The semiconductor industry began using multi-patterning technology to fabricate ICs at the 20-nm process node. When we got to 7 nm, the use of self-aligned multi-patterning (SAMP) techniques was ...

No matter how careful chip design engineers are, and regardless of what implementation tools they use, a verification team will always encounter design rule checking (DRC) errors during the signoff ...

We are constantly immersed in magnetic fields. The Earth produces a field that envelops us. Toasters, microwaves, and all of our other appliances produce their own faint ones. All of these fields are ...

Extrusion, which can produce complex parts made of lightweight metals, is an increasingly important manufacturing process for everything from buildings to electric vehicles. Pacific Northwest National ...

Industries like medical devices, aerospace instrumentation and analytical systems rely on shaped tubing to meet demanding ...

Since his postdoctoral days at MIT, Hang Yu, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been wrestling with the challenge of creating a shape-memory ceramic that can be manufactured ...

An array of powder-metal parts. Powder metallurgy was practiced long before ancient artisans learned to melt and cast iron. Egyptians made iron tools using PM techniques back in 3,000 B.C. The ancient ...

The term “hydroelectric power” often brings to mind immense operations driven by purpose-built infrastructure such as dam systems and large turbines with traditionally metallic, propeller-based ...