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16-04-2025
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Lam Research Donates Leading-Edge Etch System to Accelerate Nanofabrication R&D at UC Berkeley
Company's Market-Defining Products to Spur Research Focused on Enabling New Processes for Manufacturing Specialty Technology Devices FREMONT, Calif., April 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lam Research Corp. (Nasdaq: LRCX) today announced the donation of its innovative multi-chamber semiconductor etching system to the Marvell Nanofabrication Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley to advance research and development (R&D) for next-generation chip technologies. Through Lam's donation, frontline researchers can now have access to a state-of-the-art etching system for fabricating nanoscale semiconductor devices, including Specialty Technologies, that are needed to support a wide range of applications — from consumer and industrial electronics to artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum computing hardware. The Berkeley Marvell NanoLab is a shared research center providing cross-departmental principal investigators and hundreds of academic and industrial researchers with access to micro- and nano-fabrication technologies typically only found in modern fab facilities. Lam's latest contribution builds on the company's long history of collaboration with UC Berkeley to expand research and educational activities in nanoscale science and engineering to accelerate the pace of innovation for semiconductor manufacturing. "We believe that academia-industry collaboration is crucial to driving the nanofabrication advancements needed for new generations of Specialty Technologies," said Vahid Vahedi, chief technology and sustainability officer at Lam Research. "Lam's donation will give UC Berkeley's NanoLab researchers the ability to work directly with an industry-proven semiconductor manufacturing system in their efforts to accelerate innovation and develop new, novel processes." The system combines Lam's Kiyo® conductor and metal etch, Flex® dielectric etch, and a state-of-the-art Syndion® GP deep reactive ion etch chambers on a Lam 2300® platform. It is capable of etching a broad range of materials needed for manufacturing next-generation semiconductor devices and advancing Specialty Technology applications such as optoelectronics and photonics, sensors and radio frequency (RF) solutions. In addition to Lam's donation, the company's ongoing collaboration with UC Berkeley includes funding of foundational research within the College of Engineering. Lam's etch technologies will enable expanded pathfinding in new fabrication processes for integrated optical solutions such as switches, waveguides, electro optic modulators and fiber coupling technologies. Such optical elements are critical building blocks in the advancement of photonic integrated circuits and optical interconnects, solutions that are expected to serve as critical enablers for applications including optical communications, advanced AI hardware, data center infrastructure and quantum information processing. "We thank Lam Research for its many contributions over the years to UC Berkeley's Marvell NanoLab in support of research and innovation for nanofabrication technologies," said Tsu-Jae King Liu, dean of UC Berkeley's College of Engineering. "Lam's latest donation gives our researchers and students access to wafer-processing capabilities rarely accessible outside of the most sophisticated semiconductor manufacturing facilities. I look forward to seeing Lam's advanced etching system enable new atomic-scale innovations for next-generation chips in the years ahead." As one of the founding industry members of the Berkeley Emerging Technologies Research (BETR) Center, Lam continues to support semiconductor R&D at the university where it has an endowed Lam Research Distinguished Chair in Semiconductor Processing. About Lam ResearchLam Research Corporation is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Lam's equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better performing devices. In fact, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX) is a FORTUNE 500® company headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with operations around the globe. Learn more at About UC Berkeley College of Engineering Berkeley Engineering is recognized globally for its educational and research excellence, consistently ranked among the top three engineering colleges in the United States, and the top public engineering program overall. Engineering featured prominently when the University of California was established in 1868, with faculty hired in Mechanic Arts, Mines and Civil Engineering. The college now offers 17 academic programs and is home to nearly 7,000 students and 240 regular faculty members, including 72 current and emeriti faculty in the National Academy of Engineering. Lam Research Contacts:Laura BakkenMedia Relations(510) 572-5029publicrelations@ Ram GaneshInvestor Relations(510) Source: Lam Research Corporation, (Nasdaq: LRCX) View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Lam Research Corporation Sign in to access your portfolio
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29-01-2025
