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At this year's SPIE, there are indications current EUV masks have problems with the Ta-based absorbers, leading to image fading.
Image fading has been covered in two papers...
https://www.reuters.com/technology/samsung-profit-likely-biggest-six-quarters-higher-chip-prices-2024-04-03/
Samsung's chip design and chip contract manufacturing businesses are still loss-making, analysts said.
However, the chip division is expected to be profitable thanks to higher DRAM and...
Today on CNN 10, Will Ripley gives us a look inside the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest producer of microchips that power everything from smartphones to cars to artificial intelligence applications...
https://www.ft.com/content/7bf0f79b-dea7-49fa-8253-f678d5acd64a
China has introduced new guidelines that will mean US microprocessors from Intel and AMD are phased out of government PCs and servers, as Beijing ramps up a campaign to replace foreign technology with homegrown solutions.
Lao...
https://www.techbang.com/posts/113767-smic-will-set-up-an-in-house-rd-team-to-start-rd-on-the-3nm
It has been reported that SMIC has assembled a team to develop 3nm internally. Potentially, there could be a consideration of post-FinFET technology, such as CFETs.
However, it is also widely...
https://www.mk.co.kr/en/it/10939027
2024-02-07 17:50:18 Updated : 2024-02-08 10:50:52
SK Hynix and Taiwan's TSMC have established an 'AI Semiconductor Alliance'. SK Hynix has emerged as a strong player in the high-bandwidth memory (HBM) market due to the generative artificial intelligence...
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2024-03-07/business/industry/Court-sides-with-SK-hynix-against-former-researchers-move-to-Micron/1997008
A Seoul court sided with SK hynix in its attempt to ban a former engineer from working for rival Micron.
The Seoul Central Court granted an...
https://spie.org/advanced-lithography/presentation/High-power-EUV-light-sources-500w-for-high-throughput-in/12953-43#_=_
EUV lithography systems are now fully deployed in the high-volume manufacturing of leading edge semiconductor devices. In this paper, we review the performance of ASML’s...
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-steps-up-grey-zone-warfare-exhaust-taiwan-defence-report-says-2024-03-07/
TAIPEI, March 7 (Reuters) - China has stepped up grey-zone warfare against Taiwan, aiming to make the areas around the democratic island "saturated" with balloons, drones and...
https://spie.org/advanced-lithography/presentation/Study-of-EUV-stochastic-defect-on-wafer-yield/12954-4#_=_
As semiconductor industry transitions to EUV lithography in advanced technology nodes, EUV stochastic defects play a significant role in chip yield degradation. Present yield models do...
https://techhq.com/2024/02/samsung-seizes-2nm-ai-chip-deal-challenging-tsmc/
"In a notable turn of events disclosed during Samsung’s Q4 2023 financial report, the tech world buzzed with news of Samsung’s foundry division securing a prized contract for 2nm AI chips. Amid speculation, Samsung...
https://www.trendforce.com/news/2024/01/22/news-samsung-reportedly-trials-2nd-gen-3nm-chips-aims-for-60-yield/
According to industry sources cited by South Korean media The Chosun Daily, Samsung has commenced the production of prototypes for its second-generation 3nm process and is testing the...
https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20240206PD224/winbond-16nm-dram-production.html
Winbond is planning a transition to a 16nm DRAM process. Development has been ongoing for a while.
https://www.tomshardware.com/null/samsung-opens-next-gen-3d-dram-research-lab-in-the-united-states
Samsung is currently in the process of developing next-gen 3D DRAM on American soil, says The Korea Times, according to its own industry sources. The lab for this next-gen 3D DRAM development is...
Looking over some patterning IP, I found these interesting two: US8084347(assigned to SanDisk then TSMC, but expired) and US8084310 (assigned to AMAT, expiring 2029). Either one it seems, or both in combination, would give a patterning advantage particularly for arrays of vias and pillars with...
https://www.theregister.com/2024/02/06/us_research_body_sues_inpria/
"The Research Foundation for the State University of New York (SUNY RF) is suing a subsidiary of Japan's JSR Corporation over claims that photoresist materials developed by the foundation were commercialized and patented...
https://techwireasia.com/02/2024/smic-huawei-defying-sanctions-leading-the-5nm-revolution/
As per the Financial Times report, SMIC will mass-produce 5nm chips designed by Huawei, and is building new production lines in Shanghai.
For context, SMIC’s 7nm and 5nm chip production lines utilize...
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12495/124950W/Electrical-analysis-of-a-stochastically-simulated-2-nm-node-electrical/10.1117/12.2658780.short#_=_
The 21 nm pitch vertical M1 lines behaved worse than the 18 nm pitch horizontal M0 and M2 lines, due to being in...
