ASE Technology is committing $200 million to test a new method of chip packaging that replaces traditional round wafers with square substrates, which promises to increase the company's advanced ...

Discover the incredible process of how billions of microchips are made from sand. It all begins with silicon extraction from ...

Flatten each one with the heel of your hand, dust both sides lightly with flour, and roll the lumps into thin, round wafers about six inches across. (The thickness of a chapati has a lot to do ...

Researchers at the Delft University of Technology have developed new cerium-doped indium oxides for applications in heterojunction solar cells. A transparent conductive oxide built with the new ...

Neil Savage describes the uses of the technology and a round-up of products in the area ... both for industrial uses, such as wafer inspection and scribing, and for scientific applications ...