SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Applied Materials, Inc. today introduced a new system that re-engineers the deposition of transistor wiring to significantly reduce electrical resistance, which has become a critical bottleneck to further improvements in chip performance and power.

Chipmakers are using advances in lithography to shrink chips to the 3nm node and beyond. Unfortunately, as the wires become thinner, the electrical resistance increases exponentially, and this reduces chip performance and increases power consumption. If left unchecked, the wiring resistance can fully negate the benefits of more advanced transistors.

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