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Wanted: Mask Equipment for Mature Nodes
Shortfall caused by demand spike for analog, MEMS and RF chips.

Can Graphene Be Mass Manufactured?
Numerous questions surface about whether 2D materials are the best choice for extreme scaling, and so far there are few answers.

Machine Learning Invades IC Production
Experts at the Table, part 1: Will machine learning and AI improve chip manufacturing?

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Variation At 10/7nm
Why the middle of line is now a major problem.

Blogs

Editor in Chief Ed Sperling examines whether EUV’s delay and high cost will pay off, in EUV’s Uncertain Future.

Executive Editor Mark LaPedus questions how long shortages will last, in Silicon Wafers: Tight Supply, High Price.

KLA-Tencor’s Mark Shirey and Janay Camp delve into technologies that have made 3D NAND possible, including complex deposition and etch with angstrom-level precision, in Digging Deep Into High Aspect Ratio Process Control For Memory Technology.

Applied Materials’ Buvna Ayyagari-Sangamalli finds AI is challenging the entire design ecosystem in new ways, in Looking For The Next Big Innovation.

SEMI’s Serena Brischetto contends that while progress is being made toward standardization, advanced MEMS chips still face unique challenges, in The State Of MEMS Process Standardization.