Special Report
EUV Reaches A Crossroads
The big question is whether it will work, and there’s no clear answer yet. But without EUV, the costs and challenges could skyrocket.
Top Stories
Directed Self-Assembly Gains Momentum
Doubts remain about how successful the technology will become, and vendors are reluctant to talk about it, but there’s no doubt it’s picking up steam. Just how disruptive will this technology become?
Enabling Test Portability With Graphs
When it comes to test portability between simulation, emulation and silicon, it may be time to consider a higher level of abstraction using graph-based technology.
Test Challenges Rising For Mobile Devices
Focus on battery life is pushing companies to a new class of power management integrated circuits, but making sure they work isn’t easy.
One-on-One: Naoya Hayashi
Dai Nippon Photomask’s research fellow talks about rising challenges for the photomask industry. What happens when it takes 50 hours to write a mask?
Blogs
Editor in Chief Ed Sperling observes that repeated missed deadlines have created havoc on the manufacturing side, but he contends that even though Litho Is Out Of Sync it may not be all bad.
Executive Editor Mark LaPedus spent days talking to people and listening to presentations at SPIE, but not all of it made headlines. Here’s what passed Under The Radar At SPIE.
Lithography guru Marc David Levenson writes that if designers can stand all the rules that come with quadruple patterning, the road is clear to 10nm and maybe beyond in Advanced Lithography: Moore’s Law Moves On.
Mentor Graphics’ David Abercrombie shows how to maximize the efficiency of double patterning error debugging in When Order Matters.
Applied Materials’ Bharat Ramakrishnan examines two of the biggest challenges for wearable electronics—thick form factors and battery life—in Enabling Wearable Electronics In The Internet of Things.
Patterning expert Mike Watts finds significant progress is being made on a number of fronts with Amazing New Materials.
Semico Research’s Michell Prunty says standards are sorely lacking for Smarter Lights, but the possibility for saving energy through intelligent management of utilities is enormous.
SEMI’s Kevin Nguyen notes that progress is being made in his 450mm Standards Update, with 19 standards published so far.
