A silicon wafer is a thin slice of crystalline silicon typically grown using the Czochralski process, which involves pulling a crystal seed from a molten silicon bath. A silicon wafer is a thin slice ...

Private equity firm ZMC has announced via press release that it has acquired a controlling stake in Pure Wafer, the largest semiconductor silicon solutions and services company in the United States.

Silicon solar wafer manufacturer CubicPV and South Korean silicon producer OCI announced an eight-year supply agreement in which Cubic becomes OCIM’s first US customer for its low-carbon, US-compliant ...

Modern chips are manufactured on slabs of silicon less than a millimeter thick. But semiconductor companies try to slice these silicon wafers thinner and thinner to squeeze more performance out of ...

With a thickness of only 20 µm and a diameter of 300 mm, Infineon’s silicon power wafers are the thinnest in the industry. These ultra-thin wafers are a quarter the thickness of a human hair and half ...

imec, a Belgium-based research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, has announced “a significant milestone in silicon photonics” with the successful demonstration of ...

Prices may be falling, and competition is fierce, but the silicon wafer industry is still booming as China strives to build an independent supply chain for advanced semiconductors. Against this ...

In the semiconductor materials industry, photolithography is a crucial technology for creating intricate electronic circuits. Essentially, it’s the art of printing at the nanoscale level, enabling the ...

Japanese silicon wafer manufacturer Sumco has announced plans to cease silicon wafer production at its Miyazaki plant in Japan by the end of 2026, as part of its strategy to improve profitability by ...

Indian integrated solar cell and module manufacturer Premier Energies Limited has entered into a joint venture agreement with Taiwan’s Sino-American Silicon Products Inc (SAS) for a 2 GW solar wafer ...