Chipmakers worldwide consider Automatic Test Pattern Generation (ATPG) their go-to method for achieving high test coverage in production. ATPG generates test patterns designed to detect faults in the ...
SAN FRANCISCO — A South Korean researcher has described a new method for detecting extremely low levels of metal particles that often turn into chip defects. Excellent methods of detection exist, ...
What is the Market Size of Wafer Defect Inspection System? BANGALORE, India, Dec. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2024, the global market size of Wafer Defect Inspection System was estimated to be worth ...
BELTSVILLE, Maryland — Claiming to have scored an industry-wide first, semiconductor measurement company Neocera Inc. has developed a failure analysis imaging tool that measures magnetic fields to aid ...
To make the top-of-the-line chips for Apple's iPhone, such as the A14, or Nvidia's A100 series AI processors, with billions of transistors, it takes a factory that costs $16 billion to build and ...
Chipmakers are using more and different traditional tool types than ever to find killer defects in advanced chips, but they are also turning to complementary solutions like advanced forms of machine ...
As microchips shrink, even tiny defects in the lines, dots and other shapes etched on them become major barriers to performance. Princeton engineers have now found a way to literally melt away such ...