Gallium nitride on sapphire wafer for light emitting diodes. Round, translucent wafer with flat along one edge. Diffraction patern evident on surface. No extant markings on wafer, carrier marked: ...

This is part of a NASA-supported project hoping to fabricate "device-ready" wafers from space-grown crystals. With its microgravity environment, the International Space Station (ISS) provides ...

Inside a sterile, cavernous building in the Dutch city of Eindhoven, the latest monster dreamed up by asml, a maker of chipmaking gear, is quietly humming away. Weighing 150 tonnes and the size of a ...