Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures are carved into materials to form the ...

The ‘nanometer’ number in chip manufacturing refers to the size of the smallest parts, like transistor gates. A 5nm process ...

SEMI standards are like a set of rules or guidelines that semiconductor equipment must follow. They cover everything from making sure the machines are safe for workers to use, to ensuring they don’t ...

Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale ...

Elon Musk announced on Saturday that Tesla’s “Terafab Project”, a plan to build what he envisions as the world’s ...

UNSW Sydney nano-tech startup Diraq has shown its quantum chips aren’t just lab-perfect prototypes – they also hold up in real-world production, maintaining the 99% accuracy needed to make quantum ...

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, ...

Funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation is part of a broader push to propel domestic computer chip manufacturing A $3 million grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) to the ...

Semiconductor manufacturers are spending tens of billions of dollars to build advanced factories in Arizona and Texas. They’re being cheered on by the federal government, which has chipped in billions ...

South Korea accounts for only 19% of the world's semiconductor production while the U.S. produces only 12% of the global share, a drop in the ocean.