In June 2025, Smoltek Semi signed a two-year tech­ni­cal ser­vice agree­ment with the Indus­tri­al Tech­nol­o­gy Research Insti­tute (ITRI), Taiwan’s lead­ing semi­con­duc­tor foundry.

As part of the agree­ment, the instal­la­tion of Smoltek’s advanced PECVD sys­tem at ITRI was planned. Smoltek Semi is now opti­miz­ing the sys­tem in prepa­ra­tion for instal­la­tion. When com­plet­ed, it will be fine-tuned to deploy the company’s lat­est inno­va­tions in CNF syn­the­sis to meet cus­tomer requirements. 

At this stage, how­ev­er, instal­la­tion is not essen­tial for the con­tin­ued devel­op­ment of the company’s capac­i­tor tech­nol­o­gy as the ongo­ing pro­duc­tion of CNF-MIM sam­ples con­tin­ues as planned using exist­ing PECVD equipment.

“Smoltek Semi can already pro­duce ini­tial CNF-MIM™ capac­i­tor pro­to­types for cus­tomer-spe­cif­ic projects using exist­ing equip­ment. This allows the com­pa­ny and ITRI to con­cen­trate on opti­miza­tions and improve­ments before com­mis­sion­ing the PECVD sys­tem, which will make the next phase more effi­cient and cost-effec­tive.“
Farzan Gha­vani­ni, CTO of Smoltek

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Read the offi­cial press release: Smoltek Semi Opti­mizes PECVD Sys­tem as CNF-MIM Pro­to­type Pro­duc­tion Continues