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Panel-level fan-out chip manufacturing – using large square or rectangular substrates instead of wafers – is being developed as a means to lower the cost of back-end processes for some...

In recent years, SEMICON China has become the semiconductor industry’s largest annual tradeshow, with much of its popularity likely due to the region’s growing chipmaking business. Attendees...

It really is remarkable how our favorite tech products continue to become more compact and powerful, with today’s nanoscale chipmaking quite literally pushing the limits of what is possible. One...

For its 30th anniversary, SEMICON Korea anticipates hosting its largest show ever, with an estimated 40,000 attendees converging at COEX in Seoul on February 8-10, 2017. Korea is the world’s...

Ever open the body of your smartphone (perhaps unintentionally) and see small, black rectangles stuck on a circuit board? Those black rectangles are packaged chips. The external chip structure...

This year marks the 40th anniversary for SEMICON Japan, one of the most extensive international exhibitions of semiconductor equipment and materials. Each SEMI tradeshow has its own unique...

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...

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...

State-of-the-art advances in plasma research and thin film science will be discussed at the AVS 63rd International Symposium and Exhibition, being held November 6-11 in Nashville, Tennessee. This...

Electrochemistry and solid-state science and technology will come together at the PRiME 2016 Meeting, held October 2-7 in Honolulu, Hawaii. One of the largest research conferences in the world,...