A team of researchers at Cornell University has developed a technique that allows for growing 3 atom thick semiconducting films on wafers, up to 10 centimeters across. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes their technique and the ways it might be used to create ultra-tiny circuits. Tobin Marks and Mark Hersam of Northwestern University offer a News & Views perspective piece on the work done by the team in the same journal issue.
US and Japanese businesses will jointly produce 2nm semiconductors in the upcoming years.
A shortage of semiconductors is slowing down iPhone 12 production, along with many other electronics and vehicles
Sony has contacted Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company and other back-end service corporations for more capacity support.
