If the steady demand for TSMC’s processes holds, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the company raise prices on its upcoming ...

Microtronic, maker of advanced macro defect inspection systems and software, has announced a convenient and highly precise way to monitor the weights of semiconductor wafers at the same time as ...

Semiconductor manufacturing process overview. Major processes in semiconductor wafer fabrication: 1) wafer preparation, 2) pattern transfer, 3) doping, 4) deposition, 5) etching, and 6) packaging. The ...

Scientists have developed a new method of design-independent process monitoring for semiconductor wafer manufacturing. The advance promises to provide semiconductor chip manufacturing cost and ...

Defect detection requirements on the order of 10 defective parts per million (DPPM) are driving improvements in inspection ...

Although this analyst has spent a lot of time inside of a number of semiconductor wafer fabrication plants - "Fabs" - most folks have not. What's it like to be inside one of these exotic facilities?

In the semiconductor manufacturing process, etching equipment can be regarded as the core equipment, and ceramic cavities are ...

A major Texas semiconductor manufacturer has purchased from MicroTech an ORCA Fully Automated Intelligent Process System because of its ability to process wafers in a high throughput environment.