New data on the properties of potential "liquid lenses" compiled by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could help the semiconductor industry continue to shrink feature sizes on ...

TOKYO—Canon Inc. announced today the release of the FPA-3030i6 i-line1 stepper, a new semiconductor lithography system for processing wafers with a diameter of 8 inches (200 mm) or smaller. The ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In a move to keep up with growing demand for its lithography-lens materials, Corning Inc. is aggressively ramping up production of these products in its new plant in Canton, N.Y.

Huawei is bankrolling the Chinese companies building lithography machines and pushing their tools into fabs including SMIC, the Financial Times reports. The flagship machine uses projection lenses ...

VELDHOVEN, the Netherlands — ASML Holding N.V. here announced an agreement to sell a portion of its controversial U.S.-based lithography-lens polishing subsidiary, but the Dutch company said it will ...

Exposure toolmaker Nikon said that it has shipped a production version of its immersion lithography scanner, the NSR-S609B. The tool shipped last month, and the Japanese supplier claimed it is the ...

Improving the delicate process of 3D printing features smaller than the width of a human hair has, as you can imagine, many parameters to consider. To widen the applications of the method, new ...

Later this year, semiconductor companies will begin volume production of chips with 65 nm circuits, just two years after the first 90 nm chips hit the market. At the same time, they're already moving ...

Lithographers have always faced tradeoffs between speed and flexibility. Steppers are very good at printing hundreds or thousands of identical features onto hundreds or thousands of wafers. They are ...

New data on the properties of potential "liquid lenses" compiled by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) could help the semiconductor industry continue to shrink feature sizes on ...