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The semiconductor industry continues to promise greater rewards, with compound annual growth rates forecasted to be in the high single digits for many years to come.

The exploding demand for LEDs is driven by their dramatic advantages relative to other lighting technologies.

In many ways, it was a lot easier in the 1960s and 1970s, before disaggregation. Integrated device manufacturers (IDMs) had ownership of all the technologies that were needed to design and manufacture integrated circuits: device and process R&D, semiconductor equipment, and IC design tools.

The materials properties of junctions formed by ULE implants of B18H22+ provide an opportunity to significantly increase productivity for all low-energy p-type implants without the use of deceleration and the associated risk of energy contamination.

As thermal budgets for nitride deposition have decreased to meet sub-90nm process requirements, silicon nitride films have been widely used in LPCVD or plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) to deposit spacer, etch stop layer, oxynitride-oxide stacks, and oxide masks for front-end-of-line applications [1, 2].

Magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) can be used in a wide variety of biomedical applications [1, 2], ranging from contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging to the deterioration of cancer cells via hyperthermia treatment.

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) has become an essential technique for thin film deposition in integrated circuits (IC).

Faster, bigger, better, thriftier: these are the drivers that have relentlessly shaped Taiwan’s reputation in manufacturing over the years.