As chipmakers ramp up the next wave of processes and grapple with how to reduce defect levels, they are encountering problems from an unlikely source—components inside of the fab equipment. Defects ...
The semiconductor industry is developing new cybersecurity standards for fab equipment in an effort to protect systems from potential cyberattacks, viruses, and IP theft. Two new standards are in the ...
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif.–Faced with the ongoing IC downturn and dwindling sales, suppliers of semiconductor equipment are quietly offering a new and deep round of discounts for their tools to customers, ...
SAN JOSE — Fifteen of the world's largest suppliers of semiconductor equipment are in the final stages of planning a new industry consortium to jointly pursue R&D for new chip-production standards, ...