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Lam Research will join fellow industry leaders from the extended electronics supply chain in a range of talks at the SEMICON West 2022 hybrid conference later this month. During the 52nd annual...

At Lam, we understand that the innovations we create will touch the lives of nearly every person on the planet. As we move the world forward with our technology, we aspire to integrate...

On June 28, 1969, members and allies of the LGBTQIA+ community stood up for justice when police raided Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City. This event galvanized LGBTQIA+ activism, and more...

Chips are everywhere: from our mobile phones and automobiles to cloud servers for artificial intelligence, all of which seem to get faster, smarter, and better with each generation. Creating more...

Every few months, new and improved electronics are introduced. They’re typically smaller, smarter, faster, have more bandwidth, are more power-efficient, etc. – all thanks to a new generation...

Lam jumped 54 slots to #250 on the Fortune 500, an annual list published by Fortune magazine that ranks the largest corporations in the United States by revenue for the 2021 fiscal year. In the...

It takes a lot of different types of process tools to make chips, from deposition, to lithographic to etch and to cleaning tools among others. Large scale production requires chipmakers to use...

Welcome to our new blog series: Stepping Up, where we celebrate our manufacturing workforce by spotlighting some of the amazing people that are helping to keep Lam’s global operations and supply...

Today, the world relies on advanced manufacturing, bringing to life innovations that have reimagined the way we live, work and play. The global demand for digital technologies – and the...

David Haynes, vice president of Specialty Technologies for the Customer Support Business Group (CSBG) at Lam Research, discusses the introduction of Wi-Fi 6 and how, together with 5G, it will...

Lam is a recognized technology leader in the semiconductor equipment industry, and key to our competitive edge is our ability to innovate new products and solutions and enhance existing ones. We...

Today, we are confronting what is perhaps the most pressing challenge of our time – climate change. We are seeing its effects globally, with rising sea levels, wildfires, droughts and flooding...

Lam Research is proud to announce it has achieved the top honor within the Intel global supply chain: the Intel EPIC Outstanding Supplier Award. Of the thousands of suppliers Intel works with...

Today, Lam Research President and CEO Tim Archer testified before the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. The hearing examined a variety of issues including...

Introduction As we approach the 1.5nm node and beyond, new BEOL device integration challenges will be presented. These challenges include the need for smaller metal pitches, along with support for...

As we observe International Women’s Day on March 8, it’s a time to celebrate the contributions and achievements of women at Lam and in our industry. It’s also an important opportunity to...

Today is International Women’s Day, a time to recognize the significant achievements of women around the world. There are so many women whose accomplishments are worthy of celebrating including...

Design of Experiments (DOE) is a powerful concept in semiconductor engineering research and development. DOEs are sets of experiments used to explore the sensitivity of experimental variables and...

Over the past decade, the need for increasingly smaller, denser, more powerful chips has been driving semiconductor manufacturers to move away from planar structures in favor of increasingly...

Today, I am proud and excited to officially announce the availability of three new precision selective etch innovations from Lam Research: Argos®, Prevos™, and Selis®. Designed to complement...

Black History Month is a moment to pause and reflect on the legacies and achievements of The Black and African American community in the U.S. At Lam, this is a time to continue to educate our...

In 1989, Lam Research opened its first office in Asia Pacific. Since then, we have expanded our footprint totaling nearly 50 offices across the region – including opening two new manufacturing...

When I was a small child, I remember watching a 1966 American sci-fi adventure movie called “Fantastic Voyage” (the Korean title was “Micro Squad”) on an old black-and-white TV. The...

2021 was an extraordinary year for the semiconductor industry. Market demand for chips reached an all-time high as the global pandemic continued to shift the way society lives, works, learns and...

The logic and memory chips that power our smart phones, laptops, gaming consoles and other favorite devices may be stealing all the headlines these days, but there are other types of...