A silicon disc, or 'wafer,' yields dozens of semiconductor chips. Steve Jurvetson/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY ...

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IC packaging is a technique for shielding semiconductor equipment from ambient physical damage or degradation by wrapping them in ceramics or polymer packaging materials. There are several varieties ...

Forward-looking: Semiconductors are essential for today's electronics, providing computational capabilities and the ability to control electric signals. They are also highly complex and costly, so ...