Computational lithography and mask optimization techniques are at the forefront of enabling the semiconductor industry's continued miniaturisation of integrated circuits. This field encompasses ...

A new technical paper titled “Impact of Sn Particle-Induced Mask Diffraction on EUV Lithography Performance Across Different Pattern Types” was published by Hanyang University and Paul Scherrer ...

At the heart of advancing semiconductor chip technology lies a critical challenge: creating smaller, more efficient electronic components. This challenge is particularly evident in the field of ...

Figure 1. Comparison between conventional imaging using an imaging system (left) and “diffractive imaging” (right). In both cases, the sample needs to be illuminated by EUV light. However, the ...

The European Mask and Lithography Conference (EMLC) 2024 recently was held in Grenoble, France, and had about 190 participants from a wide range of companies and institutions. Being relatively new to ...

Among the slew of technical tidbits from Nvidia's GTC online keynote this week was a new software tool for accelerating the process of manufacturing chips. Known as cuLitho, it speeds up the process ...

Colloidal lithography is a nanofabrication technique that utilizes colloidal particles as masks for creating ordered nanostructures on substrates. This cost-effective and scalable method has gained ...

Invented 20 years ago, nanoimprint lithography offers a powerful manufacturing alternative for the semiconductor and other nanotechnology sectors, says Helmut Schift Pressing matter A technician from ...

Multiphoton lithography (often called multiphoton 3D lithography) is an additive manufacturing approach for fabricating intricate micro- and nanostructures. It relies on nonlinear optical absorption, ...

Graphics Cards Fast, feisty, fabulous: I've benchmarked Intel's new Panther Lake processor and it's dragging gaming laptop performance out of integrated graphics Graphics Cards Zotac claims the 'very ...