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TXST researchers help solve a persistent problem in next-generation semiconductors
TXST researchers advance semiconductor technology that improves wireless communications.
Quashing parasitics in RF GaN-on-silicon HEMTs
Facing a dilemma are producers of GaN RF HEMTs, a class of transistor that’s widely deployed for mobile communication and...
Atomera’s Breakthrough RF GaN-on-Si Coverage
Well-renowned editors and news outlets are writing about Atomera's technical breakthrough. Read more about it here.
The future of chips: how gate-all-around design is powering the AI era and the next node
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how the world builds and uses computer chips. From massive data centers to devices at the edge of the network, AI requires chips continuing to get faster, smaller and more energy-efficient. Read all here
CEO Interview with Scott Bibaud of Atomera
Scott Bibaud has served as President, Chief Executive Officer and a director since October 2015. Mr. Bibaud has been active in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years. Read all here
Year-End GaN Update: Advancing MST and Growing Industry Interest
As we head into the year’s end, I wanted to give an update about our GaN development efforts. Earlier this year we demonstrated very promising physical improvements in the growth of GaN on Silicon wafers from our experiments with Texas State University using MST...
Keeping Pace with AI: Why Gate-All-Around Transistors are the Answer
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become the workload that defines today’s semiconductor scaling. Whether in hyperscale data centers training foundation models or at the network edge executing inference under strict power envelopes, AI depends on packing more...
Incize and Atomera Announce Strategic Collaboration to Advance GaN-on-Si Technology for Next-Gen RF and Power Devices
LOUVAIN-LA-NEUVE, Belgium & LOS GATOS, Calif.-- (BUSINESS WIRE)-- Incize, a Belgian cutting-edge semiconductor characterization and modeling company, and Atomera (Nasdaq: ATOM), a pioneer in advanced semiconductor materials, today announced a strategic...
Electronics Industry Supply Chain Grapples with Tariff Uncertainty
The electronics industry faces challenges as Trump's tariffs and CHIPS Act changes create supply chain uncertainties. Companies adapt strategies amid geopolitical tensions... Read all here
Improving GaN with a dash of oxygen
Depositing a partial monolayer of oxygen between a silicon substrate and GaN device layers trims defect density and improves material quality..... Read all here
Embedded Insiders: Evolving Chip Design: Challenges & Innovations with Atomera & Siemens EDA
In this episode of Embedded Insiders, Scott Bibaud, President and CEO of Atomera, explores the rising costs of semiconductor manufacturing and the challenges of scaling to advanced nodes like 3nm and 2nm. He breaks down the diminishing performance gains and the...
Evolving Chip Design: Challenges & Innovations with Atomera & Siemens EDA
Scott Bibaud, President and CEO of Atomera, explores the rising costs of semiconductor manufacturing and the challenges of scaling to advanced nodes like 3nm and 2nm... Read all here
ASU propels chip R&D as Arizona and US lure fabs
Arizona ranks as a veritable powerhouse for chips, with exploding growth of mega fabs from TSMC and Intel in the Phoenix area.
Challenges In Powering Electrification With GaN And SiC
No single material is ideal, but unique combinations are emerging.
Unlocking Semiconductor Efficiency with MST Technology (Podcast)
Atomera’s Shawn Thomas shares how MST is enabling new possibilities in semiconductor design and manufacturing.
Atomera/Sandia project to address GaN/Si challenges
Atomera, a US semiconductor materials and technology licensing company, has announced a project at Sandia National Laboratories (a US Department of Energy, research centre), to address the challenges of growing GaN films on silicon.
White Paper: “MST®-SPX 7-48V Power Device Performance Projection”
As mobile communications continue to drive demand for increased data consumption, the mobile phone market is expected to grow by 4% year over year in 2024 to 1.2 billion units. 5G-enabled smartphones are expected to grow by 16%, driven by emerging markets and a...
Dopant Technology Limits Diffusion and Boosts Efficiency
Atomera’s Robert Mears explains how advanced materials are poised to future-proof chip designs to keep pace with the increase in AI-based workloads.
How the chip industry is tackling CO2 and the global mission to go green
Sustainability isn’t a new concept to the semiconductor industry, but only now have officials begun getting a big picture view of the industry’s impact on the environment
Atomera’s dopant engineering reaches 50% of top chip makers
Atomera, a company founded by Robert Mears, the pioneer of the erbium-doped fibre amplifier, is making progress with its semiconductor dopant engineering technology.
