ICSPI awarded funding to boost Canada’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities

ICSPI receives strategic funding from CMC Microsystems' FABrIC program as part of $35.6M investment to strengthen Canada’s semiconductor manufacturing capabilities.

ICSPI’s breakthrough microAFM technology powers desktop atomic force microscopes (AFMs) used by researchers in over 40 countries. This new support marks a major milestone in ICSPI’s mission to revolutionize atom-scale measurement, specifically for improving semiconductor manufacturing processes.

Today, defects as small as 1 nanometre - the same size as DNA - can cause a chip to fail. ICSPI’s unique microAFM technology detects these defects at speeds up to 100 times faster than conventional tools, enabling new chip manufacturing processes, accelerating time-to-market of new products and reducing waste.

FABrIC is a five-year, $223M initiative supported by the Government of Canada and led by CMC Microsystems. It supports Canadian innovators developing advanced semiconductor processes and technologies in quantum, photonics, compound semiconductors, and MEMS.

Learn more about ICSPI and how its microAFM technology is advancing atom-level semiconductor measurement and inspection.