An extreme ultraviolet pellicle is a nanometer-thin, highly transparent membrane stretched over a semiconductor photomask to physically block microscopic debris from destroying the blueprint of next-generation microchips.
Chemical mechanical planarization slurry is a highly engineered liquid compound of reactive chemicals and microscopic abrasives used to physically grind and chemically dissolve uneven topography on silicon wafers, enabling the stacking of billions of transistors.
The Peripheral Component Interconnect Express bus is the foundational high-speed communication pathway that links processing units, storage architectures, and custom accelerators to maintain synchronized data movement across modern computing systems.