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MEMS: New Materials, Markets And Packaging
Challenges and opportunities in manufacturing, testing, and deploying increasingly complex microelectromechanical systems.
Published on July 28th,  2021 by Ed Sperling

The Great Quantum Computing Race
Companies and countries are pouring tens of billions of dollars into different qubit technologies, but it's still too early to predict a winner.
Published on July 26th,  2021 by Mark LaPedus

Chip Shortages Grow For Mature Nodes
Impact felt across many industries, including appliances, smart phones, cars, and industrial equipment.
Published on July 22nd,  2021 by Mark LaPedus

MicroLEDs Moving From Lab to Fab
Bringing the cost down and yield up on microLED is proving to be formidable, but display companies and LED suppliers are working together toward pr...
Published on July 22nd,  2021 by Laura Peters

Thinner Channels With 2D Semiconductors
Research into new materials booms as the number of manufacturing challenges increases at future nodes.
Published on June 21st,  2021 by Katherine Derbyshire

Fan-Out Packaging Options Grow
Once viewed as a low-cost IC packaging option, fan-out is going mainstream and upstream.
Published on June 17th,  2021 by Mark LaPedus

Finding, Predicting EUV Stochastic Defects
Unusual effects at 5/3nm, including fewer defects with double patterning.
Published on June 17th,  2021 by Mark LaPedus

Geopolitical And Economic Outlook For Chips And Equipment
Supply-demand imbalances, new markets for advanced chips, and how a dual supply chain could disrupt the chip industry.
Published on June 17th,  2021 by Ed Sperling

The Increasingly Uneven Race To 3nm/2nm
An emphasis on customization, many more packaging options, and rising costs of scaling are changing dynamics across the industry.
Published on May 24th,  2021 by Mark LaPedus and Ed Sperling

Demand, Lead Times Soar For 300mm Equipment
Capacity demand at the leading edge is creating a supply shortage for key manufacturing equipment.
Published on May 20th,  2021 by Mark LaPedus

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Round Tables

What’s Next In Fab Tool Technologies?
Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography and other next-generation fab technologie...
Published on May 12th,  2021 by Mark LaPedus

Applications, Challenges For Using AI In Fabs
Deep learning and digital twins can help identify patterns and ultimately may be able to fix any problems that arise, but it will take awhile.
Published on April 14th,  2021 by Mark LaPedus

The Future Of Transistors And IC Architectures
The more compute power, the better. But what's the best way to get there?
Published on March 18th,  2021 by Mark LaPedus

AI And High-NA EUV At 3/2/1nm
EUV double patterning likely at 3nm; what comes after that is uncertain.
Published on December 16th,  2020 by Mark LaPedus

Challenges Linger For EUV
Experts at the Table: The challenges of putting EUV into production, and why DRAM will require advanced litho in the future.
Published on November 11th,  2020 by Mark LaPedus

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Multimedia

Changing The Rules For Chip Scaling
The potential impact of curvilinear photomask capabilities on transistor density.
Published on March 10th,  2021 by Ed Sperling

Virtual Fabrication At 7/5/3nm
Using data from multiple sources to improve yield.
Published on October 23rd,  2020 by Ed Sperling

Challenges At 3/2nm
New structures, processes and yield/performance issues.
Published on September 15th,  2020 by Ed Sperling

Using Digital Twins And DL In Lithography
How to speed up manufacturing with inverse lithography technology with complex curvilinear data.
Published on November 21st,  2019 by Ed Sperling

Curvilinear Full-Chip ILT
Why inverse lithography technology has finally come of age.
Published on October 17th,  2019 by Ed Sperling

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