200mm Crisis?
Demand is up, capacity is flat. A look at what's behind this imbalance.
Extending EUV Beyond 3nm
Now that EUV is finally shipping, companies are working on extending it much further using anamorphic lenses and high numerical aperture technology.
Materials For Future Electronics
Flexible electronics, new memory types, and neuromorphic computing dominate research.
Inside Lithography And Masks
Experts at the table, part 3: EUV, DSA, nanoimprint, nanopatterning, and best guesses for how far lithography can be extended.
RF Device And Process Biz Heats Up
Which technology will win in 5G world?
Will Self-Heating Stop FinFETs
Central fins can be up to 50% hotter than other fins, causing inconsistent threshold behavior and reliability problems.
Inside Next-Gen Transistors
Coventor's CTO looks at new types of transistors, the expanding number of challenges at future process nodes, and the state of semiconductor develo...
Patterning Problems Pile Up
Edge placement error emerges as the top issue at advanced nodes.
TFETs Cut Sub-Threshold Swing
Devices are still experimental, but they could solve power issues in scaling.
China: Fab Boom or Bust?
A frenzy of activity is causing lots of speculation about how this complex market will evolve.
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Inside Lithography And Masks
Experts at the table, part 3: EUV, DSA, nanoimprint, nanopatterning, and best guesses for how far lithography can be extended.
Inside Lithography And Masks
Experts at the table, part 2: Where EUV fits, what problems still remain, and what are the alternatives.
Inside Lithography And Masks
Experts at the table, part 1: EUV's viability still in doubt even as rollout begins. Uptime and cost are top concerns.
BEOL Issues At 10nm And 7nm
Experts at the table, part 3: EUV, metallization, self-alignment, ALD, and the limits of copper.
New Embedded Memories Ahead
Options grow as new wave of MCUs demand more capable NVM.
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Tech Talk: FD-SOI vs. FinFET
Cost, performance, multi-patterning and the 12nm roadmap.
Tech Talk: Embedded Memories
Which type of memory is better and why.
Tech Talk: GPU-Accelerated Photomasks
Upcoming challenges in the mask shop and how to deal with them.
Tech Talk: Double-Triple Patterning
What comes after double patterning and why you need to understand it.
Tech Talk: 14nm And Stacked Die
Why the 14nm node will be long lived, and how it will be used in 2.5D and 3D-IC packages.
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