On January 6, 2009, ASM International and SAFC Hitech (a business segment within SAFC, a member of the Sigma-Aldrich Group) announced that they have entered into a certified manufacturer and partnership agreement for ALD precursors for barium- and strontium-based high-k insulators.  The agreement includes certification criteria, a license to certain ASM ALD patents, and a […]

The first issue of the BetaSights Newsletter has been published (see link to a free copy in the right-side column of this page under “Newsletters”), and a reader has already provided a correction. Michael Current (San Jose, California) noticed that the initial web-link to the slides from Prof. Asenov’s IEDM 2008 variability presentation was incorrect; […]

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