Chip Manufacturing

Dongfeng Automotive’s Automotive-grade MCU Chip DF30 Completes First Tape-out Verification

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Dongfeng Automotive's Automotive-grade MCU Chip DF30 Completes First Tape-out Verification

This article is brought to you by Semiconductor Industry Review Recently, Zhang Fanwu, the Chief Engineer of Intelligent Technology at Dongfeng Motor’s Global Innovation Center, announced that Dongfeng’s automotive-grade high-performance MCU chip DF30 has completed its first tape-out (trial production) verification, and automotive-grade validation will begin shortly, with mass production planned for next year. The … Read more

How the Chip 035 Lithography Machine Etches Chips

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How the Chip 035 Lithography Machine Etches Chips

What are the stages of chip manufacturing? First, let’s talk about the manufacturing environment. The chip factory has high requirements for environmental humidity, temperature, pressure, magnetic fields, vibrations, and the number of bacteria indoors. For example, its cleanliness is thousands of times higher than that of an operating room. Its raw materials, mainly silicon extracted … Read more

Chip Manufacturing: FEOL, MEOL, and BEOL (Part 2)

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Chip Manufacturing: FEOL, MEOL, and BEOL (Part 2)

The front-end of line (FEOL), middle-end of line (MEOL), and back-end of line (BEOL) processes in chip manufacturing form a highly coordinated technological chain. These three stages precisely interact through physical structures, material interfaces, and electrical characteristics, ultimately determining the three core metrics of chip performance: Power, Performance, and Area (PPA). The front-end defines the … Read more

New Technology Developed in Chip Manufacturing

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New Technology Developed in Chip Manufacturing

According to news from Westlake University, Westlake Instrument (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., incubated by the university, has successfully developed an automated laser peeling technology for 12-inch silicon carbide substrates, solving the challenges of slicing ultra-large 12-inch and larger silicon carbide substrates. Compared to traditional silicon materials, silicon carbide has a wider bandgap, higher melting point, … Read more

Regarding Chips! China Successfully Develops This New Technology

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Regarding Chips! China Successfully Develops This New Technology

On the 27th, reporters learned from Westlake University that Westlake Instrument (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd., incubated by the university,has successfully developed an automated laser peeling technology for 12-inch silicon carbide substrates, solving the challenges of slicing ultra-large silicon carbide substrates of 12 inches and above.The laser peeling system for silicon carbide substrates. Image source: Westlake … Read more

China Successfully Develops New Technology for Chip Manufacturing

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China Successfully Develops New Technology for Chip Manufacturing

On the 27th, reporters learned from West Lake University that West Lake Instruments (Hangzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “West Lake Instruments”), incubated by the university, has successfully developed an automated laser peeling technology for 12-inch silicon carbide substrates, solving the challenges of slicing ultra-large silicon carbide substrates of 12 inches and above. … Read more

The Physical Secrets: How Over 10 Billion Transistors Are Integrated into a Chip

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The Physical Secrets: How Over 10 Billion Transistors Are Integrated into a Chip

Source: Toutiao Account – Fat Fu’s Little Cabin First, let’s take a look at a video The chip is continuously magnified It resembles a huge city inside With the continuous advancement of chip manufacturing processes, a chip can now contain over 10 billion transistors. How are so many transistors integrated? This is a Top-down View … Read more

Steps to Successfully Create a Chip from Scratch

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Steps to Successfully Create a Chip from Scratch

This article is authorized for reprint from the public account “Semiconductor Industry Observation”, ID: icbank, Author: Gong Jiajia How many steps does it take to put an elephant in a refrigerator? Three steps: open the refrigerator door, put in the elephant, and finally close the door. So how many steps does it take to create … Read more

An Overview of Chip Manufacturing

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An Overview of Chip Manufacturing

Source: Chip Forum Author: Tian Gao Yun Dan Andi863 Introduction: The author attempts to introduce chip manufacturing in the simplest and most popular language. If professionals find inaccuracies, please feel free to provide feedback. I wanted to keep it shorter and simpler, but due to the complexity and specialization of chip manufacturing, this article may … Read more

Understanding Chip Design and Manufacturing Process

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Understanding Chip Design and Manufacturing Process

Everyone in the electronics industry has a good understanding of chips and various packages, but do you know how a chip is designed? Do you know how the designed chip is produced? After reading this article, you will have a general understanding. Complex and Tedious Chip Design Process The chip manufacturing process is like building … Read more