Revolutionising the semiconductor industry: Chinese scientists unveil 12-inch wafer with groundbreaking 2D materials
Published in 1 September, 2023
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- Researchers have managed to produce new 12-inch wafers that are just one atom thick and have low production costs
- Work still needs to be done to transform them into a usable chip but scientists expect they will eventually complement silicon chips
A breakthrough in the production of a new two-dimensional (2D) material, which is the thickness of about one atom, is set to pave the way for the transition to next-generation semiconductors.
Chinese scientists have managed to use the new semiconductor material to produce 12-inch wafers. The milestone could see them complement traditional silicon chips.
As the new 2D material is so thin, it gives the wafers excellent semiconducting properties. But the team of scientists had to solve issues around the scaling up of the wafers’ size and being able to produce them at a high capacity.