Special Report
What Transistors Will Look Like At 5nm
As finFETs run out of steam after 7nm, what comes next? The debate is just beginning.
Top Stories
How Small Will Transistors Go?
Leaders of Imec, Leti and SRC talk about what’s after 7nm, who will play there, and what the challenges will be.
China’s Capital Equipment Market To Boom
The country’s “Made in China 2025” plan should benefit equipment suppliers, foreign and domestic.
Mask Maker Worries Grow
First of two parts: Gap widens between economic returns and the amount of R&D required to fully utilize next-generation lithography.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling predicts that shifting architectures will alter the power structure in the semiconductor industry, in Changing Economics In Chip Manufacturing.
Executive Editor Mark LaPedus examines the complaints filed by the EU and U.S. government against China over raw materials, in Trade War Looms Over Materials.
Applied Materials’ Mike Chudzik digs into parasitic resistance and capacitance in finFET scaling, in Fins And Wires — How Do We Get To 5nm?
Mentor Graphics’ Phil Brooks looks at how to improve the accuracy of layout-based simulation results and avoid phantom nets, in Device Pin-Specific Property Extraction For Layout Simulation.
Coventor’s Mattan Kamon zeroes in on improvements in phone network data capacity with RF-MEMS, in Making Phones Better.
Semico Research’s Joanne Itow contends that steady, single-digit growth that keeps older fabs busy is good for the entire industry, in Are We Looking At The IoT Through Rose-Colored Glasses?
SEMI’s Bettina Weiss points to a changing landscape with dampened chip outlook and a resurgence of 200mm fabs, in From Uncertainty To New Markets.
