Today another customer moved into Atomera’s evaluation stage which means they are building and testing wafers to determine how much MST can improve their product. With the addition of this new customer, Atomera is now in trials with five potential licensees. In this industry “seeing is believing” so running wafers is a critical step before customers can make license […]
In its pure state, silicon is a dull grey crystalline material and a poor conductor of electric current. Yet, with the addition of small quantities of certain impurity atoms, also referred to as electrical dopants, it can be transformed into a plethora of electronic devices, making silicon the foundation of the $350B semiconductor industry. […]
Startup Atomera has had a rough ride since coming public last year, but its novel technology to improve semiconductors bears watching. By inserting a film of oxygen atoms in chips during manufacturing, the company promises to improve performance and reduce energy consumption of chips without the tremendous cost needed to move parts to the latest […]
Welcome to Atomera’s new Blog. We hope to use this forum to provide insight into our company and our connection to some of the biggest developments in the semiconductor industry. To kick it off, we will explore in more detail how Mears Silicon Technology, or MST, fits the with the larger trend of the slowdown […]
