One-on-One with Lam's CTO – 3D NAND, Quantum Effects, and More

Dave Hemker, CTO at Lam Research, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to look at some of the key issues on the process and manufacturing side, and some of the key developments that will reshape the semiconductor industry in the future. What follows are excerpts of that conversation. SE: One of the big discussion topics these days is 3D NAND. How far can we go with 3D NAND? How many layers can we have?