MIT engineers fabricated 2D materials that could lead to next-generation transistors and electronic films.

MIT scientists developed a low-cost, high-precision fabrication method for thin mirrors and silicon wafers. A novel photolithography technique could be a manufacturing game-changer for optical applications

How much does it cost TSMC to start up its new chip-manufacturing plants on US soil? According to a new study by TechInsights, the total amount is...

A pioneering type of patented computer memory known as ULTRARAM™ has been demonstrated on silicon wafers in what is a major step towards its large-scale manufacture. ULTRARAM™ is novel type of memory with extraordinary properties. It combines the non-volatility of a data storage memory, like flash, with the speed, energy-efficiency and endurance of a working memory, like DRAM. To do this it utilizes the unique…

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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...

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MEMC, an O'Fallon, Missouri-based manufacturer of silicon wafers used for semiconductor production, plans to soon begin delivering wafers as part of a $300 million-plus expansion of its facility there.

SMIC has developed a 7nm semiconductor, placing the Chinese behemoth in the league of Intel and others.

CubicPV is planning a factory in the U.S. to produce silicon wafers for solar panels, a component almost entirely controlled by China

Modern solar panels are built on inflexible silicon wafers, but a new technology could make them much more flexible without losing efficiency.

Japan and the Netherlands are particularly dominant in a manufacturing process called lithography: using light to print tiny circuits on silicon wafers.

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Phoenix-based Onsemi has finalized an acquisition of GlobalFoundries Inc.'s semiconductor plant in East Fishkill, New York, where it will make 300 mm silicon wafers.

A North Carolina-based semiconductor company says it will build a $5 billion manufacturing plant in its home state to produce silicon carbide wafers. Wolfspeed Inc. announced on Friday that it

Two U.S. tech firms soon could build manufacturing facilities to produce 300mm silicon wafers that are critical to the nation's global technology leadership, thanks to a $400M investment announced by the White House.

Taiwan-based technology company GlobalWafers announced it will build a $5 billion factory in Sherman, Taxas, to supply silicon wafers to Intel in an effort to ease a chip shortage in the United States.

The Biden-Harris administration announced plans to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its fact...

The Biden-Harris administration announced plans Tuesday to provide up to $750 million in direct funding to Wolfspeed, with the money supporting its new silicon carbide factory in North Carolina that makes the wafers used in advanced computer chips and its factory in Marcy, New York.

Quantum computers could be constructed cheaply and reliably using a new technique perfected by a University of Melbourne-led team that embeds single atoms in silicon wafers, one-by-one, mirroring methods used to build conventional devices, in a process outlined in an Advance Materials paper.