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Breakthrough EUV Dry Photoresist Technology from Lam Research Adopted by Leading Memory Manufacturer
Aether® Advanced Patterning Solutions Enhance Precision and Cost Efficiency to Accelerate Production of Next-Generation DRAM FREMONT, Calif., Jan. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Lam Research Corporation (Nasdaq: LRCX) today announced that Aether®, its innovative dry photoresist technology, has been selected by a leading memory manufacturer as production tool of record for the most advanced DRAM processes. A breakthrough introduced by Lam in 2020, dry resist extends the resolution, productivity, and yield of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, a pivotal technology used in the production of next-generation semiconductor devices. "Lam's dry resist approach overcomes the biggest challenges of transferring fine DRAM designs to a wafer, delivering low-defect, high fidelity precision, while also offering key advantages in cost and sustainability," said Vahid Vahedi, chief technology and sustainability officer at Lam Research. "We are proud to collaborate with industry leaders to accelerate this DRAM patterning innovation into high-volume manufacturing." The memory manufacturer will employ the Aether® tools in its most advanced DRAM nodes to form dry resist underlayers and films, and to use dry development processes. These processes overcome the traditional tradeoff between exposure dose and manufacturing defectivity to enable precise, low-defect patterning. This advancement drives down costs and enhances scanner productivity in the manufacturing of next-generation semiconductor devices. Energy and compute intensive applications require continued scaling of memory capacity in an ever-smaller footprint to enable lower cost per bit of data. A key enabler of this scaling is industry-wide adoption of EUV lithography. Lam's dry photoresist technologies optimize the patterning process from resist application and stack deposition through final etching and cleaning, offering several advantages over conventional chemically amplified resist patterning. Aether® significantly enhances EUV sensitivity and the resolution of each wafer pass, enabling the most challenging patterns to better adhere to the wafer and improving performance and yield. In addition, it offers key sustainability benefits by consuming less energy and five to ten times less chemicals than traditional wet chemical resist processes. About Lam ResearchLam Research Corporation is a global supplier of innovative wafer fabrication equipment and services to the semiconductor industry. Lam's equipment and services allow customers to build smaller and better performing devices. In fact, today, nearly every advanced chip is built with Lam technology. We combine superior systems engineering, technology leadership, and a strong values-based culture, with an unwavering commitment to our customers. Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX) is a FORTUNE 500® company headquartered in Fremont, Calif., with operations around the globe. Learn more at Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements Statements made in this press release that are not of historical fact are forward-looking statements and are subject to the safe harbor provisions created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements relate to, but are not limited to: industry and market trends and expectations; customer adoption and usage of Lam products; and product performance, including technical, cost and sustainability benefits. Some factors that may affect these forward-looking statements include: the actions of our customers and competitors may be inconsistent with our expectations; business, political and/or regulatory conditions in the consumer electronics industry, the semiconductor industry and the overall economy may deteriorate or change; trade regulations, export controls, trade disputes, and other geopolitical tensions may inhibit our ability to sell our products; supply chain cost increases and other inflationary pressures have impacted and may continue to impact our profitability; supply chain disruptions or manufacturing capacity constraints may limit our ability to manufacture and sell our products; and natural and human-caused disasters, disease outbreaks, war, terrorism, political or governmental unrest or instability, or other events beyond our control may impact our operations and revenue in affected areas; as well as the other risks and uncertainties that are described in the documents filed or furnished by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including specifically the Risk Factors described in our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 and our quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 29, 2024. These uncertainties and changes could materially affect the forward-looking statements and cause actual results to vary from expectations in a material way. The Company undertakes no obligation to update the information or statements made in this release. Company Contacts: Allison L. ParkerMedia Relations (510) 572-9324 publicrelations@ Ram Ganesh Investor Relations (510) 572-1615 Source: Lam Research Corporation, (Nasdaq: LRCX) View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Lam Research Corporation
