Ainos and ASE Partner to Power AI Scent Digitization in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD) has announced a strategic partnership with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) to implement AI-powered scent digitization in semiconductor manufacturing. The collaboration will integrate Ainos' patented AI Nose technology, which analyzes airborne chemicals into 'Smell IDs', into ASE's smart factories.
The AI Nose technology has demonstrated nearly 80% accuracy in identifying 22 different VOCs in Japanese semiconductor facilities. The system will enable real-time air quality monitoring, predictive maintenance, process optimization, and enhanced ESG compliance across ASE's 46 fully automated factories.
Under a legally binding MOU, the partnership aims to:
- Refine VOC detection for semiconductor environments
- Plan large-scale AI Nose deployment across ASE operations
- Explore broader industrial applications
Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD) ha annunciato una partnership strategica con Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) per implementare la digitalizzazione degli odori alimentata dall'IA nella produzione di semiconduttori. La collaborazione integrerà la tecnologia AI Nose brevettata di Ainos, che analizza i composti chimici nell'aria trasformandoli in 'Smell IDs', all'interno delle fabbriche intelligenti di ASE.
La tecnologia AI Nose ha dimostrato un'accuratezza di quasi l'80% nell'identificare 22 diversi VOC in impianti di semiconduttori giapponesi. Il sistema consentirà il monitoraggio della qualità dell'aria in tempo reale, la manutenzione predittiva, l'ottimizzazione dei processi e una maggiore conformità alle normative ESG in tutte le 46 fabbriche completamente automatizzate di ASE.
In base a un MOU legalmente vincolante, la partnership mira a:
- Affinare il rilevamento dei VOC per ambienti di semiconduttori
- Pianificare un'implementazione su larga scala della tecnologia AI Nose nelle operazioni di ASE
- Esplorare applicazioni industriali più ampie
Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD) ha anunciado una asociación estratégica con Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) para implementar la digitalización de olores impulsada por IA en la fabricación de semiconductores. La colaboración integrará la tecnología AI Nose patentada de Ainos, que analiza los compuestos químicos en el aire y los convierte en 'Smell IDs', en las fábricas inteligentes de ASE.
La tecnología AI Nose ha demostrado una precisión de casi el 80% al identificar 22 diferentes VOC en instalaciones de semiconductores en Japón. El sistema permitirá el monitoreo de la calidad del aire en tiempo real, el mantenimiento predictivo, la optimización de procesos y un mejor cumplimiento de ESG en las 46 fábricas totalmente automatizadas de ASE.
Según un MOU legalmente vinculante, la asociación tiene como objetivo:
- Refinar la detección de VOC para entornos de semiconductores
- Planificar un despliegue a gran escala de AI Nose en las operaciones de ASE
- Explorar aplicaciones industriales más amplias
Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD)는 반도체 제조에서 AI 기반 향기 디지털화를 구현하기 위해 Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE)와 전략적 파트너십을 발표했습니다. 이 협력은 Ainos의 특허받은 AI Nose 기술를 ASE의 스마트 공장에 통합하여 공기 중 화학 물질을 'Smell IDs'로 분석합니다.
AI Nose 기술은 일본 반도체 시설에서 22가지 다양한 휘발성 유기 화합물(VOCs)을 식별하는 데 거의 80%의 정확도를 보여주었습니다. 이 시스템은 ASE의 46개 완전 자동화된 공장에서 실시간 공기 질 모니터링, 예측 유지보수, 프로세스 최적화 및 ESG 준수를 강화할 수 있게 합니다.
법적으로 구속력 있는 양해각서(MOU)에 따라 이 파트너십의 목표는:
- 반도체 환경을 위한 VOC 탐지 개선
- ASE 운영 전반에 걸친 대규모 AI Nose 배포 계획
- 더 넓은 산업 응용 탐색
Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD) a annoncé un partenariat stratégique avec Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) pour mettre en œuvre la numérisation des odeurs alimentée par l'IA dans la fabrication de semi-conducteurs. La collaboration intégrera la technologie AI Nose brevetée d'Ainos, qui analyse les produits chimiques dans l'air et les transforme en 'Smell IDs', dans les usines intelligentes d'ASE.
La technologie AI Nose a montré une précision de près de 80 % dans l'identification de 22 différents COV dans des installations de semi-conducteurs japonaises. Le système permettra une surveillance de la qualité de l'air en temps réel, une maintenance prédictive, une optimisation des processus et un meilleur respect des normes ESG dans les 46 usines entièrement automatisées d'ASE.
Dans le cadre d'un protocole d'accord (MOU) juridiquement contraignant, le partenariat vise à:
- Affiner la détection des COV pour les environnements de semi-conducteurs
- Prévoir un déploiement à grande échelle de la technologie AI Nose dans les opérations d'ASE
- Explorer des applications industrielles plus larges
Ainos (NASDAQ:AIMD) hat eine strategische Partnerschaft mit Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) angekündigt, um KI-gesteuerte Duftdigitalisierung in der Halbleiterfertigung zu implementieren. Die Zusammenarbeit wird die patentierte AI Nose-Technologie von Ainos integrieren, die in der Lage ist, in der Luft befindliche Chemikalien in 'Geruchs-IDs' zu analysieren, in die intelligenten Fabriken von ASE.
