JUST HOW DEEP DO CHIP VIAS GO?

Summary : 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, at scale. It's pretty amazing.

What's ALD? A children ...

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. ... See more

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

Math, Science, & Your F ...

27 Apr 2006

Sound Boring? Hear how very successful people have used Math & Science to make their lives wild, fun, and challenging. Just in case those dreams of being a rock star or sports star don't pan out . . . watch thi ... See more

HOW TO BUILD A DINOSAUR

Dr. Jack Horner, “The Dinosaur Guy,” describes the biological challenges in building a dinosaur. ... See more

Tech Business Strategy ...

Most confuse the two and in reality I doubt there is any formal definition for marketing. In military circles the definition is clear... I believe that this definition works well for business with some modific ... 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

True Visionary’s go whe ...

Almost every company wants to be as innovative as Apple and have their own Steve Jobs driving product development. Sadly there is almost always a Steve Jobs in every company. The problem is that few companies a ... See more

The stock will take car ...

15 Jun 1988

This is something our industry’s marketing legend, Bob Graham, used to say whenever his people got worried about their company’s stock taking a dive. I was reminded of it when I heard Jack Dempsey, Twitter’s CE ... See more

The need for alignment ...

Poor alignment strategy is a common failure mode in many businesses. Chip Making is a very interesting industry to study with respect to this, as much can be learned. Parts of it are very commoditized and oth ... See more