A state-funded lab in China has announced a breakthrough in chip-design technology. - SCMP WUHAN (SCMP): A state-funded semiconductor lab in China said it has achieved a "milestone" in the development of silicon photonics, which could help the country overcome current technical barriers in chip design and achieve self-sufficiency amid US sanctions. JFS Laboratory - based in Wuhan, capital of central Hubei province and a national base for photonics research - was able to light up a laser light source integrated with a silicon-based chip, the first tim...

Japanese researchers develop simplified EUV lithography systems to make future chips cheaper to produce All of today’s most advanced lithography nodes utilise EUV (Extreme UltraViolet) technology. This technology is incredibly expensive, and is a major reason why the cost of high-end chip production has skyrocketed. Now, Professor Tsumoru Shintake of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) has proposed a new, simplified EUV toolset that could make the production of future EUV chips much cheaper. In essence, the OIST has created a...