Michael Kanellos is editor at large at CNET News.com, where he covers hardware, research and development, start-ups and the tech industry overseas. silicon pull, or ingot. Solaicx specializes in ...

With demand for chip production on an upswing, the U.S. is on track to triple its chip manufacturing capacity by 2032, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). It follows that this ...

Solar start-up 1366 Technologies is working on a technology that promises to dramatically cut the cost of solar cell manufacturing. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fonon Corporation, a multi-market holding company, R&D center, equipment designer and manufacturer of advanced laser material processing systems for subtractive and ...

Chinese chipmaking tools vendor Kingsemi launched a new generation of its wafer coating and developing machine the FT (III) 300 on Dec. 17. The machine adopts a symmetrical design, with 36 spin ...

China-based silicon wafer makers are aggressively proceeding with capacity expansions for 12-inch offerings, which is expected to improve the country's semiconductor self-sufficiency, according to ...

The supply chain for bare wafers is off-kilter. Demand is appreciably higher than the wafer suppliers can keep up with, creating shortages that could last for years. For 300mm starting wafers, the top ...

Nov 11 (Reuters) - India's Tata Power (TTPW.NS), opens new tab plans to set up the country's largest solar wafers and ingots manufacturing plant with a capacity of 10 gigawatts, chief executive ...

As logic and memory semiconductor devices approach the limits of Moore’s Law, the requirements for accuracy in layer transfer become increasingly stringent. One leading silicon wafer manufacturer ...

The ability to create materials with well-defined characteristics at the micro-and sub-micrometer dimensions is critical in a broad range of research fields and enterprises, from microelectronic chips ...