Boosting Semiconductor Performance With Quantum-Engineered Materials
Atomera, a semiconductor materials and technology licensing company, is the newest member of the ESD Alliance…
Boosting the Efficiency and Performance of Silicon Chips with a Special Epitaxial Layer
Did you ever see the Doctor Who episode “Vincent and the Doctor”? This starts with the Doctor and his companion, Amy, visiting a Vincent van Gogh exhibition See it here
The Invention That Let Fiber Optics Span the Globe
In 1985, Robert Mears’s EDFA was just gearing up to interconnect the world. See it here
STC Partner Testimonial – Atomera: Arizona State University (ASU)
Scott Bibaud, CEO of Atomera, a California based company, reflects on partnership with top researchers at Arizona State University to create innovation. Watch it here
Atomera, STMicro sign deal to use new chipmaking material
Atomera Inc (ATOM.O), a Silicon Valley firm with a new material for improving semiconductors, on Wednesday said it has signed a deal with STMicroelectronics NV (STM.DE) under which the European chipmaker could start using Atomera's technology in production. Read all...
Atomera founder talks about how its patented MST technology benefits chipmakers
*This article is premium content by DigiTimes Asia, and requires a subscription to view. Q&A with founder Robert Mears discussing PPAC benefits of MST film across various technologies. Read all here
Can The Optane Gap Be Filled?
MST’s ability to improve PPAC is showing promise in advancing MRAM to a point at which it will finally be able to transition from a niche memory to mainstream and potentially fill the gap between NAND and DRAM left by 3D XPoint Read all here
What Designers Need To Know About GAA
Gate-all-around is set to replace finFET, but it brings its own set of challenges and unknowns. Read all here
Bad Math: It’s Time to Rethink Economics in a Post Moore’s Law Era
It's time for the semiconductor industry to rethink the economics in the post Moore's Law era. Semiconductor companies need to start making decision based on gross margin and profit rather than die shrink alone. The time to take advantage of new materials is now....
Addressing Challenges with Moore’s Law in a More-than-Moore World
In the era of More-than-Moore, power and RF semiconductors are some of the faster-growing semiconductor markets due to the rise of 5G and the proliferation of sophisticated power management ICs (PMICs). Read all here
“Embedded Executive” Podcast: Scott Bibaud, President and CEO of Atomera
Moore’s Law is slowing down – Atomera has a series of improvements that could help… Read all here
Can Advanced Materials Address Moore’s Law Slowdown and the Chip Shortage?
New materials may be able to address the challenges faced by the semiconductor industry. Read all here
Silicon Technology Improves Chip Performance Without Costly Capex
Startup company Atomera believes its silicon enhancement technology can help semi makers optimize power management chip cost and performance, without having to upgrade production processes. Read all here
Quantum-Engineered Material Boosts Transistor Performance
Power management integrated circuits (PMICs) primarily provide required voltage levels in electronics applications. Many PMICs, as well as other mixed signal devices use 5V transistors as switches. Switch performance is strictly related to two key factors: low...
Atomera aims to boost power chip production with new tech
Atomera Inc (ATOM.O) on Tuesday said it has come up with a new technology that could boost the production output of power-management semiconductors, a category of chip found in nearly every electronic device that has been in short supply globally. Read all here
Atomera breathes new life into Moore’s law with better power efficiency
Chip startup Atomera said it can breathe new life into Moore’s law with better power efficiency for analog chips. Los Gatos, California-based Atomera said its Mears Silicon Technology Smart Profile — a quantum-engineered film based on 15 years of research and...
The Good, the Bad, and the Weird: 3 Directions for Moore’s Law
Continuing to scale down the size of transistor features has become costlier and trickier in recent years. So much so that only four manufacturers of logic chips—GlobalFoundries, Intel, Samsung, and TSMC—were even planning to continue the multibillion-dollar effort....
Atomera Licenses MST Technology to Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM)
Highlights: Asahi Kasei Microdevices, a Japanese semiconductor manufacturer of high-end specialty integrated circuits (ICs) and sensor products, has licensed Atomera’s Mears Silicon Technology™ (MST). This agreement represents the first license revenue for...
Atomera Plans to Breathe New Life into Older Chip Manufacturing
Atom-thin layers of oxygen in a chip’s silicon can make devices speedier and more reliable https://spectrum.ieee.org/nanoclast/semiconductors/devices/atomera-plans-to-breathe-new-life-into-older-chip-manufacturing
A Little Known Solution For The Waning Of Moore’s Law
Moore's Law isn't operating now as in past decades.
Atomera Hopes to Make Money Solving the Breakdown of Moore’s Law
The increasing difficulty of making semiconductors, and the soaring cost of manufacturing that results, is prompting new approaches to chip making.
Thin films could boost semiconductor performance
Moore’s Law has driven the semiconductor industry for decades.
Why one small company thinks it has the key to extending Moore’s Law
True breakthroughs in computing don’t happen very often. When they do happen