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

Minds & Machines: Do Yo ...

Making chips is about driving machines better than a Formula 1 to their limit. ... See more

Semiconductor Companies ...

22 Feb 2013

Consolidation in the Semiconductor Industry is strange because of the way the industry has been bifurcated between IDM and Fabless, Logic and Memory. The IDM base has been shrinking for years in the logic space ... See more

Math, Science, & our Co ...

07 Nov 2007

Charlie Sporck explains why Math and Science are important for the economy and the society as a whole. ... See more

HOW TO BUILD A DINOSAUR

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

High-tech business stru ...

High-tech business structure is fundamentally different from the B-School classics. The old style of business was split into three primary areas... he style for a modern Tech business splits it into four areas. ... See more

Advertising in Tech: wh ...

15 Jun 2005

Advertising should be primarily used for imprinting your brand on the minds of senior executives and investors ... See more

SALES versus MARKETING

"SALES is persuading the Customer to WANT what we HAVE. MARKETING is being sure we HAVE what the Customer NEEDS, (now and in the future)." — Peter Hanley ... See more