Coinciding with imec’s annual Technology Forum, taking place this week in Brussels, imec and Lam Research, an equipment supplier for semiconductor manufacturing, signed a collaborative agreement to broaden their R&D partnership. The partnership will combine Lam’s state-of-the-art tools and imec’s advanced integration capabilities to develop patterning and metallization solutions for next generation CMOS process technologies. More than ever, equipment and material suppliers are playing a ...