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Metrology Strategies For 2nm Processes
Tools become more specific for Si/SiGe stacks, 3D NAND, and bonded wafer pairs.
Test Challenges Mount As Demands For Reliability Increase
New approaches, from AI to telemetry, extend well beyond yield.
Standards: The Next Step For Silicon Photonics
More data and denser designs are opening the door for photonics.
Blogs
Onto Innovation’s Keith Best examines how cumulative overlay drift from individual RDL buildup layers can significantly increase overall trace length, in Addressing Total Overlay Drift In Advanced IC Substrate (AICS) Packaging.
Synopsys’ Nozar Nozarian explains how to achieve optimal compiler configuration for a given workload using AI, in Compiler Optimization Made Easy.
Teradyne’s Regan Mills digs into how to make engineers more productive and speed time to high-volume manufacturing, in Advanced Digital Process Nodes Drive Test Innovations.
Advantest’s Jan Ermert argues that to provide a margin that guarantees reliable test results, equipment needs to be multiple decibels better in EVM measurements than the DUT, in Test Gets Ready For Wi-Fi 7.
Nova’s Noa Shinar-Ron shows how to turn a basic technology into a commercially available product, in A Journey Of Innovation.
DR YIELD’s Antonija Zagar advises that a standardized data warehouse helps identify yield issues faster, in Integrating Siloed Data In Semiconductor Manufacturing.
Sponsor White Papers
New Wafer-Like And Reticle-Like Sensors Deliver Fast, Easy Measurements Inside The Process Chamber
Two new teaching sensors provide enhanced capabilities for fine-tuning the movement of position-critical internal components like robot end-effectors and wafer carriers.
How The Doubling Of Interconnect Bandwidth With PCI Express 6.0 Impacts IP Electrical Validation
The importance of PCIe 6.0 compliance, how to successfully achieve interoperability through PHY verification, and measurement methodologies for PCIe 6.0 transceivers.
Epi SiGe Application Using METRION In-Line SIMS System
How in-line secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) could solve the measurement problem in complicated SiGeB epi stacks by providing material composition profiles as a function of depth.
eBook (Premium Content)
China Chip Industry Startup Funding Annual Report & Analysis: 2022
As export rules tighten, China is racing to stay competitive in chips. In 2022, that included at least $19 billion in investments, 821 funding rounds, and 700 startups.
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