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Summary: The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has placed significant demands on semiconductor performance, particularly in the realm of etching technology. AI requires massive amounts of data...

Enables more efficient process development via high-fidelity plasma simulation

The semiconductor industry is searching for alternative metal line materials to replace copper due to the increasing barrier size and resistivity issues. Ruthenium (Ru) has shown promise as a potential replacement, outperforming copper and cobalt (Co) at smaller dimensions.

Ammar was raised in a rural village in Malaysia FIRST® Global has given him the opportunity to dream beyond his geographical roots Ammar Akhmal wants to be a computer scientist. It’s a big...

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Virtual fabrication is a powerful tool to perform sensitivity analysis and provide guidance for inline process spec control

Interns joined our sites across the globe to contribute to critical projects They took over our operations in field service, engineering, and manufacturing Every summer, I’m energized by our...

Lam Research has supported the National GEM Consortium and GEM interns since 2019. Students who complete their fellowship have a chance to join Lam full-time.

Video games and virtual and augmented reality are driving demand for haptics. Lam’s pulsed laser deposition capability can enable next-gen haptics technology.

BEOL module processing faces challenges as chipmakers move to the 3 nm node and beyond. A semi-damascene integration scheme with airgap structures may help reduce RC delay time.

Lam Research and the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) partner to train up to 60,000 semiconductor engineers.

The terms “fab” and “foundry” are often used interchangeably, but that’s technically incorrect. Knowing the difference is important so you can better understand the semiconductor ecosystem.

The semiconductor industry may double in size. The environmental impact can’t increase at the same rate.

DRAM is following NAND in going 3D, but architecture needs are unique and challenging. 3D DRAM is needed to keep up with the demands of graphics cards, portable devices, and more. Here's an idea of how to architect it.

As we recognize Pride Month throughout June alongside the LGBTQ+ community, the topic of allyship comes up a lot. My allyship journey began in third grade when my principal, Mrs. Carroll,...

Close collaboration with customers leads to rapid and predictable achievement of cost goals.

This video is part of Lam’s Pride Month story collection, which amplifies the voices of employees embracing equity across the company.

Priscilla is the platform tool owner for Lam’s dielectric etch Sense.i tools She brought her childhood passion for problem-solving to our customers’ chipmaking fabs In celebration of...

Up to 60,000 engineers in India to be trained on Lam’s unique virtual fabrication platform

New portfolio joins physical and virtual semiconductor worlds into a single ecosystem

Addresses key manufacturing challenges and significantly improves wafer yield Builds on Lam's 15-year heritage of innovation in bevel solutions

As transistor sizes shrink, short channel effects make it more difficult for transistor gates to turn a transistor ON and OFF [1]. One method to overcome this problem is to move away from planar...

For the seventh year in a row, Lam was ranked on the Fortune 500, coming in at #240 with more than $17.2 billion in revenue. Since first debuting on the Fortune 500 at #491 in 2016, Lam has jumped...

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.

As DRAM technology nodes have scaled down, access transistor issues have been highlighted due to weak gate controllability. Saddle Fins with Buried Channel Array Transistors (BCAT) have...