Oleh Stefaniak/iStock via Getty Images Applied Materials ( AMAT ) shares surged 8% during Wednesday trading after the semiconductor equipment manufacturer revealed a pair of new chipmaking tools designed to operate with atomic-level precision for the new wave of AI chips. These new systems are designed to create the smallest features in the most advanced logic chips. The astronomical demand for ar...
Oleh Stefaniak/iStock via Getty Images Applied Materials ( AMAT ) shares surged 8% during Wednesday trading after the semiconductor equipment manufacturer revealed a pair of new chipmaking tools designed to operate with atomic-level precision for the new wave of AI chips. These new systems are designed to create the smallest features in the most advanced logic chips. The astronomical demand for artificial intelligence computing power has led to the introduction of gate-all-around transistors at 2nm. "Next-generation AI GPUs now in development are expected to pack more than 300 billion transistors into a space the size of a postage stamp," Applied Materials said. "Without proper isolation, electrons can easily diffuse into neighboring transistors, leading to parasitic capacitance, an unintended electrical drag between transistors that slows signals, wastes power and negatively impacts a chip's performance-per-watt." Silicon oxide is used to isolate the atom-wide trenches between these billions of transistors, but these can erode over time and lead to lower chip performance. Applied Materials' new Applied Producer Precision Selective Nitride PECVD system deposits a dense silicon nitride layer on top of the silicon oxide, which helps the isolation withstand later processing steps that would otherwise erode the material. The system is now being adopted by leading logic chipmakers at 2nm and below GAA process nodes. The second new tool revealed was the Trillium ALD System. The system has been highly tailored for GAA applications with new features to enable thinner work function metals and volumeless dipole materials that address the limited space in GAA structures. It is also being adopted by leading logic chipmakers at 2nm and below GAA process nodes, the company said. "At the most advanced angstrom-class logic nodes, performance and power are increasingly determined by materials," said Prabu Raja , President of the Semiconductor Products Group at Applied Materials. "Th...
Exxon Mobil Corp. saw 6% of its global output knocked out in the first quarter as oil and natural gas operations in the Persian Gulf were paralyzed by the Iran war. Kevin Crowley reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Exxon Mobil Corp. saw 6% of its global output knocked out in the first quarter as oil and natural gas operations in the Persian Gulf were paralyzed by the Iran war. Kevin Crowley reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Trump administration has just decided to spend another $13 billion of taxpayers’ money on a federal boondoggle that already overcharges us $76 billion a year.
The Trump administration has just decided to spend another $13 billion of taxpayers’ money on a federal boondoggle that already overcharges us $76 billion a year.
Shares of Oracle are trading at a steep discount to their 200-day moving average as Wall Street doubts the company can hit its ambitious 2030 financial targets.
Shares of Oracle are trading at a steep discount to their 200-day moving average as Wall Street doubts the company can hit its ambitious 2030 financial targets.
Amazon Web Services and Uber expanded their partnership, with Uber adopting Amazon's Graviton and Trainium3 chips for its workloads. Amazon joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing cybersecurity AI initiative as a launch partner, gaining early access to advanced threat detection tools. Martha Stewart selected Amazon for the exclusive launch of a new kitchen electrics line on the platform. These update...
Amazon Web Services and Uber expanded their partnership, with Uber adopting Amazon's Graviton and Trainium3 chips for its workloads. Amazon joined Anthropic's Project Glasswing cybersecurity AI initiative as a launch partner, gaining early access to advanced threat detection tools. Martha Stewart selected Amazon for the exclusive launch of a new kitchen electrics line on the platform. These updates arrive as Amazon.com (NasdaqGS: AMZN) trades at $213.77, with the share price up 25.3% over...