Welcome to the first episode of Talking Heads, a new BritChips series of short-form videos featuring people who are helping to support UK semiconductor startups.

My first ‘Talking Head’ is Mark Isaacs, who leads HarwellXPS, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council’s national facility for photoelectron spectroscopy, based at the government’s Harwell research campus.

This world-class facility is engaged in surface analysis of advanced materials such as semiconductors in order to detect microscopic defects which could cause the device to underperform or fail completely.

After listening to this clip you might want to swing over to The BritChips Podcast: Deep Fabrication - Predicting Defects in which I am in conversation with Dr. Yasir Noori, cofounder and CEO of London-based semiconductor design tool startup, Deep Fabrication, which is developing AI tools that can predict defects in semiconductor designs prior to manufacturing.

After all, they do say that prevention is better than cure!

Talking Heads is also available on the BritChips YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@BritChips) and in audio-only form on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

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