IBM and Matheson Tri-Gas to Collaborate on Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology

28.04.08 - 16:52 ... source : IBM - United States

... Specialty Gases Supplied by Matheson Tri-Gas to Enable Semiconductor Advances ARMONK, NY and BASKING RIDGE, NJ - 28 Apr 2008: International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) and Matheson Tri-Gas, Inc., the largest subsidiary of Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation, Japan, announced today that they have signed a unique, four-year agreement to jointly develop new manufacturing materials and processes that will enable the next generation of semiconductor technology for 32nm and beyond. The agreement marks the first time Matheson Tri-Gas/Taiyo Nippon Sanso and IBM have collaborated on semiconductor technology. As the semiconductor industry transitions from one technology generation to the next, manufacturers must rapidly develop new approaches to manage shrinking device circuitry. In order to continue to innovate at the transistor level in successive technology generations, IBM will collaborate w ...» Next (HTML)