Women in Engineering Committee We focus on providing women-specific programming including networking opportunities, guidance for mentoring, leadership, career development, and retention of women engineers. Who We Are Women in STEM-related careers often face unique challenges. To help address those issues, ASM International’s Women in Materials Engineering (WiME) Committee focuses on providing women-specific programming including networking opportunities, […]
Calibre PERC platform chosen for reliability verification by Intel Custom Foundry
Mentor Graphics Corp., Wilsonville, Ore., announces that Intel Custom Foundry is expanding its 14nm platform offering to include reliability verification based on the Calibre PERC platform for its customers.
New hybrid techniques for backside thinning and polishing improve device uniformity
Ultra Tec Manufacturing, Santa Ana, Calif., has developed new hybrid 3D backside thinning and polishing techniques for the achievement of extremely uniform remaining silicon thickness.
Bruker microscope integrates imaging with 3D optical metrology
Bruker Corp., Billerica, Mass., has released its new Contour Elite 3D Optical Microscopes, which for the first time fully integrate high-definition microscopy imaging with industry-leading three-dimensional optical metrology functionality.
DualBeam PFIB enables failure analysis on semiconductors smaller than 20 nm
FEI, Hillsboro, Ore., introduces the DualBeam plasma-focused ion beam (PFIB) for sample preparation, electrical fault isolation, and electrical failure analysis on sub-20nm semiconductor devices.