji, and then we proceed with ASM machines. If your customer is using inbound inspection and RTI, they'll find the components that don't adhere to the process window. RTI may not necessarily trigger counterfeit detection at the pick-and-place machine, but your finished product ought to be much higher quality, and you should see much better yields because you're finding problematic components in the moment. Exactly. It's a revolution we are bringing to the market. One of the most painful parts as an OEM was managing the production of 10 mil- lion boards a year. Every batch was tens of thou- sands of boards, just to find out at the end that there was one bad capacitor, and we needed to roll back a hundred thousand boards. at's a disaster. e line stopped working for two, three, or four weeks just to make the repairs. With AI, we shouldn't be doing that anymore; we now have the capability to stop. Five years ago, if you wanted to determine whether a component was good, you had to choose a golden unit for every component. at is just not practical. But AI says, "Don't bring me anything. Just feed me with the images. For the first thousand images, I won't be able to tell you anything meaningful. But aer the first thousand, we have a model." at's the concept. Is the approach different whether you're a high-mix, low-volume specialist or a high- volume, low-mix facility? It's not really important. e analysis is being done on a component level. I don't care if it's placed on this board or another board. You can produce two from this type of board and five from the other type of board. As long as you use the same component, I will be able to pro- vide you with the analysis. That's an interesting point. An OEM using an assembler with Cybord equipment can benefit from any previous experience that the assembler had with those same compo- nents on other projects to identify whether my boards are good. Exactly. From the initial setup, maybe we will need a week of training before we are able to cover you 100%. Oshri, thank you. SMT007