Abstract: Wafer maps of large-scale integration chips are matrices showing the defective chip position on a wafer. Determining defect patterns on wafer maps is crucial because these patterns indicate ...

CO.6a : (i) Metal1 (< 0.34um) end-of-line overlap contact (Applies to all < 0.34µm wide metal lines, excluding metal branches shorter than 0.24µm) : 0.06µm PL.3a : Space on COMP/Field: 0.24µm I ...

KLayout 0.30.5 (installed with winget on a Windows 11 Pro machine, version 24H2) fails to launch with the following error: Exception code: 0xc0000005 Program Version: KLayout 0.30.5 (2025-11-12 ...

Current political and economic issues succinctly explained. Section 232 tariffs aim to protect U.S. national security. Created by the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, Section 232 empowers the president to ...

Forward-looking: The engine of the digital age is running up against the laws of physics. Modern semiconductors, the microscopic foundations of computing, are nearing their physical limits just as ...

Nexperia suspends wafer shipments, citing lack of payment Automakers alarmed over possible impact on production Nexperia seeking alternative solutions to keep customers supplied BEIJING/TAIPEI, Oct 31 ...

For the first time in nearly a decade, the US has produced domestic solar wafers. Image: Corning. US solar manufacturer Corning has started ingot and wafer production at its Michigan plant, during the ...

Tesla has started preparing for the production of its next-generation AI6 chip at Samsung's wafer foundry. Observers believe the company will first handle core technology development and other ...

The first Blackwell wafer to be manufactured in the US made an appearance this weekend, thanks to TSMC's fabrication plant in Arizona. Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang joined TSMC brass to show off ...

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab uveiled on Friday the first U.S.-made Blackwell wafer, produced at TSMC's (2330.TW), opens new tab semiconductor manufacturing facility in Phoenix, as ...

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Taiwan Semiconductor Company (NYSE:TSM) have completed their first made-in-the-USA Blackwell wafer, which will be used for the eventual production of Blackwell GPUs. Nvidia ...

A new technical paper titled “DECOR: Deep Embedding Clustering with Orientation Robustness” was published by researchers at Oregon State University and Micron Technology. “In semiconductor ...