Ensuring the United States improves its global competitiveness in semiconductors requires strategic deployment of the $52.7 billion in funding authorized in the CHIPS + Science Act.
Semiconductors
Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix Account for Three-Fourths of Leading-Edge Wafer Capacity
At the end of 2022, Samsung, Micron, and SK Hynix accounted for 76% of leading-edge capacity, with the vast majority of it for advanced DRAM and 3D NAND production.
Semiconductor Wet Chemicals 1H2023 Trending Down
Although 200+ new layer chip offerings are expected in 2023.
Applied Materials’ Pattern-Shaping Technology Reduces the Cost, Complexity and Environmental Impact of Advanced Chip Manufacturing
Applied Materials, Inc. today unveiled a breakthrough in patterning technology that allows chipmakers to create high-performance transistors and interconnect wiring with fewer EUV lithography steps, thereby lowering the cost, complexity and environmental impact of advanced chipmaking.
Infinitesima Announces First Customer Shipment of Metron3D In-Line Probe Metrology System
Infinitesima have completed the first customer shipment of the Metron3D metrology system, a revolutionary sub-nanometer, high speed 3D imaging system that operates at in-line production throughputs.
Applied Materials’ New eBeam Metrology System Paves the Way to High-NA EUV Lithography
Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced a new eBeam metrology system specifically designed to precisely measure the critical dimensions of semiconductor device features patterned with EUV and emerging High-NA EUV lithography.
Arctic Semiconductor and Compal Introduce World’s First Universal Small Cell Infrastructure Platform for 5G Networks
Arctic Semiconductor today announced that its groundbreaking RF transceiver, IceWings is powering a new universal 5G small cell infrastructure platform from Compal Electronics, one of the world’s largest ODMs.
imec at SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning 2023
This year at SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning, imec has a record number of 70 contributions, of which 42 first authored papers and 28 co-authored papers.
Researchers Pioneer Process to Stack Micro-LEDs
Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology, in collaboration with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), have developed a new process based on 2D materials to create LED displays with smaller and thinner pixels.
pSemi Announces Industry-leading 5G mmWave Switch Reaches Volume Production
pSemi Corporation, a Murata company focused on semiconductor integration, announces the production readiness of a new SP4T switch targeted for wideband and high frequency applications up to 52 GHz.
