What's ALD? A children's story

Summary : Did you know that the chip makers routinely make films one atom at a time? It's called Atomic Layer Deposition. It sounds very complicated, but this story makes it so simple even a child could understand.

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A Brief History of Elec ...

200 years of deposition technology ... See more

How KLA has keeps movin ...

24 May 2019

Few companies have accelerated the industry as much as KLA has. ... See more

JUST HOW DEEP DO CHIP V ...

Semiconductor engineers must figure out how to etch deep and very narrow trenches. Etching is like digging a hole and these have very deep aspect ratios. Find out they compare to the world's tallest skyscrapers ... See more

Moore's Law 101: The Ma ...

19 Apr 1965

Moore’s Law has morphed into many things over its life. But what is it … Really! Here it is explained in a short simple summary. — G. Dan Hutcheson ... See more

IBM’s Design For Manufa ...

15 Jun 2007

Why does IBM have a semiconductor group when the biggest advancements in computing power are coming from architectural innovation these days and the lighting to the end of the Moore’s Law Tunnel keeps getting d ... See more

Introduction to Maxims ...

How to thrive in the extreme sport of business: These maxims compile much of the wisdom G Dan Hutcheson learned over the years working with most of the world’s foremost technology companies and executives while ... See more

It is a strategic princ ...

Misalignment of external and internal communications is a common leadership failure. They are often seen as isolated entities. Two failure modes accrue when two separate messages are sent. One is the percept ... See more

Forecasting is essentia ...

Forecasting is as much a philosophy of time and space as it is a series of methodologies. Understand the philosophy and you will understand how to forecast better, which methods to choose in different situatio ... See more

It’s always about bad o ...

Every corporate problem is ultimately a management or leadership issue. If it isn’t, a company is in trouble because they are not leading. If they are not leading, they have given up control of their destiny ... See more

It is an error to place ...

If you put marketing under sales it will become its slave, losing all vision. Under either, marketing will be driven to be totally tactical, its strategic role eliminated. Sales will focus marketing on the ad ... See more