Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) plans to start using 450-millimeter wafers to build its processors in 2018, following delays in the development of ...

Intel's experimental D1X foundry is starting its 450mm wafer ramp. The new wafer sizes could substantially lower costs per chip, but the upfront CapEx will be substantial.

Multiple members of the G450C -- an organization devoted to researching and commercializing 450mm wafer technology -- have declared their intent to exit the program. 450mm wafers have been on life ...

The semiconductor industry is moving to 450mm wafer sizes in the next few years, and semiconductor equipment manufacturers need to position themselves now ...

This Is What 450mm Wafers Look Like 450mm wafers patterned with immersion lithography debut at SEMICON West 2014.

Nikon says its new lithography machine being tested at SUNY Polytechnic Institute on 450-millimeter silicon wafers is set to begin patterning chips. The machine from the Japan-based company was ...

Dainippon Screen’s 450mm wafer scrubber, single wafer cleaning, as well as millisecond annealing system will be among the equipment set to be available for the G450C, a public-private ...

TSMC, the world's top contract chip maker, confirmed on Tuesday it is aiming to manufacture bigger silicon wafers that could lower the cost of chip production, but said technical difficulties will ...

The IC industry has been talking about it for ages, but vendors are finally coming to terms with a monumental shift in the business. The vast changes involve a pending and critical juncture, where the ...

In a nutshell, the 450mm transition is about yields, and how this works is pretty straightforward. The picture below shows a standard 300mm wafer, which is the basic unit of semiconductor production.

One of the components of the [450mm wafer program at ISMI] … is to start communication with the suppliers in understanding their 450mm roadmaps, what the roadblocks are for when they scale up.

As the semiconductor industry debates the merits and drawbacks of a possible future move to 450mm wafers, a movement has emerged to significantly enhance and extend the 300mm wafer size generation.