Broadband plasma inspectors use advanced optical and data processing technologies to discover critical defects on patterned wafers during chip manufacturing.
Bechtel: Now Is the Time for Digital Integration
We recently caught up with Dr. Evann Smith, the digital solutions manager for Bechtel’s Manufacturing & Technology business unit where they lead the strategic development and deployment of the digital ecosystem.
Edwards: How Cryogenics and High-Speed Vacuum Pumps Enable High Aspect Ratio Etch
Edwards has a new cryogenic chiller called Polycold that provides cryogenic wafer chuck cooling. The company also announced a new line of turbopumps.
SCREEN Focuses on Sustainability, New Coat/Develop Track Systems
SCREEN offers a diverse range of systems, from its flagship models for 300mm wafers, offering high functionality and superior productivity for the cutting-edge device market, to 200mm and under models that handle wafers of various sizes and shapes for the IoT device market
How to Solve Top ALD and ALE Semiconductor Processing Challenges
The key to precisely controlling the chemicals used in ALD and ALE during the thousands of “on and off” steps to deposit or etch one layer is the valve design.
Managing Complex Logistics in Today’s Semiconductor Industry
The complexity of the semiconductor manufacturing process is well known, but the logistics of supplying a megafab with equipment and materials can be equally complex. Delivering just one EUV lithography tool, for example, takes three Boeing 747 cargo planes, 40 freight containers and 20 trucks.
The Impact of AI and ML on Embedded Systems
AI and ML are fundamentally reshaping the landscape of embedded technology by enabling these devices to learn from data, make intelligent decisions, and adapt to their surroundings.
U.S. Aims for 20% of World’s Leading Edge Semiconductor Production by 2030
Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo believes investments in leading-edge logic chips manufacturing will put the U.S. on track to produce roughly 20 percent of the world’s leading-edge logic chips by the end of the decade.
Semiconductor Innovations in the Agriculture Market
Semiconductor sensors provide farmers most advanced, robust, and energy-efficient systems that help in monitoring the health, welfare, and reproductive cycle.
I’m Boldly Going to Medlab in Search of the Fabled Tricorder
While the Star Trek tricorder remains the stuff of science fiction, diagnostics companies globally continue to beaver away behind the scenes in search of a machine capable of diagnosing the highest number of possible conditions within a single technology.
