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The Limits of the 2-6-0 Blueprint — When Tools Cannot Overcome Physical Laws
As process technology nears 3nm, upgrading advanced equipment alone can't save Moore's Law. Transistor gates thinned to atomic scale trigger the "quantum tunneling effect," causing severe leakage and heat. Facing physical limits, fabs must fundamentally rebuild their architecture, moving from 2D ...
2-5-4 The Art of Quality Control —— Inspection and Metrology
Wafer quality control entails dimension measurement & defect inspection. KLA built deep front-end barriers via its yield database, dominating over 50% market share as 'semiconductor landlord.' CoWoS packaging sparked a back-end inspection revolution, with 3D micro-solder ball inspection demand su...
2-5-3 The Art of Change —— Ion Implantation and CMP Planarization
Pure silicon undergoes ion implantation for impurity introduction and thermal annealing for lattice repair. AMAT dominates standard processes; Axcelis monopolizes SiC automotive. CMP planarization flattens wafers, solving photolithography focus issues and is core to CoWoS packaging. AMAT solely d...
[Industry Capital Flows Weekly] 20260215 Capitalizing on AI Specification Bonuses, Avoiding Equipment Makers' Book-Closing Sell-off
This week, large funds prioritize 'selective strengthening and intertemporal allocation'. Amid high index volatility, Smart Money heavily targets 'AI infrastructure' and 'semiconductor cycle recovery' supply chains. Overvalued, fundamentally weak sub-sectors face ruthless liquidation. Capital rap...
2-5-2 The Art of Subtraction — Etching and Cleaning
Semiconductor etching, or "subtraction," is Lam Research's domain. Advanced processes use precise dry plasma etching. Lam's HAR & ALE are key for 3D NAND/GAA. Post-etch cleaning is critical: TEL dominates front-end. Hermes-Epitek & Scientech dominate CoWoS back-end cleaning, seizing market.
2-5-0 Materialization Project: The Big Three Equipment Companies and the Building Cycle
Chipmaking (nano-skyscrapers). ASML blueprints; physical build by 'big three'. Process: deposition, lithography, etching, planarization (dozens of repeats). Applied Materials growth; Lam etches; TEL coats; KLA inspects. These teams permeate processes, building a 'steel Great Wall' for chips.
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