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Achievement represents close collaboration with our customers and supply chain partners LMK joins Lam’s manufacturing operations in Livermore, Tualatin, and Taiwan in this milestone This week,...

Lam Research has won a prestigious Edison Award for best new products in materials science. The bronze medal was awarded for our recently launched innovative suite of selective etch products...

EVs can have almost twice as many microchips as combustion engine vehicles. Lam is a critical supplier for semiconductor manufacturers for EVs across all technologies.

Introduction In logic devices such as FinFETs (field-effect transistors), metal gate parasitic capacitance can negatively impact electrical performance. One way to reduce this parasitic...

The journal Nature publishes Lam’s groundbreaking study. Rick Gottscho and Keren Kanarik share what it means for Lam and the semiconductor industry.

Hong Shih is one of 10 employees within the company who has been elevated to Lam Fellow He has more than 40 years of experience in sciences and engineering with over 30 years working in the...

Introduction Cu’s resistivity depends on its crystal structure, void volume, grain boundaries and material interface mismatch, which becomes more significant at smaller scales. The formation of...

System in Package (SiP) requirements push substrate designs to smaller features (similar to FO-PLP). Convergence in requirements allows shared R&D costs for panel level processing systems.

Women in Leadership at Lam has over 200 members Lam India has increased its diversity hiring percentages In recognition of International Women’s Day, Tina Correia, chief accounting officer, head...

Gosia’s redirection in her studies resulted in a 20+ year long career in semiconductors A little bit of luck and a whole lot of talent got her to where she is today I sat down with Gosia...

Soumya has automated Lam’s product software testing and processes for 19 years. The software she works on allows us to validate the behavior of our tool's software at any fab remotely. Soumya...

With decreasing dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) cell sizes, DRAM process development has become increasingly difficult. Bit-line (BL) sensing margins and refresh times have become problematic...

SEMICON Korea 2023 kicked off with a keynote speech, “Accelerating Innovation – From Lab to Fab,” delivered by Pat Lord, EVP of the Customer Support Business Group and Global Operations. Pat...

Lam’s BEN ERG has grown by four times over a two-year period Our I&D actions and behaviors impact the communities where we live and work In recognition of Black History Month, Sherry Buie,...

Metryx marked 200th tool shipment by donating science equipment to a local high school

Nearly 2,000 employees participated in Deliver Joy programs, supporting 1,300 organizations More 10,640 volunteer hours were logged by our employees Deliver Joy in November and December is a...

Sunday, January 22, marks the start of Lunar New Year. Across the world, including much of East Asia, nearly 1.5 billion people will ring in the Year of the Rabbit. According to the Chinese...

Line edge roughness (LER) can occur during the exposure step in lithography [1-2]. Similarly, etch and deposition process steps can leave a roughness on semiconductor surfaces. LER is a stochastic...

At the beginning of my career in semiconductor equipment, the backside of the wafer was a source of anxiety. In one memorable instance in my early career, several wafers flew off a robot blade...

Lam Japan has grown from nearly ten employees to over 500 in 30 years The company donated nearly $9,000 to local NGOs as part of the celebration Lam celebrated 30 years of operations in Japan on...

Lam is once again named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for North America The company joins the UN Global Compact It’s been a year of progress as we march toward our goal to achieve net...

“Engineering a Greener Fab” was the theme of the Lam Research Technical Symposium, Lam’s premiere forum for intellectual and scientific sharing.

On November 11, we observe Veterans Day in the United States, an annual holiday recognizing those who have served in the armed forces and have made a significant commitment to their country. We...