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Paragraf produces first 6-inch graphene wafer

U.K. startup Paragraf has successfully produced the first 6-inch graphene wafer at its manufacturing facility in Huntingdon, ...
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Wafer production underway at TSMC’s Phoenix factory; Q1 earnings beat expectations

PHOENIX — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is making “significant progress” on its north Phoenix site with engineering wafer production already underway in its first factory still under ...
CNET

Intel produces first chips on larger wafers

The chip giant produces its first preproduction chips on 300-millimeter wafers, a technology shift that will lead to cheaper processors by 2002. Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, ...
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Keysight Accelerates Silicon Photonics Wafer Production with Fully Automated One-stop Test Solution

Silicon photonics is one of the key emerging technologies addressing growing internet traffic and demand for higher data rate. Silicon photonics’ primary applications are in the data center market, ...
PV Tech

Chinese polysilicon production has recorded its first decline in 12 years – CPIA

Wang Bohua, honorary chairman of the CPIA, said that polysilicon production in China experienced its first year-on-year ...
PV Tech

New wafer production method could double throughput to up to 20,000 per hour, rendering European manufacturing more competitive

The researchers said the discovery could help European PV manufacturers become competitive with Chinese counterparts. Image: Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE A research consortium has ...
pv magazine International

Solar wafer prices stabilize as supply rationalizes, regional policies shape production and trade

In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry. FOB China prices for Mono PERC wafers remained stable this ...
Digi Times

China-based National Silicon Industry to double wafer production capacity to foster self-reliant chip ecosystem

National Silicon Industry, the top wafer provider in China by market share, announced a plan to double its wafer production as the country has been growing its self-reliant semiconductor ecosystem.
Digi Times

SiC wafer industry status

Soaring silicon carbide (SiC) demand from electric vehicles (EV) is leading to a tight supply of 6-inch SiC wafers, of which the cost will unlikely go down. Abstract To raise SiC capacity while ...
AOL

TSMC to phase out 6-inch wafer production over two years

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) will phase out its 6-inch wafer manufacturing business over the next two years and continue consolidating its 8-inch wafer production ...
pv magazine International

wafer production

The production of PV ingots and wafers remains the most highly concentrated of all the production stages in the silicon solar supply chain. Yet efforts to re-establish production in Europe and the ...