Paradigms of Maskless Lithography, IEEE Lithography Workshop: 1999

Summary : The replacement of optical lithography with e-beam direct write for semiconductor manufacturing has been predicted since Gordon Moore penned his 1965 paper, writing "It is worth noting that this density of components can be achieved by present optical techniques and does not require the more exotic electron beam operations which are being studied for the possibility of making even smaller structures." This paper showed why it never happened.

Silicon Valley Genealog ...

AMD's and Intel's can be traced back to Fairchild and Shockley Transistor with this genealogy of semiconductor start-ups in Silicon Valley. The poster was created by SEMI poster. It shows the history of semicon ... See more

Semiconductor Equipment ...

VLSI Research's History of the semiconductor equipment industry covers its development from its earliest years up around 1990. Shows specific histories for Automatic Test Equipment - ATE, semiconductor assembly ... See more

Moore's Law: Its Death ...

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When the death of Moore ...

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Crashing into Moore's Wall is like a conspiracy theory: it can never be disproved to the true believers that our industry is about to run into a wall that has never appeared. Back in the mid-nineties, Scientifi ... See more

John Bardeen and Transi ...

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John Bardeen and Transistor Physics by Howard R. Huff, International SEMATECH ... See more

SEMATECH - An Oral Hist ...

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An interview with Dave Anderson ... See more

Explore Images of Histo ...

Key images drawn from donated and archived documents in VLSI's library. These images have been carefully selected for their historical significance as they show history in the making. ... See more

Intel Timeline from 196 ...

A special presentation of The Chip History Center on Intel Timeline from 1968-1984 ... See more

Semiconductor ATE

Automatic Test Systems (ATS) encompass a broad range of equipment-in size and in function as well as in price. It includes all equipment that is used to electrically verify a device's functionality. VLSI Resear ... See more

Semiconductor Depositio ...

Lithography has long been regarded as the queen of wafer fabrication in the drive towards submicron geometries. But, in recent years problems with depth-of-focus and materials have limited lithography's ability ... See more