Die AI Nose-Technologie hat eine Genauigkeit von fast 80% bei der Identifizierung von 22 verschiedenen flüchtigen organischen Verbindungen (VOCs) in japanischen Halbleiteranlagen gezeigt. Das System wird eine Echtzeitüberwachung der Luftqualität, vorausschauende Wartung, Prozessoptimierung und eine verbesserte ESG-Konformität in den 46 vollautomatisierten Fabriken von ASE ermöglichen.
Im Rahmen einer rechtlich bindenden Absichtserklärung (MOU) zielt die Partnerschaft darauf ab:
- Die VOC-Erkennung für Halbleiterumgebungen zu verfeinern
- Eine großflächige Implementierung der AI Nose-Technologie in den ASE-Betrieb zu planen
- Breitere industrielle Anwendungen zu erkunden
- Strategic partnership with ASE, world's largest semiconductor packaging and testing provider
- Technology proven with 80% accuracy in detecting 22 VOCs
- Access to implement technology across 46 automated factories
- Expansion from healthcare to industrial applications opens new revenue streams
- Legally binding MOU ensures commitment to implementation
- AI Nose technology still requires further refinement for semiconductor environments
- 80% accuracy rate leaves room for potential detection errors
- Large-scale deployment timeline and costs not specified
Insights
This Ainos-ASE partnership represents a significant strategic expansion for Ainos beyond healthcare into the massive semiconductor manufacturing market. By applying its AI Nose technology to industrial settings, Ainos is positioning itself at the intersection of three high-growth areas: AI, IoT sensors, and smart manufacturing.
The most impressive element is how Ainos has transformed its core technology from medical VOC detection into industrial applications with 80% accuracy in identifying 22 different VOCs in Japanese facilities. This technical validation is important for entering the demanding semiconductor industry.
ASE's involvement as the world's largest semiconductor packaging provider instantly gives Ainos access to 46 automated factories - an implementation scale that would be difficult to achieve with smaller partners. ASE's CEO direct endorsement signals serious commitment beyond typical exploratory partnerships.
The market opportunity extends beyond just semiconductor manufacturing. The parallel partnership with ugo for robotic smell detection suggests Ainos is building a multi-vertical strategy for its AI Nose technology across different industrial applications.
While the MOU stage indicates early collaboration rather than immediate revenue, the legally binding nature suggests concrete implementation plans. For investors, this represents a major step in diversifying Ainos's business model and expanding its total addressable market beyond medical diagnostics.
From an operational perspective, this partnership addresses four critical challenges in semiconductor manufacturing that have significant cost implications:
- Real-time VOC monitoring for safety compliance and contamination control
- Predictive maintenance through early detection of material degradation
- Process optimization through air chemistry analysis
- Automated ESG compliance monitoring
In semiconductor production, where a single contamination event can ruin entire batches worth millions, the value proposition is compelling. The "lights-out" factory model that ASE employs requires advanced sensing capabilities to replace human oversight, making AI-based chemical detection a logical next step in automation.
What's particularly valuable is how this technology creates entirely new data streams from previously unmonitored environmental factors. By digitizing scent into "Smell IDs," Ainos is essentially creating a new category of process control parameters that can be integrated into existing manufacturing execution systems.
The implementation challenges shouldn't be underestimated - semiconductor fabs are highly controlled environments where any new technology must prove exceptional reliability. However, the 80% accuracy already demonstrated provides a solid foundation for refinement.
For ASE, this technology could deliver substantial operational benefits through reduced downtime, improved yield, and enhanced regulatory compliance - all critical metrics in the highly competitive semiconductor manufacturing sector.
Harnessing AI-Powered Scent Digitization for Smarter, Safer, and More Sustainable Factories
SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / March 11, 2025 / Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIMD)(NASDAQ:AIMDW) ("Ainos" or the "Company"), a leader in AI-driven scent digitization, has announced a strategic collaboration with Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE), the world's largest provider of semiconductor packaging and testing services. This partnership aims to revolutionize semiconductor manufacturing by leveraging Ainos' patented AI Nose technology to analyze airborne chemicals into "Smell IDs", enhancing process efficiency, environmental safety, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) compliance.
With this collaboration, Ainos takes a major step in its mission to digitize scent - expanding its expertise from healthcare applications to industrial automation. AI Nose, originally developed for volatile organic compound (VOC) detection in medical diagnostics, is now expanding to smart factories. By unlocking insights from invisible chemical patterns in the air, AI Nose has the potential to improve manufacturing precision, reduce waste, and drive sustainable operations.
In Japanese semiconductor manufacturing facilities, AI Nose has successfully identified 22 different VOCs with nearly
In robotics, Ainos has recently formed a strategic collaboration with ugo, Inc., Japan's largest service robot company, to develop the world's first robot with a sense of smell, further unlocking robot's capabilities in industrial safety, public security and more.
