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

Specialty devices are the unsung heroes of modern life. For many in the semiconductor industry today, the spotlight is on the SiC and GaN power devices used in automotive, green energy, fast-charge ...

“We have 600 petabytes of data across Intel,” said Aziz Safa, corporate VP & GM Intel Foundry Automation at the recent PDF Solutions Users Conference. “The challenge is to be able to run algorithms on ...

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 ...

Late defect discovery erodes yield, profit, and reliability. Here’s why inspection coverage and failure analysis drive ...

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.

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

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 ...

ChEmpower Corp., a semiconductor materials company that develops polishing pads and chemical solutions, today announced Chakra, its first product designed to improve efficiency, reduce costs and ...

KLA benefits from semiconductor process-control demand and rising services revenue but trades at steep premiums—see why KLAC stock may be overvalued now.

ALAB and KLAC benefit from AI-driven chip demand, but KLAC's process control strength and packaging momentum give it greater upside potential.