Touch Cloud Inc. specializes in cloud computing architecture, machine learning, and deep learning using its unique algorithms to provide big data analysis and prediction. Its AI engine can satisfy an automated factory's demands for high-volume and high-dimensional numerical data analysis, as well as defect detection and automated classification by optical inspection. Touch Cloud is one of the few companies that can provide end-to-end solutions from cloud computing infrastructure to AI applications.

Chroma's investment in Touch Cloud is intended to apply AI technology in two areas. One is to make Chroma's test equipment smarter with predictive maintenance to anticipate equipment failure before it happens. The other is to integrate AI with Chroma's current Intelligent Manufacturing System to assist customers in IoT data analysis and prediction for manufacturing improvement.

For instance, glass damage in the LCD manufacturing process could cause serious problems in productivity, quality, and reliability. Utilizing predictive AI to analyze the equipment parameter data during fabrication can raise warnings before a panel is damaged, thus improving the yield and equipment's downtime.