116 news items tagged lithography
Gudeng to sustain strong shipments of EUV pods in 2021
Tuesday 26 January 2021Taiwan-based Gudeng Precision Industrial, a semiconductor front-end equipment manufacturer specializing in mask solutions and wafer handling tools, has expressed optimism that its...
EUV equipment to boost ASML sales in 2021
Thursday 21 January 2021With TSMC and Samsung Electronics stepping up the development of their sub-5nm process technologies, ASML will continue to see strong extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment...
SMIC struggling to obtain EUV litho equipment
Thursday 17 December 2020China's SMIC is struggling to obtain crucial EUV lithography equipment for the development of its sub-7nm process technologies, and will be seeking a dialogue with ASML with the help...
Entegris licenses RSP and EUV technology to Gudeng
Thursday 19 November 2020Entegris has announced it has agreed to settle patent litigation and disputes with Gudeng Precision related to reticle pod technology for both conventional and EUV lithography. The...
Samsung reportedly to accelerate advanced foundry technology development
Tuesday 27 October 2020Samsung Electronics is reportedly looking to advance its partnership with EUV fab tool vendor ASML, aiming to accelerate the development of its advanced 5nm and 3nm foundry process...
China semi industry development taking shape, says former Tsinghua Unigroup executive
Wednesday 7 October 2020The development of China's homegrown semiconductor industry is taking shape, according to Charles Kau, who has just resigned as executive VP of global operations for Tsinghua Unigr...
China memory chipmakers could be next US trade ban target
Wednesday 30 September 2020With Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) at risk of being blacklisted by the US government, concerns are growing about whether China-based memory chipmakers ChangXin...
TSMC EUV litho equipment purchases to top 50 sets
Monday 28 September 2020TSMC is expected to cumulatively purchase about 55 sets of EUV lithography equipment by the end of 2021, as the foundry is stepping up its EUV process manufacturing development, according...
TSMC makes 1 billionth defect-free 7nm chip
Monday 24 August 2020TSMC has marked the manufacture of the one-billionth good die on the foundry's 7nm technology, which means one billion functional, defect-free 7nm chips.
Huawei reportedly looking to build 45nm chip fabrication lines without US tech
Wednesday 19 August 2020China's Huawei reportedly is looking to build its own 45nm chip fabrication lines without US technology this year, which industry sources believe is "mission impossible."
KLA intros electron-beam defect inspection system
Wednesday 22 July 2020KLA has announced the eSL10 e-beam patterned-wafer defect inspection system, which is designed to accelerate time-to-market for high-performance logic and memory chips, including...
SMIC faces hurdles catching up with TSMC
Monday 20 July 2020China's state-backed SMIC has stepped up the development of its FinFET process technology, disclosing plans to roll out its FinFET N+1 and N+2 processes without implementing EUV li...
ASML expects growth in 2020
Thursday 16 July 2020ASML has reiterated its outlook given previously that 2020 would be another growth year for the lithography equipment vendor.
Jumping on the EUV bandwagon: Q&A with Gudeng chairman Bill Chiu
Wednesday 15 July 2020Gudeng Precision Industrial, a member of TSMC Grand Alliance and Taiwan's first semiconductor equipment maker allowed to join SEMI in setting next-generation equipment standards after...
ASML, TSMC, Intel tout EUV, advanced packaging at CSTIC 2020
Wednesday 1 July 2020Whenever Moore's Law has seemingly reached its physical limits, there have been always new tech innovations emerging to break the limits, with EUV process and advanced packaging technology...
Trusval functional water supply systems adopted for EUV lithography
Thursday 21 May 2020Trusval Technology, a Taiwan-based provider of chemical engineering equipment, solution and system integration services, has disclosed its functional water supply systems have been...
Samsung to spend big on EUV fab tools in 2020
Thursday 30 April 2020Samsung Electronics is gearing up for mass production of 5nm chips later this year to further enhance its FinFET process offerings that leverage extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technolog...
ASML 1Q20 results meet revised guidance
Friday 17 April 2020ASML saw its first-quarter revenue and gross margin results come within the guidance adjusted previously.
China revving up IC backend equipment development
Monday 6 April 2020China is expanding its semiconductor equipment self-sufficiency, with homegrown makers stepping up development of wet process and high-end back-end packaging equipment to serve domestic...
Samsung foundry forum postponed
Tuesday 17 March 2020Due to growing concerns around the coronavirus, the Samsung Foundry Forum 2020 has been postponed, according to Samsung Electronics. The event was originally scheduled for May 20...
SMIC gearing up for 7nm process manufacturing
Monday 16 March 2020Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has moved 14nm FinFET process to volume production with orders from Huawei's chip arm HiSilicon, and is gearing up for its next-generation...
Samsung begins mass production at new EUV manufacturing line
Monday 24 February 2020Samsung Electronics has announced that its new cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication line in Hwaseong, Korea has begun mass production.
EVG, Inkron team up for diffractive optical element structures
Tuesday 18 February 2020EV Group (EVG), a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for the MEMS, nanotechnology and semiconductor markets, has announced it is partnering with Inkron, a manufacturer...
Semiconductor R&D to nudge higher through 2024, says IC Insights
Monday 3 February 2020While consolidation in the semiconductor industry contributed to lower growth rates in R&D spending in the past five years, the long-term trend has been for a slowdown in annual...
Strong EUV demand to drive ASML growth in 2020
Thursday 30 January 2020With chipmakers stepping up their purchases of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography equipment, ASML has expressed optimism about its performance this year.