Manufacturing is getting a lot more attention in the news recently. While globalization has pushed the availability of goods around the world and lowered their cost in significant ways over these past ...

Intel’s been trying to recapture its glory days and establish itself, once again, as a leading chipmaker. However, this dream has run into a major snag. The company’s next-gen manufacturing process, ...

Many aspects of the AI revolution are geared toward knowledge work – partly because these new models are so good at thinking in human-like ways. We’re not used to computers being able to contemplate ...

Major processes in semiconductor wafer fabrication: 1) wafer preparation, 2) pattern transfer, 3) doping, 4) deposition, 5) etching, and 6) packaging. The process of creating semiconductors can be ...

If there is a consistent thread that runs through the history of manufacturing, it is this: A continuous and committed search for tools and techniques that facilitate greater automation, precision and ...

Even after 20 years or so, process control continues to be a confusing or misunderstood technology. A short description of process control is an accurate one—It’s a means of controlling manufacturing ...

Early experiments have revealed significant benefits to a dry battery manufacturing process. This eliminates the use of toxic solvents while showing promise for delivering a battery that is durable, ...

In this article, the most common errors occurring at different stages of the semiconductor fabrication process and the strategies to mitigate them are discussed. The ever-growing complexity of the ...

Tesla is working on something it’s calling the “unboxed” manufacturing process, and it’s not just a tweak - it’s a complete rethink of how cars get built. Elon Musk has talked about cutting the ...