Metrology is the science of measuring, characterizing, and analyzing materials. Within metrology, there are several technologies used to detect material defects on a very small scale – precision on ...

Accidents are simply another kind of defect -- a deviation from the standard of perfection. And, like quality, these defects must be detected and eliminated at the moment they first appear. It was ...

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Here is a probable scene and a not-so-simple question about our future with autonomous vehicles: An automated delivery truck driving its route makes a turn where it ...

Whether the discussion is about smart manufacturing or digital transformation, one of the biggest conversations in the semiconductor industry today centers on the tremendous amount of data fabs ...

The effectiveness of semiconductor manufacturing test directly impacts the quality and reliability of shipped silicon and the economical efficiency of overall test costs within the supply chain.

The automotive market is driven by safety and reliability requirements. As vehicles rely more heavily on semiconductors for their functionality and safety-critical features, the concept of Zero ...

With the increasing prevalence and complexity of automotive electronics (see figure below), there is increasing pressure to move the reliability level of electronic components and systems to an ...

I recently had to update my password on a site that I joined many, many years ago -- far enough in the past that a "good enough" password was "any five characters." The site now wanted me to have a ...