For the growth of thin films, the introduction of instrumentation began with ‘traditional’ pressure and temperature measurement sensors. This has now expanded to include optical techniques – both ...

According to a report from Bloomberg, a joint project between GlobalFoundries and STMicroelectronics in France has stalled. Originally finalized in June of 2023, the fab has been slow to progress and ...

Silicon wafers are a fundamental part of the semiconductor business. Every chipmaker needs to buy them in one size or another, such as 200mm, 300mm and others. Silicon wafer vendors produce and sell ...

And that powder is what is used as the starting raw material to make these next generation semiconductor wafers out of what's called Silicon carbide. Silicon carbide doesn't melt, so it's very ...

YMTC, a Chinese 3D NAND maker, is not only ramping up production of flash memory at a rapid pace, but does so using silicon wafers produced ... a more self-sufficient semiconductor industry.

Commercial Times reports that TSMC might increase the prices of its most advanced semiconductor wafers by up to 15 percent this year. Rising production costs and ...

8220;If these supply problems persist, manufacturing efficiency will be impacted when raw wafer inventory ... and semiconductor components. In addition to DRAM wafers, other IT components damaged ...