Patent ID: 7054706

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a first demand prediction for a first type of electronic device, wherein the first type of electronic device has a first type of microelectronic package, wherein the first type of microelectronic package includes a die of a first type; receiving a second demand prediction for a second type of electronic device, wherein the second type of electronic device has a second type of microelectronic package, wherein the second type of microelectronic package is different than the first type of microelectronic package, and wherein the second type of microelectronic package includes a die of the first type; and using model predictive control to partition dice of the first type into a first assembly-die inventory and a second assembly-die inventory, wherein the partitioning of the dice is based, at least in part, on the first and second demands predictions, wherein the first assembly-die inventory corresponds to the first type of microelectronic package, and wherein the second assembly-die inventory corresponds to the second type of microelectronic package that is different than the first type of microelectronic package.