The next phase for Industry 4.0 initiatives will be to aggregate ML models to provide fab-wide predictions such as Wafer Acceptance Testing.
The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022: U.S. Semiconductor Industry Must Act Now to Seize Opportunities
Organizations must be ready to act once the funding and bidding opportunities for valuable contracts start to flow.
CHIPS Act Incentives: “Additional Considerations”
Sree Ramaswamy, Senior Policy Advisor to U.S. Secretary of Commerce, detailed the “additional considerations” that will be used to determine which applicants receive funding through the CHIPS Act.
CHIPS and Science Act 2022: Restarting the Flywheel
I’m excited that the CHIPS and Science Act was passed, and how it’s encouraged the return of semiconductor manufacturing to the US. We’ll be doing our best to keep the momentum going.
When the Chips Are Down: Leveraging Real-Time Data to Optimize Fabrication Plants
Leveraging refractometers for in-line liquid concentration measurements enables advanced and accurate process control supporting industrial automation.
Bad Math: It’s Time to Rethink Economics in a Post Moore’s Law Era
For industries such as automotive, mobile and industrial equipment that use older, or “mature” product nodes where building a new fab is often unfeasible, PPAC improvements must be found elsewhere.
Perspectives on Semiconductor Factories (And Some Simple Truths About Manufacturing)
The simple addition of conveyors to existing OHT systems achieves the shorter cycle times due to tighter coupling of tools.
Powering the Quantum Leap
The role of cryogenic wafer probing in applications such as cryogenic quantum computing and supra-conductive CMOS semiconductors, where temperatures near absolute zero are essential, is discussed.
Intel 4 Process Drops Cobalt Interconnect, Goes with Tried and Tested Copper with Cobalt Liner/Cap
At the VLSI Symposia in June, Intel presented a paper “Intel 4 CMOS Technology Featuring Advanced FinFET Transistors Optimized for High Density and High-Performance Computing.” Blogger Dick James reports on details of the interconnect strategy.
Innovations in Pressure Regulators Support Yield Optimization in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Embracing and integrating new component-level technologies is a way to measurably improve quality, safety and yield.
