Semiconductors

I recently sat down for a video interview with G. Dan Hutcheson, CEO of VLSIresearch, to discuss why the industry is moving to new memory solutions and what strategies are being implemented to alleviate the memory bottleneck.

Faster, smoother ramp of new tools to production offers competitive advantages.

As the semiconductor industry begins producing logic devices for the single digit nodes, new conductors are being evaluated as replacements for copper to manage resistance scaling. Applied Materials’ Mehul Naik highlights one of the leading contenders. 

As a fast, non-volatile, high-density technology, MRAM meets future requirements and can potentially replace several memories integrated onto a chip.

New flexible system delivers best-in-class performance and productivity for the full range of plating steps used in diverse advanced packaging schemes.

Applied Materials is the market leader for the fourth consecutive year; achieves the highest year-over-year growth among the top five companies. 

Proliferating mobile, “smart” electronic consumer products, Internet of Things devices, and high-performance computing applications are driving greater complexity in wafer-level packaging schemes and expanding the number of electrochemical deposition steps in their fabrication.

The Preferred Quality Supplier award celebrates exceptional, persistent performance and the continuous pursuit of excellence.

There’s an emerging class of MEMS devices including fingerprint sensors and MEMS-based LIDAR that are poised to help improve our lives.