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ASML and Imec launch Advanced Patterning Center or sub-10nm technologies
posted on October 08, 2013 11:04
Today, ASML and imec announced the next major step in their extensive collaboration, with the launch of the Advanced Patterning Center. Together they plan to tackle upcoming scaling challenges due to the chip industry’s move towards single digit nanometer dimensions. The Center will be located at the imec campus in Leuven and is expected to grow to close to 100 engineers over the next couple of years.
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Silicon crunch "around the corner"
posted on October 08, 2013 11:03
Malcolm Penn, CEO of chip analyst Future Horizons, gave his annual rundown on the semiconductor market at the IEF2013 in Dublin, and he had some warnings of what the industry should expect.
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NAND Flash Moves into the Next Dimension, as 3-D Manufacturing Technology Overtakes the Market
posted on October 08, 2013 11:02
With conventional semiconductor manufacturing technology soon to reach its limit in the NAND flash segment, suppliers of these memory chips are set to adopt 3-D production techniques in order to boost the capacity of their devices.
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Powerchip 30nm DRAM production hit by low yield rates
posted on October 08, 2013 11:01
A portion of 30nm DRAM production at Powerchip Technology has been hit by low yield rates, affecting about 7,000-8,000 of the wafers that Kingston Technology has booked, according to industry sources.
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IEDM Set to Stage FinFET vs. FDSOI
posted on October 01, 2013 17:05
The advance program for the 2013 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) has been published. Session 9 on advanced CMOS platforms is likely to be one of the highlights.
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The Carbon Nanotube Breakthrough Moore’s Law Needs to Survive?
posted on October 01, 2013 17:04
All of tech-dom’s aflutter with news that Stanford University engineers have built a functional processor out of carbon nanotubes.
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Is It Time to Rethink the Digital Revolution?
posted on October 01, 2013 17:03
It's nearly sixty years since the founding of Shockley Semiconductor in 1956; almost fifty years since Dr. Moore pronounced his law in 1965; and just past forty years since Intel introduced the microprocessor in 1972.
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Mask Data Prep Issues Compounding At 20nm
posted on October 01, 2013 17:02
When it comes to mask data prep—the step in the design and manufacturing flow that occurs just after optical proximity correction (OPC)—challenges have continued to rise with the subsequent moves to smaller geometries.
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Imec achieves crucial breakthrough towards locating individual boron atoms in future nanoscale devices
posted on October 01, 2013 17:01
Through the innovative use of atom probe tomography and field ion microscopy, imec captured for the first time ever atomic resolution images of individual boron dopant atoms and clusters.
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Lapsing of Moore's Law opens up opportunity in chip design
posted on September 02, 2013 17:05
As the trend famously codified by Intel co-founder Gordon Moore -- that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit would double every two years -- seems to be flagging, one top engineer suggests that it is time to rethink chip design to buy performance increases.
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