Top Stories
RF SOI Wars Begin
5G is driving up demand for both 300mm and 200mm capacity. Both are in short supply.
FinFET Metrology Challenges Grow
Hybrid schemes are being deployed, with new equipment and machine learning ramping up.
Chipmakers Look Beyond Scaling
GlobalFoundries CTO Gary Patton digs into how customers’ priorities are shifting with new market opportunities.
Video
Tech Talk: MCU Memory Options
A look at the tradeoffs between embedded NVM and system in package.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling observes that pushing the laws of physics is becoming far too expensive for most chipmakers, in The Power Of De-Integration.
Executive Editor Mark LaPedus points to gaps in mask inspection and pellicles, in What’s Missing In EUV?
KLA-Tencor’s Jeff Barnum examines the fundamental differences in architectures and materials, in The Challenges Of Process Control On FinFETs And FD-SOI.
IEEE’s Gary Dagastine focuses on a series of upcoming technical challenges, in How 5G Differs From Previous Network Technologies.
SEMI’s Emir Demircan contends that when crafting regulations, care needs to be taken to avoid limiting the growth of important technologies, in Global Investment Is Key To The Semiconductor Ecosystem.
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