Atomera

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Atomera Incorporated
ATOM
FormerlyMears Technologies
TypePublic
Nasdaq: ATOM
Russell Microcap Index component
Industry
  • IP Licensing
  • Semiconductors
Founded2001
FounderRobert J. Mears
HeadquartersLos Gatos, California, United States
ProductsMears Silicon Technology
Websitewww.atomera.com

Atomera Incorporated is a materials engineering company and is engaged in the development, commercialization and licensing of processes and technologies for the semiconductor industry.

Overview[]

Atomera was founded by Robert J. Mears in 2001 and is headquartered in Los Gatos, California.[1] It was formerly known as Mears Technologies, Inc. and changed its name to Atomera Incorporated in January 2016. It is traded on NASDAQ as ATOM.[2][3]

Atomera used atomic level material science to develop a material called Mears Silicon Technology (MST) in response to the slowdown in the advancement of Moore's law.[4][5] MST enhances transistors to deliver significantly better performance in today's electronics by inserting a layer of oxygen in between the silicon lattice as the latter forms [6][7] MST is a thin film of typically 100 to 300 angstroms (or approximately 20 to 60 silicon atomic unit cells) thick which is a reengineered silicon.[8][5] In 2018, Atomera Licensed MST Technology to Asahi Kasei Microdevices and STMicroelectronics.[9][10]

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  1. ^ "Mears Tech taps backers for $1.4M more". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. ^ Reuters Editorial. "Atomera Inc (ATOM.C)". U.S. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  3. ^ "Atomera Incorporated (ATOM) Company Profile & Facts". finance.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  4. ^ "Oxygen Layer May Extend Moore's Law". EE-Times.
  5. ^ a b "Moore's Law: The Rule That Really Matters in Tech". Scientific American. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  6. ^ "Thin films could boost semiconductor performance". www.newelectronics.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  7. ^ "Why one small company thinks it has the key to extending Moore's Law - ExtremeTech". www.extremetech.com. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  8. ^ Moore, Samuel K. (2018-06-04). "Atomera Plans to Breathe New Life into Older Chip Manufacturing". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  9. ^ "ST licenses Atomera manufacturing technology". eeNews Analog. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  10. ^ "Atomera Licenses MST Technology to Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM)". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2019-04-17.


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