From quartz sand to silicon wafers, the manufacturing process is critical for achieving the purity and quality needed for advanced semiconductor applications.

In the fast-paced world of semiconductor manufacturing, achieving higher yields and reducing costs are constant challenges. Ideally, yield should only be impacted by unavoidable defects when ...

Semiconductor manufacturing is the foundation for technologies ranging from smartphones and electric vehicles to artificial intelligence and cloud computing. The process demands extreme precision in ...

When contamination defects surface in advanced nodes, the root cause often spans tools, materials, and handling. This piece outlines how defect mapping, TEM, and SPC data converge to prove causation.

Joint Lab-to-Fab inkjet equipment combines Epson's precision printhead technology with Manz Asia's equipment and process ...

CDimension’s technology, which enables semiconductor makers to manufacture arrays of extremely small, fast, and efficient “2D” transistors, has the potential to change what’s possible for both digital ...

Hidden semiconductor defects often pass inspection but fail later in operation. Learn how latent defects form, evade detection, and drive long-term reliability failures.

TL;DR: Samsung Electronics has begun developing its next-generation 1nm process node, termed the "dream semiconductor process," requiring new technologies and High-NA EUV lithography. Mass production ...

ASML's High-NA EUV tools reach production readiness milestone with 500K wafers processed. The $400M machines promise to ...

Researchers at Cornell University have developed a powerful imaging technique that reveals atomic scale defects inside computer chips for the first time. Using an advanced electron microscopy method, ...