Inversion Semiconductor
ActiveManufacturing the most powerful chips, 15x faster
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Inversion Semiconductor is developing the next-generation chip fabrication machine, to create the most powerful chips 15x faster. Our vision is to reshore advanced chip fabrication capabilities in the West. We're building a lithography machine. Lithography uses light to pattern circuit features on silicon. We're scaling transistors to their physical limits by shrinking particle accelerators 1000x, to create a high power light source. Using our light source we will double transistor density for a given numerical aperture and 3x throughput.
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Co-founder & CEO of Inversion Semiconductor (W25), developing next-gen semiconductor lithography machines. Masters in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College London & Royal Academy of Engineering awardee. Previously automated chip design at Arm and led the Karman Space Programme to build record-breaking high power rockets.
Co-founder & CTO of Inversion Semiconductor (W25), developing next-gen lithography machines. Masters in Applied Physics from University College London, with a focus on applications of particle physics. Previously created novel ML models for stability optimization of tabletop particle accelerators at CERN, and developed particle accelerators for cancer treatment at Lumitron Technologies
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Manufacturing the most powerful chips 15x faster
A YC-founded company aims to scale chip lithography by developing a tabletop high-power light source (STARLIGHT) using wakefield-accelerated electrons to surpass current EUV limits. They partner with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (BELLA) to test laser stability and light generation, with goals to enable 1 kW soft X-ray light for silicon patterning and industrial lithography applications.
Formerly “Axiom Semiconductor Inc.”, “Axiom Semiconductor”
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