While gold’s unique properties have made it an essential material for bonding wires’ performance, its price has limited economy of scales. Consumer electronics or automotive applications – successful innovation in these sectors rests on the shoulders of memory manufacturing, which in turn needs fine-tuned semiconductors to function.
The research industry was constantly looking for suitable alternatives. Heraeus Electronics has finally identified a solution that maintains demanded levels of performance, relieves the environmental burden when reducing the dependency on precious metal markets and, as such, its cost base.