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Materials

BASF And IBM Claim New Plating Chemistry

by Michael McCoy
May 3, 2010 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 88, Issue 18

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Credit: BASF
Credit: BASF

BASF has created what it calls an advanced copper-plating chemistry for semiconductor manufacturing. The result of a joint development program started with IBM in 2007, the technology is set for commercialization later this year. BASF says the chemistry can be used to create copper circuits on chips with 32-nm wiring, the current state of the art, and on next-generation 22-nm chips.

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