Optical Microscope
COMMERCE, DEPARTMENT OF
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NIST-SS26-91 PLEASE NOTE THIS A SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE ONLY Title: Optical Microscope BACKGROUND The Alternative Computing Group in PML division 683 conducts research addressing the rapidly expanding measurement needs of new hardware for artificial intelligence, exploring emerging computing hardware, architectures and algorithms, and developing chip-based test vehicles for massively parallel measurements. A significant portion of this work involves procurement of CMOS wafers up to 8� (200 mm) in diameter from foundries, and integrating custom nanoscale devices on top of them, either in the NIST NanoFab or through research partnerships and CRADAs with universities and companies. A crucial step in this research is the microscopic inspection of whole wafers to characterize them, in particular ...