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Helium gas is increasingly in short supply. While consumers may be most familiar with it for use in filling balloons, it is used much more heavily in a variety of industrial processes –...

Back in 1981, Lam pioneered single-wafer plasma etch tools with its first product, the Lam AutoEtch 480 plasma etcher. Introduced as “a streamlined plasma etching system designed specifically...

The IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC) will be held July 6-9, 2021, as a hybrid event – virtual and in-person (Kyoto Research Park, Kyoto, Japan), with on-demand...

Preventative Maintenance “What is wet, but dry?” might sound like a riddle, and the answer for plasma process tools are “wet cleans,” an important type of preventative maintenance. The...

Chip features continue to shrink to incredibly small dimensions and different device architectures are being devised to supply consumers with more powerful electronics. Atomic layer deposition...

The pervasive use of technology has brought about a tremendous growth in data as well as an explosion in scaling and complexity of integrated circuits. That trend continues as the focus on...

We take microprocessors for granted. Most people who aren’t deeply involved in technology may have no idea all of the places where a microprocessor shows up in their lives. It’s not just their...

Engineers, scientists, and industry professionals will attend the 239th Electrochemistry Society (ECS) Meeting and the 18th International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS), held May 30 to June 3....

Silicon chip manufacturing has always included etching as a critical processing step. But, increasingly, extremely high-aspect-ratio etching has been needed for 3D flash and DRAM chips, which have...

As chipmakers move to advanced technology nodes, they are challenged to resolve ever finer features. One of the major roadblocks involves the material used to transfer chip design to the wafer;...

Lam Research collaborates with universities and academic research consortia by supporting research, building relationships, and assisting graduate and undergraduate students with thesis awards,...

The latest developments in patterning will be on stage at the upcoming SPIE Advanced Lithography, held as a digital forum February 22-26. Patterning – the set of steps that transfers chip...

With more than a decade of industry leadership in high aspect ratio etching, Lam now introduces Vantex™, the latest in dielectric etch technology. Designed from the ground up specifically for...

To kick-off the new year, SEMICON Korea is bringing together industry leaders throughout the semiconductor supply chain. Held February 3-12, participants can learn more about artificial...

To kick-off the new year, we thought we’d share some of our favorite stories from 2020. While not exhaustive, this short list features articles that help put technology concepts into perspective...

Filling complex, high aspect ratio structures is a challenge for 3D NAND, DRAM, and logic chipmakers. Lam’s Aaron Fellis, vice president and general manager of dielectric atomic layer deposition...

When they were first commercialized at the 22 nm node, finFETs represented a revolutionary change to the way we build transistors, the tiny switches in the “brains” of a chip. As compared to...

Semiconductor process development is no easy task, with each generation of devices more difficult and expensive to create. Traditional cycles of build-and-test development are becoming obsolete,...

Lam’s newest product in its line of GAMMA® dry photoresist strip systems, brings the performance of the GAMMA® GxT® 300 mm to 200 mm wafer processing. The GAMMA GxT has been specifically...

In today’s press release below, Lam announced the new Striker® FE platform featuring its patented ICEFill™ technology, which provides bottom-up filling in complex high aspect ratio (HAR)...

Taiwan’s largest semiconductor convention is bringing together the industry’s brightest minds for a three-day exhibition. Held September 23-25 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1...

Diagnosis of any kind requires the synthesis of information. As humans we are much better at doing this when we have ways of visualizing information versus looking at numbers and statistics,...

SEMICON Southeast Asia, the region’s premier electronics manufacturing supply chain exposition and conference, has gone virtual. Industry experts from around the world will share insights on...

Lam CEO Tim Archer recently presented a compelling vision of the future at SEMICON West along with key industry leaders and influencers. Tim spoke of the pioneering work Lam Research has done over...

The semiconductor industry’s flagship event, SEMICON West, is going virtual this year. Celebrating its 50th year, the show promises a full exhibition experience, featuring high level keynotes,...