Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory signed a research agreement with semiconductor startup Diamond Quanta to explore laser pulses for semiconductor manufacturing.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) entered a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with Diamond Quanta. The source identifies Diamond Quanta as a San Francisco Bay Area startup working in semiconductor manufacturing.

The collaboration will explore how laser pulses can be used in semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. LLNL’s Innovation and Partnerships Office facilitated the agreement.

The disclosed milestone is a research partnership, not a production qualification or manufacturing-capacity announcement. The supplied excerpt provides no funding amount, manufacturing-yield result, process specification, or commercial delivery date.