News Taiwanese silicon wafer-maker GlobalWafers opens $3.5 billion factory in Sherman, Texas GlobalWafers’ most advanced fully integrated silicon wafer facility is the first of its kind built in ...

Micromachining silicon with lasers (but no sharks)! Today we're exploring different properties and parameters involved with cutting silicon with a pulsed nanosecond laser ...

imec, a Belgium-based research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, has announced “a significant milestone in silicon photonics” with the successful demonstration of ...

The latest release brings Fedora 41 to Macs with Apple Silicon. It includes support for x86-64 emulation and Vulkan 1.4 graphics, making it possible to play some games on Apple Silicon.

Low utilization and low spot prices for wafers hurt gross margins across the board, and GlobalWafers and SAS had specific issues, including electricity price hikes in Taiwan, weak silicon carbide ...

--FormFactor, Inc. and Advantest Corporation announced today a strategic partnership to develop a novel test cell and measurement system designed for high-volume production of silicon photonics ...

FormFactor’s extensive experience in silicon photonics, including wafer and die-level probing, allows us to support our customers at every stage—from initial development to full-scale ...

The thinness of silicon wafers is important because it reduces resistance and power loss. Current-gen wafers measure 40 to 60 micrometers thick. By roughly halving the wafer's ...

Infineon Technologies AG announced it has unveiled an advance in handling and processing "the thinnest silicon power wafers ever manufactured," with a thickness of 20 micrometers and a diameter of 300 ...

These include 50% duties on polysilicon used in solar cells and silicon wafers used in semiconductors and 25% duties on three categories of processed tungsten, including unwrought and bars, plates ...