We toured the College of Nanoscience and Engineering (CNSE), part of a State University
of New York. It is a hub for advanced semiconductor manufacturing research in areas such as lithography, 450mm wafers, and new materials as well as photonics, biotech and
workforce development.
Costs of developing advanced chip technology continue to rise amid rapid consolidation in
the chip industry and an expanding Internet of Things that is extremely price and
performance sensitive. Responding to the challenges, researchers here are collaborating
to drive Moore's Law forward.
"As it becomes more and more expensive [to manufacture], it makes sense to integrate
more process steps and [it] makes economic sense for one company to acquire another...
Fewer companies can stay at the bleeding edge,” said Michael Fancher, director of New
York State’s Center for Advanced Technology in Nanomaterials and Nanoelectronics and
CNSE associate professor.
“Everybody’s looking for open innovation and to do that you need an environment that
encourages risk taking and that generally requires trust and confidentially,” Fancher said.
Inside one of several CNSE clean rooms.
“The real challenge is not only advancing this technology, but integrating it with the rest of
the chip world,” he added.
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