Revolutionizing Semiconductor Manufacturing with AI-Enhanced Air Intelligence
In semiconductor production, airborne chemicals and VOCs have traditionally been overlooked, despite their impact on process stability, equipment longevity, and environmental conditions. With this partnership, Ainos and ASE will work to integrate AI-powered VOC detection into ASE's smart factories, transforming air composition data into actionable insights that will:
• Optimize manufacturing processes by detecting subtle changes in air chemistry.
• Enable predictive maintenance by identifying early signs of material wear, oxidation, and contamination.
• Enhance environmental monitoring to meet stringent ESG regulations and improve workplace safety.
ASE, a global leader in semiconductor smart manufacturing, operates 46 fully automated "lights-out" factories and is now taking the next step by integrating AI-powered air intelligence into its advanced manufacturing systems.
"This announcement reinforces ASE's commitment to AI-driven manufacturing, environmental safety, and ESG excellence. We're pushing the boundaries of innovation together with Ainos by digitizing scent that will help enhance operational efficiency while advancing sustainability," says Dr Tien Wu, CEO of ASE.
"AI Nose represents the next evolution in digitizing smell, expanding from healthcare into industrial applications," said Chun-Hsien (Eddy) Tsai, Chairman, President, and CEO of Ainos. "By harnessing airborne chemical data, we are opening a new frontier in smart manufacturing. Partnering with ASE allows us to transform air chemistry into Smell ID, a real-time insights that empower factories operate cleaner, safer, and smarter."
How AI Nose Will Enhance Smart Factory Operations
1. Real-Time Air Quality Monitoring for Safer Work Environments
• Continuous VOC & gas detection: AI-powered electric nose monitors air composition in real-time, ensuring workplace safety.
• Early hazard prevention: Detects chemical leaks, oxidation, and contamination before they become critical risks.
2. AI-Driven Predictive Maintenance & Energy Efficiency
• Smart equipment monitoring: Identifies early signs of overheating, material fatigue, and inefficiencies, preventing costly failures.
• Optimized energy usage: Detects gas inefficiencies and leaks, reducing waste and cutting operational costs.
3. Precision Process Control & Yield Optimization
• Enhanced semiconductor packaging integrity: AI Nose helps improve product reliability and reduce defects.
• Advanced process monitoring: Provides real-time insights for quality control and process optimization.
• Seamless integration: Works with existing automation and analytics platforms to enhance decision-making.
4. Strengthening ESG Compliance & Sustainable Manufacturing
• Automated emissions monitoring: Ensures compliance with global ESG regulations and strengthens corporate sustainability efforts.
• VOC emission tracking: Supports transparent environmental reporting and boosts investor confidence.
• Enabling greener factories: Contributes to sustainable Industry 4.0 initiatives with AI-driven environmental intelligence.
Next Steps: Technology Validation & Market Expansion
Under a legally binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Ainos and ASE will:
• Refine AI-powered VOC detection for semiconductor packaging and testing environments.
• Plan large-scale deployment of AI Nose across ASE's operations.
• Explore broader industrial applications for AI-driven air intelligence.
This collaboration will strengthen Ainos' position as a pioneer in AI-powered smart factory solutions, transforming air chemistry into a new category of actionable manufacturing data. By expanding beyond healthcare, Ainos is unlocking new revenue opportunities while positioning AI Nose as a game-changer for intelligent, sustainable manufacturing.
As industries worldwide accelerate AI-driven automation and ESG-focused operations, Ainos is at the forefront-delivering scalable, high-impact AI solutions for the next generation of intelligent factories.
About Ainos, Inc.
Headquartered in San Diego, California, Ainos, Inc. develops disruptive medical and healthcare solutions based on its proprietary AI Nose and VELDONA® technologies. The name "Ainos" combines "AI" and "Nose" to signify Ainos' commitment to enabling AI with the ability to smell and individuals to live healthier. Ainos' clinical-stage product pipeline includes AI-driven, telehealth-friendly POCT solutions powered by AI Nose, VELDONA® human and animal oral therapeutics, and human orphan drugs. For more information, visit: www.ainos.com. Follow Ainos on X, formerly known as Twitter, (@AinosInc) and LinkedIn to stay up-to-date.
About ASE
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ASE), a member of ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (NYSE: ASX, TAIEX: 3711) is the leading global provider of semiconductor manufacturing services in assembly and test. Alongside a broad portfolio of established assembly and test technologies, ASE is also delivering innovative VIPack™, advanced packaging, and system-in-package solutions to meet growth momentum across a broad range of end markets, including AI, automotive, 5G, high-performance computing, and more. To learn about our advances in SiP, fanout, MEMS and sensor, flip chip, and 2.5D, 3D and TSV technologies, all ultimately geared towards applications to improve lifestyle and efficiency, please visit: ASE Website , or follow ASE on LinkedIn & X: @aseglobal.
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