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Background
High-NA tool: check. Process: check. Chips: not quite yet.
Compared to the transition from immersion to EUV lithography, moving from low-NA to high-NA should be easy. Right?
Opinion
When AI becomes commonplace, humanity becomes the differentiator
As AI brings many efficiency-enhancing capabilities to the work floor, human qualities will produce competitive advantages for companies.
News
EU doesn’t give up on leading-edge manufacturing ambitions
The Chips Act 2.0 proposal outlines a series of strategic projects ranging from a sub-2-nanometer fab and European AI processors to memory manufacturing and advanced chip design.
Editorial
The EU Chips Act: better than nothing
Muddling through is the best you can hope for in the EU.
Background
Beyond EUV: Blue-X explores sub-13.5nm lithography
An international consortium is exploring whether semiconductor lithography can eventually move to an even shorter wavelength.
News
Nearfield bets on becoming the process-control champion of the AI era
Process control in advanced packaging could become what EUV lithography is for leading-edge transistor scaling, says Nearfield Instruments CEO Hamed Sadeghian.
Background
Thales teams up with Foxconn to secure advanced packaging in Europe
Defense players Thales and Radiall are joining forces with Foxconn to build a fully automated OSAT facility that aims to give Europe a stronger foothold in advanced electronics manufacturing.
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Video
Bits&Chips talks to Nearfield’s Hamed Sadeghian
According to CEO Hamed Sadeghian, Nearfield Instruments finds itself in a “perfect storm” as the rise of AI, advanced chip nodes and heterogeneous integration is driving an explosion in demand for metrology.
Background
Creating signals with customized phase noise and jitter
How to use the IQ modulation capabilities of a vector signal generator to create signals with customized phase noise and jitter performance.
Background
How AI forms the future of Europe’s EDA industry
The User2User event hosted by Siemens EDA brings together the electronic design automation community to share their real-world experiences.
Analysis
Study backs beefing up European chip ambitions
Demand is growing, costs are manageable and Europe’s business climate could be competitive, according to a study commissioned by industry groups and governments.
News
Quantum randomness turns flawed bits into perfect randomness
Starting with a random source that remained slightly predictable, ETH Zurich researchers generated a string of perfectly random bits. The experiment turns a cornerstone of quantum physics into a cryptographic tool.
News
Silicon goes vertical with rollable transistor layers
A new transfer process for stacking ultrathin silicon nanomembranes could offer an alternative route to monolithic 3D integration.
Background
By strategically investing in rapid delivery and high quality, Apex Dynamics conquered the world
Taiwanese entrepreneur Robin Chang built Apex Dynamics single-handedly into a company now worth billions. The manufacturer of planetary gearboxes operates at the same level as its German competitors in terms of scale and quality.