Curvilinear Mask Patterning is a cutting-edge lithography technique that promises to maximize lithography entitlement by addressing complex design challenges and critical yield limiters. However, its ...
Computational lithography and mask optimization techniques are at the forefront of enabling the semiconductor industry's continued miniaturisation of integrated circuits. This field encompasses ...
The mood at this year’s SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning Symposium was decidedly upbeat. The outlook for business is good, due in large measure to expectations of high demand for chips, driven ...
(Nanowerk News) Recently, researchers from the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have proposed a source mask optimization (SMO) technique ...
Researchers review AI-powered inverse lithography, showing how deep learning boosts chip patterning precision and efficiency while facing scaling challenges. Computational lithography optimizes the ...
Computer chips are undoubtedly one the great wonders of the modern world, incredible feats of engineering. And just when you thought they couldn't get any more complex and intriguing, here comes ...
An image simulation algorithm developed by researchers from Taiwan and the US boosts image intensity computation speed by 5,000 times Lithography, an essential process in the semiconductor industry, ...
A multibillion-dollar set of questions about the direction of lithography is hanging over the semiconductor industry. The “optical is forever” proponents, who argue that 193 nanometers may be the ...