Virtually all semiconductors used in today's electronic devices are made of silicon having a cubic crystal structure, as silicon naturally crystallizes in the cubic form. In a new study, researchers have fabricated silicon in a hexagonal crystal structure, which is expected to exhibit novel optical, electrical, superconducting, and mechanical properties compared with cubic silicon.
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.
