Applied Materials has developed a system for depositing cobalt silicide films to build the transistor gate and contact structures for deep submicron logic and memory devices. Dr Fusen Chen, ...

A series of chemistry and equipment announcements byApplied Materials today signals a step forward for DRAM manufacturers. But morebroadly, the moves indicate the degree to which physics, chemistry, ...

Two‐dimensional magnetism in rare earth silicides encompasses a class of materials in which layers or ultrathin films of compounds formed between silicon and rare earth elements exhibit long‐range ...

One of the holy grails in design is a chip that can diagnose itself and then repair its own failed elements--the autonomic chip. To accomplish this, designers must embed some form of repair mechanism ...