Homerun Resources, Inc., mines silica quartz sand in Bahia, Brazil. Samples of the sand are sent to UC Davis for research into purification and creating high-grade silica carbide. (Courtesy of Homerun ...
Modern chips are manufactured on slabs of silicon less than a millimeter thick. But semiconductor companies try to slice these silicon wafers thinner and thinner to squeeze more performance out of ...
Oct 29, 2024, Munich – 29 October 2024 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE: IFX / OTCQX: IFNNY) announced it has unveiled an advance in handling and processing “the thinnest silicon power wafers ever ...
The big picture: Infineon has developed the world's thinnest silicon power wafers, measuring just 20 micrometers in thickness – about the same as a human hair. These wafers promise significant ...