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Making a Chip One Atom at a Time
Everyone knows that the transistors in a modern microprocessor are on the small side. So small, in fact, that it’s hard to get a grasp on the concept. Some of the critical film layers in the transistor...
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Applied Explains: Nanoscale Transistor Engineering
Recently, I posted a video featuring Applied’s David Thompson explaining how Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) works, and how it can be used to lay down critical transistor film layers just a few atoms...
View ArticleGetting More from Your Fab with Predictive Scheduling
Chipmaking is arguably the most complex manufacturing operation in human history. To illustrate this:A modern megafab – one that processes over a million wafers a year – contains hundreds of individual...
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IEEE Spectrum Article: Transistor Wars
May 4, 2011 may go down in history as a day that shook the chip industry to its core, literally. Anyone even remotely interested in technology must have caught Intel’s dramatic announcement on that day...
View ArticleHigh-Tech Insulation for Microchip Wiring
When it comes to microchip technology, transistors seem to get all the attention. But did you know that the transistor layer only makes up 10% of a modern logic chip?The other 90% is made up of...
View Article3D Chip Technology for Dummies
It's not just movies, televisions and video games that are going three-dimensional these days. Microchips are doing it, too.Semiconductors aren't shifting into the third dimension because it’s...
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IEEE Spectrum Article: The Quest for a Universal Memory
Below is a short excerpt of an article I submitted to IEEE Spectrum that looks at the emerging memory technologies being considered to help smartphones and tablets meet the demand for more energy...
View ArticleMaking Microcircuits Real: the Evolution of Etch
Etch.A very short word for a hugely important technology, without which there would be no microchips. Etch is the process by which images of circuit features printed on a silicon wafer are engraved...
View ArticleEpitaxy: Seeking Crystalline Perfection
Epitaxy is one of the fundamental processes used to make all kinds of semiconductor devices: LEDs, power electronics and, of course, microchips.The term epitaxy means, roughly speaking, “adding order”...
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2013: Facing Unprecedented Precision Engineering Challenges
Originally published in Solid State Technology.Mobility is the biggest influence shaping the semiconductor industry and is the main driver of chip development. Smartphone sales are expected to surpass...
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2013: Facing Unprecedented Precision Engineering Challenges
[photo]Originally published in Solid State Technology.Mobility is the biggest influence shaping the semiconductor industry and is the main driver of chip development. Smartphone sales are expected to...
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Areas of Opportunity for Corporate Venture Investing
(Additional) Blogger Author(s)Blogger(s): Joe Dews (Guest B... The past two years have seen a significant decline in the number of venture firms making new investments in the Energy Technology and...
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Applied Materials CEO Tells Students to Follow their Passion
Recently more than 270 students from National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) in Hsinchu, Taiwan, crowded into the campus auditorium to hear Mike Splinter, Chairman and CEO of Applied Materials deliver a...
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Applied Material Hosts Congressman Lamar Smith
Applied Materials recently hosted Congressman Lamar Smith, representative for the 21st Congressional District of Texas, at the company’s Austin facility for an in-depth overview of the semiconductor...
View ArticleMobility Gets a Boost with Expanded Epi Applications
Even as industry moves into the era of the high k metal gate (HKMG) and FinFET transistor, chipmakers continue to seek ways to improve device performance.Read more
View ArticleImproving Transistor Speed with NMOS Epi Technology
Applied Materials' Schubert Chu, Epi Products Head, Silicon Systems Group, discusses how Applied's new epi technology for NMOS transistors increases transistor speed in an interview with Pete Singer,...
View ArticleThe Evolution of the Cell Phone: A 40 Year Retrospective
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the first cell phone call, and one would be hard pressed to think of a more ubiquitous high tech device. Market research firm mobiThinking puts the total number...
View Article3D NAND - On its Way
The past several weeks have been big for 3D NAND flash technology.Samsung announced it had begun mass production of its first 3D vertical NAND flash memory, a 128GB chip using 24 cell layers. Following...
View ArticleApplied Materials’ Mike Splinter Discusses Latest Mobility Trends on FOX...
Applied Materials Executive Chairman Mike Splinter was interviewed by Liz Claman earlier this week as part of FOX Business’ “Three Days in the Valley” series. Mike explained how materials innovations...
View ArticleSilicon Precision Industries Recognizes Applied Materials for Outstanding...
Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd (SPIL) recently honored Applied Materials with the “Outstanding Performance Award” in recognition of its partnership for Through Silicon Via (TSV) research and...
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