Applied Materials

Last month Samsung Foundry quietly announced that it was set to begin producing chips using its 3GAE (3 nm-class, gate-all-around transistors, early) process technology in the second quarter. While the industry's first 3 nm-class node with GAA transistors is a noteworthy achievement by itself, one thing that is particularly important is that to make GAA transistors efficiently, fabs have to be equipped with new production tools. Fittingly, Applied Materials has recently outlined their next generation of tools that will be used to enable Samsung (and other fabs) to build their first GAA chips. UPDATE 6/10: Rearranging the order of the text in the Applied Materials section to better reflect the order of GAA fabrication. Gate-All-Around Transistors: Solving Many Problems at Once New process technologies should enable higher...