A brand new 5-millimeter (0.2-inch) calibration chip, making certain correct measurement by units utilized in laboratories, produced at a college in central Türkiye garners curiosity from consumers from overseas, together with Silicon Valley.
In collaboration with Necmettin Erbakan University within the Turkish metropolis of Konya and the Turkish lab tools producer Teknotıp, the challenge to supply chips utilized in calibration measurements of digital, optical and electro-optical units was launched on the college’s Science and Technology Application and Research Center (BITAM).
Yasin Ramazan Eker, the middle’s deputy director and challenge coordinator, instructed Anadolu Agency (AA) that nanometric-sized supplies are utilized in analysis and growth (R&D) and manufacturing.
Eker stated that calibrated high-tech measuring devices are wanted to manage delicate manufacturing processes.
He added that the calibration course of itself might be accomplished by numerous unbiased companies and organizations.
“The chip has a footprint of 5 millimeters (0.2 inches) and only weighs 0.25 grams (less than .0001 ounce), we sell them for $100 each,” instructed Eker.
Eker stated the chip is receiving curiosity from worldwide firms, together with a Dutch agency and an organization from Silicon Valley.
Physicist Oğuz Doğan, one of many challenge researchers, careworn that the chip is a high-value-added product and is commercialized in cooperation with the chip business and the college.
Doğan famous that calibration is an important stage in laboratories, particularly in micro and nano purposes, including that chips utilized in these purposes haven’t been produced in Türkiye earlier than.
Arda Mungan, one of many challenge companions and the corporate’s founder, highlighted that the chip is offered for $200 a gram, making it dearer than gold, which prices $100 a gram.
“The target market is Silicon Valley, Germany and the Netherlands, where well-known companies in the semiconductor industry exist,” he added. “We’ve also gotten interest from Japan. When we start active marketing, I think we’ll be able to sell much more effectively.”
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