The small and complicated features of TSVs give rise to different defect types. Defects can form during any of the TSV ...

For decades, optical inspection has been the primary method for process control in fabs. However, the move to multi-level ...

A defect in a semiconductor chip may be smaller than a human hair but can create big problems in your everyday life, from crippling your car's steering to making your laptop more susceptible to ...

SEMVision™ H20 enables better and faster analysis of nanoscale defects in leading-edge chips Second-generation “cold field emission” technology provides high-resolution imaging AI image recognition ...

To make the top-of-the-line chips for Apple's iPhone, such as the A14, or Nvidia's A100 series AI processors, with billions of transistors, it takes a factory that costs $16 billion to build and ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A defect in a semiconductor chip may be smaller than a human hair but can create big problems in your everyday life, from crippling your car’s steering to making your laptop ...

In the future, microprocessors will need a better backup plan, says Hewlett-Packard. The computing giant has revealed another aspect of its crossbar switch technology that it hopes will replace ...

Researchers in quantum mechanics believe they’ve found a standard way to assess the viability of quantum memory in silicon chips — meaning existing components can be used as the fabric for a future ...

Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. In the future, microprocessors will need a better ...