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 ...

Delicate features, uneven surfaces, and extreme density make it difficult to manage probe force and ensure reliability.

Every wafer test touch-down requires a balance between a good electrical contact and preventing damage to the wafer and probe card. Done wrong, it can ruin a wafer and the customized probe card and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

China’s top wafer makers raised prices on key n-type formats, signaling potential module price rises toward $0.21 (CNY 1) per ...