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  • Elizabeth Pavel, PhD
    Former Senior Director of Content Marketing and Communications at Lam Research
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    Jan 9, 2017
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    The next major trend in consumer wearables may be smart fashion. For years, high fashion designers and celebrities have been incorporating smart technology into their clothing for visual effects....

  • Shelly Miyasato, PhD
    Senior Technical Communications Manager at Lam Research
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    Nov 28, 2016
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    Did you know that different patterns require different types of multiple patterning? Today’s advanced chips are more complex than ever before, with transistors and other structures that are...

  • Keren Kanarik
    Senior Technical Director at Lam Research
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    Nov 14, 2016
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    Greek philosopher Democritus (460-370 BC) first proposed the existence of an ultimate particle, which he described as “atomos.” He probably never dreamed that one day there would be devices so...

  • Deborah Hong
    A Digital Marketing and Communications Senior Manager at Lam Research
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    Oct 31, 2016
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    The lines between science fiction and reality continue to blur thanks to technological advances in devices like thermal imaging equipment, 3D printing, and even neural implants. Technology –...

  • Hui-Yun Chen
    The outline of a home with several digital icons inside it (batteries, circles, lines).
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    Oct 3, 2016
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    From smartphones to televisions to refrigerators, it is hard to go more than a few hours without using a semiconductor-enabled device. In fact, since the mid-20th century, semiconductors have been...

  • Nerissa Draeger, PhD
    Director of University Engagements in the Office of the CTO at Lam Research
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    Sep 12, 2016
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    Transistors are at the heart of our cherished electronics. Millions, or even billions, of these tiny switches go to work for us when we check our mobile phones, use our computers, start our...

  • Lam Blog Staff
    Three icons showing the progression as a result of multiple patterning, which is a method for enhancing feature density by producing finer resolution than can be achieved with a single lithographic pass.
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    Aug 1, 2016
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    Multiple patterning is an innovative approach to scaling semiconductors, but it also poses significant challenges controlling process variations. Lam’s Rick Gottscho, executive vice president of...

  • Elizabeth Pavel, PhD
    Former Senior Director of Content Marketing and Communications at Lam Research
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    Jul 11, 2016
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    The semiconductor industry uses so many unique terms, it practically has its own language. To keep up on the latest developments, knowing that “language” can be really helpful. For instance,...

  • Elizabeth Pavel, PhD
    Former Senior Director of Content Marketing and Communications at Lam Research
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    May 31, 2016
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    From the earliest chips to the latest technologies, silicon has long played a major role in semiconductor manufacturing as the substrates (wafers) on which devices are built. Yet silicon wasn’t...

  • Lam Blog Staff
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    May 23, 2016
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    Dave Hemker, CTO at Lam Research, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to look at some of the key issues on the process and manufacturing side, and some of the key developments that will...

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