Electronic devices have become an indispensable part of our lives in our technology-driven world. These devices owe their existence to a crucial component known as the semiconductor wafer. In this ...

One of the main challenges in developing semiconductor chip technology is making electronic components smaller and more effective. This difficulty is most noticeable in lithography, which is the ...

The industry's shift to 300mm-wafer production gained momentum last week when Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Xilinx Inc. separately launched products based on the large-scale silicon media, but ...

MUNICH, Germany — The processing of silicon wafers used for the manufacture of solar cells could provide a welcome boost to the semiconductor equipment and materials industries which are looking at ...

The shortage of semiconductors – the computer chips that products such as smartphones, laptops, cars and even washing machines rely on – continues to impact industries around the world. The current ...

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 ...

Dr. Davor Sutija is the CEO of NexWafe, a solar photovoltaic company establishing a new standard for the future of engineered green wafers. With the advent of the United States’ first-ever clean ...