Special Report
What Will 7nm And 5nm Look Like?
Delays at 10nm raise questions about what’s next.
Top Stories
Fab Issues At 7nm And 5nm
New technologies after finFETs and how the industry is likely to get there it can resolve some very tough issues.
Rethinking Manufacturing Models
Increased complexity in process technology and litho delays are forcing equipment companies to get much more aggressive about technology and market approaches.
Inside Samsung’s Foundry Biz
Two top executives look at finFETs, FD-SOI, and when mass production will begin for 10nm.
Challenges At Advanced Nodes
Experts at the table, part 1: How many process technologies do we need, and why new ones are being developed; FD-SOI as a platform for IoT, RF and MEMS/NEMS.
Video
Tech Talk: Wafer Plane Analysis
How to extend the usefulness of CD-SEM in patterning.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling questions why the number of options is increasing while the semiconductor industry is undergoing consolidation, in The Great Imbalance.
Executive Editor Mark LaPedus points to biotech, power semis and selective deposition as key technologies for the future, in 5 Technologies To Watch.
Mentor Graphics’ Jeff Wilson observes that fill techniques are evolving with each new process node and a shift-left approach to EDA, in The Fill Ecosystem Evolves.
Semico Research’s Joanne Itow finds inflections, new companies and materials, and new uses for technology, along with some interesting shifts, in Surprises At SEMICON West.
Techcet’s Michael Fury points to an upward trend for ALD/CVD precursors, CMP consumables, electronic gases, silicon wafers and sputtering targets, in It’s A Materials World, With Positive Forecast.
