Doing anything that requires measurements in nanometers is pretty difficult, and seems like it would require some pretty sophisticated equipment. But when the task at hand is growing oxide layers ...

MILPITAS, Calif., Nov. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 5.9% quarter-over-quarter to 3,214 million square inches (MSI) in the third quarter of 2024 and ...

MILPITAS, Calif. — February 7, 2023 — Setting new all-time highs, worldwide silicon wafer shipments in 2022 increased 3.9% to 14,713 million square inches (MSI) while wafer revenue rose 9.5% to $13.8 ...

Instead of growing their lasers directly on top of the silicon wafer, they start by covering the wafer in silicon dioxide, ...

At his keynote titled “Silicon Carbide Mass Commercialization and Future Trends” at APEC 2023, Victor Veliadis, executive director and CTO at Power America, outlined wafer cost, defects, scalability ...

Global shipments of silicon wafers are projected to decline 2% in 2024 to 12,174 million square inches (MSI) with a strong rebound of 10% delayed until 2025 to reach 13,328 MSI as wafer demand ...

Infineon reports that reducing the thickness of a wafer by half lowers the substrate resistance by 50%, resulting in over a 15% reduction in power loss in power systems compared to conventional ...

TAIPEI — Taiwanese silicon wafer manufacturer GlobalWafers said Friday it would invest an additional $4 billion in the United States to meet growing customer demand there, as it officially ...

What’s more impressive is that one 2-inch silicon wafer could be used to create 10,000 of these micro-batteries, which would have enough energy to power tiny sensors and robotic parts.

MILPITAS, Calif., Aug. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Worldwide silicon wafer shipments increased 7.1% quarter-over-quarter to 3,035 million square inches (MSI) in the second quarter of 2024, but saw an ...