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SemiconductorsTypeSlideshowTopic

The Art of Failure 2014

Failure-analysis experts find some funny stuff in semiconductors

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The Art of Failure 2014
Image: Lew Li Lian/GlobalFoundries
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Photo: Muhamad Hilmi/ON Semiconductor
Lovebirds: A surface analysis of metal with a peeling problem revealed these birds on a branch. Muhamad Hilmi Rosnan from On Semiconductor, in Malaysia, thought nothing of the picture when he first captured it, but when he heard about the contest, he looked back through his trove of images and found “loving birds on a tree branch.”
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Video Friday: Spot Levels Up

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The InstituteTopicArticleTypeHistory of Technology

How the Computer Graphics Industry Got Started at the University of Utah

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