Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced that it has begun mass producing the industry’s smallest, 14-nanometer (nm), DRAM based on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology.
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Aehr Receives $1.3 Million Order for FOX-NP Test & Burn-in Systems for Photonics Device Characterization and Product Qualification
Aehr Test Systems, a worldwide supplier of semiconductor test and reliability qualification equipment, today announced it has received a $1.3 million order from a current customer for two FOX-NP systems, adding to their existing fleet to provide additional test capacity for new product engineering characterization and qualification of photonics devices.
Chip Demand Riding High but for How Long?
TECHCET warns of possible bull-whip effect from the 2020-2021 steep chip growth. A key factor that may ease any sudden inventory correction is limited materials capacity.
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Samsung Foundry Innovations Power the Future of Big Data, AI/ML and Smart, Connected Devices
Samsung Electronics today unveiled plans for continuous process technology migration to 3- and 2-nanometer (nm) based on the company’s Gate-All-Around (GAA) transistor structure at its 5th annual Samsung Foundry Forum (SFF) 2021.
NIST, Collaborators Develop Sensitive New Way of Detecting Transistor Defects
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and collaborators have devised and tested a new, highly sensitive method of detecting and counting defects in transistors — a matter of urgent concern to the semiconductor industry as it develops new materials for next-generation devices.
DataProphet Announces Formation of its Semiconductor Advisory Board as Company Continues Global Expansion
AI-for-Manufacturing company, DataProphet, today announces the formation of its Semiconductor Advisory Board. The company welcomed the newly formed strategic committee of trusted industry-specific advisors — Susan Wilkerson and Markus Keil.
Kaman Bluetooth ParallelPro Increases Efficiency and Service Life in CVD Process Control
The Measuring Division of Kaman Precision Products, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of high-performance position measurement systems, announces the release of its new upgraded ParallelPro leveling tool, designed for use in Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) processes.
Ultra-Short or Infinitely Long: It All Looks The Same
Ultrashort pulses of light are proven indistinguishable from continuous illumination, in terms of controlling the electronic states of atomically-thin material tungsten disulfide (WS2).
Sandwich-Style Construction: Toward Ultra-Low-Energy Exciton Electronics
A new ‘sandwich-style’ fabrication process placing a semiconductor only one atom thin between two mirrors has allowed Australian researchers to make a significant step towards ultra-low energy electronics based on the light-matter hybrid particles exciton-polaritons.
