While chipmakers are moving ahead with technology generations, maintaining the same timeline for scaling transistors in the front-end-of-line (FEOL), contacts and interconnects in the middle- (MOL) and back-end-of-line (BEOL) has become challenging.
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Going from Macro to Micro in Semiconductor Inspections
Macro-to-micro viewing capabilities of digital microscopes can help overcome common challenges in the inspection process.
Challenges to Replacing Hard-Disk Drives
Computational storage devices are the new must-have peripherals for intensive storage applications.
Wet Copper Deposition Materials for ICs and Packages
TECHCET announces that the global market for wet metal deposition materials including electro-chemical deposition (ECD) and plating (ECP) chemistry blends in 2020 is forecast to be US$63 million.
Professors from Stanford, UC Berkeley to be Honored for Excellence in Semiconductor Research
The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today announced the winners of the 2020 SIA-SRC University Research Awards.
DRAM Price Erosion Expected Through the End of 2020
Price jump that typically coincides with the introduction of new smartphone models in 3Q and 4Q is not expected due to disrupted buying patterns and cautious discretionary spending.
Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, Discretes Stabilize in Covid-19 Crisis
About eight months after the Covid-19 virus pandemic accelerated around the world, sales of optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors have stabilized, and in some cases, revenues have begun showing signs of a slight recovery in the second half of 2020
Large-Area Flexible Organic Photodiodes Can Compete With Silicon Devices
The performance of flexible large-area organic photodiodes has advanced to the point that they can now offer advantages over conventional silicon photodiode technology, particularly for applications such as biomedical imaging and biometric monitoring that require detecting low levels of light across large areas.
300mm Fab Spending to Boom Through 2023 With Two Record Highs, SEMI Reports
300mm fab investments in 2020 will grow by 13% year-over-year (YoY) to eclipse the previous record high set in 2018 and log another banner year for the semiconductor industry in 2023, SEMI reported today in its 300mm Fab Outlook to 2024.
Winning the Global Race for Semiconductor Technology with Virtual Fabrication
Semiconductor process development is no easy task, with each generation of devices more difficult and expensive to create. Traditional cycles of build-and-test development are becoming obsolete, since they are too expensive and time-consuming for the most advanced processes.
