Best of 2024: #10 Article: A dicing proposition: driving zero defects in today’s intelligent vehicles

To improve quality control and prevent the packaging of faulty chips in crucial electronic devices, the semiconductor sector is concentrating on automating the few remaining manual tasks in wafer processing.

A semiconductor chip being manufactured — This automation is crucial as wafers increase in size and chip marking becomes more complex.
CREDIT: PVA TEPLA

Posted by Clare Scott, Associate Editor - Manufacturing Group

Published December 22, 2024

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The 10th most popular online exclusive article for 2024 looks at the critical stage of wafer processing in semiconductor manufacturing.

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