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KLAC debuts 20nm-node defect inspection system
… Corporation ( NASDAQ:KLAC ) launched the eDR-7000 electron-beam (e-beam) wafer defect review system for chip manufacturing at the 20nm device nodes and below . New technologies enhance sensitivity and throughput during defect imaging and …
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SEMI educates policymakers on 450mm transition
… increased role in government support for advanced chip manufacturing technology, SEMI has been actively engaged in education ..... essential policy objectives required to sustain chip manufacturing in Europe were enumerated at the conference. Representatives …
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CNSE STC designated trusted foundry for DOD Defense Microelectronics Agency
… and the commercial microelectronics technology business climate that has shifted a significant amount of computer chip manufacturing offshore, that security is at risk. The Office of Secretary of Defense issued the Defense Trusted Integrated Circuits …
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High-volume semiconductor fab reduces particle contamination test time
… contribute to defects. Reducing or eliminating particle contaminants is an important step in tool qualification and chip manufacturing monitoring. Semiconductor tool operators must identify particles inside fab tools, as well as wafer storage and …
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IBM drills optical vias in chip for 1Tbit/sec transmission
… s parallel optical components. IBM expects to commercialize the concept within a decade, with the help of its chip manufacturing partners. The chip-scale transceiver relies on higher levels of integration, power efficiency and performance …
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New Products
… product suite is tailored to detect defects arising from new materials, device structures, and design rules in chip manufacturing . The 2900 Series broadband optical wafer defect inspection platform captures defects on challenging layers and …
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Japan's aging semiconductor industry revealed by 2011 earthquake
… lead to the revitalization of wafer manufacturing in Japan? IHS believes it is highly unlikely. As the leading chip manufacturing companies transition to sub-28-nanometer manufacturing, Japan is facing the fact that it currently has no company …
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MIT's maskless MEMS wafer patterning promises cheaper, higher-mix manufacturing
… stamping patterns into plastics . Research at MIT is also going into shared MEMS fabs and retrofitting of older chip manufacturing facilities. Jacob White, the Cecil H. Green Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has worked …
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ISSCC round-up: 2.5D packaging for IVRs, smallest NAND flash chip, more
… enabled implementation of resonant clock mesh technology, with no increase in silicon area or changes to the chip manufacturing process. Cyclos resonant clock mesh technology uses on-chip inductors to create an electric pendulum, or tank …
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Samsung Electronics ramps embedded multi-chip packaging with memory products
… approximately 30%, while consuming 25% less power. Also, applying the 30nm-class process technology improves chip manufacturing productivity by 60% over 40nm-class technology, Samsung reports Samsung began providing high-performance 30nm …
