Entries for November 2019
Huawei chip mission shows Taiwan economy gaining from trade war
posted on November 16, 2019 16:05
TAIPEI -- A small group of high-ranking Huawei executives went to Taiwan last month on a mission to ensure that a crucial supplier could continue delivering cutting-edge chips to the Chinese tech giant amid the protracted trade war between Beijing and Washington.
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China lags far behind in semiconductor battle
posted on November 16, 2019 16:04
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — China is lagging behind in its quest to become a global leader in the semiconductor industry, said Chairman Zhao Weiguo (趙偉國) of China’s state-run semiconductor maker Tsinghua Unigroup.
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China's top chip maker urges U.S. firms to help ease tensions
posted on November 16, 2019 16:03
BEIJING (Reuters) - The head of China’s top state-run semiconductor maker, Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, called on U.S. companies to “do better” in efforts to overcome China-U.S. tech tensions given they continue to profit from the Chinese market.
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IBM’s DRAM inventor Bob Dennard gets chip industry’s highest honor
posted on November 16, 2019 16:02
If you’re using anything electronic, from a smartphone to a laptop, you’re using Robert Dennard‘s fundamental invention: the single-cell dynamic random access memory chip.
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Inspecting, Patterning EUV Masks
posted on November 16, 2019 16:01
EUV mask inspection is a critical part of the mask making process for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. During the process flow, defects or particles can crop up on the EUV mask. If the defects aren’t found and removed, the defect image may print on the wafer, thereby impacting chip yields or causing failures.
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