R&D Magazine: Plasma startup creates high-energy light to make smaller microchips
R&D magazine has posted an article on a breakthrough achieved at a University of Washington laboratory. In trying to harness the energy-generating power of the sun, scientists have found a potential solution to a looming problem in the electronics industry. To make their discovery marketable, two engineers from the university have launched their own startup, Zplasma, which will attempt to produce high-energy light essential for next generation microchips.
From the article:
“In order to get smaller feature sizes on silicon, the industry has to go to shorter wavelength light,” said Uri Shumlak, a UW professor of aeronautics and astronautics. “We’re able to produce that light with enough power that it can be used to manufacture microchips.”
The UW beam lasts up to 1,000 times longer than competing technologies and provides more control over the million-degree plasma that produces the light
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