Computer-generated image of a microchip, with features and etchings of the chip colored red and blue on a white background Two researchers donning personal protective equipment inspect a mirror chamber used to create custom and dynamic illumination patterns for testing the limits of semiconductor materials. Two scientists point at a figure on the computer.

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 Bruno La Fontaine, Director of the Center for X-ray Optics (CXRO), speaks on how the CXRO supports the microchip industry. Portrait of Katie Klymko, person with brown hair put into a braid wearing a grey top, smiling. Headshot of Eva Schill. Two researchers working on electronics of research device. John Clarke An illustration showing a layer of closely packed spheres, mostly gray, with a few blue and red ones mixed in. Floating above the layer are several small clusters of spheres in different arrangements of the blue, red, and gray.