Topic
Semiconductors.
High-purity metals in chip manufacture and the materials inflation flowing through the semiconductor supply chain.
BRIEF · KTS EDITORIAL
Week 17 · Semiconductor materials inflation and nickel substrates.
Where materials costs are accruing in the semi supply chain.
GUEST ESSAY · PROFESSOR, NTU SINGAPORE
What 99.99% purity actually means.
A materials scientist’s explanation of the NP1 grade, the GOST 492 standard, and why precision nickel is priced unlike commodity nickel.
GUEST ESSAY · PROFESSOR, NTU SINGAPORE
Nickel — the silent metal quietly powering the 21st-century technology boom.
From hydrogen electrolysers to EMI shielding, aerospace alloys to compound semiconductors, ultra-pure nickel is the material layer under a generation of technologies. Why the market has not yet noticed.