A new approach to enable technologies through thin-film manufacturing
We’re developing the Linear Reactor Framework (LRF) to reduce cost and complexity—and expand access to thin-film manufacturing—using a symmetric, modular reactor architecture.
Industry Challenges
Over the past 60 years, scientists and engineers have learned how to use liquids and gases to build the tiny structures that make modern technology work—from computer chips to solar cells. Even though the chemistry and tools vary, the core challenge is the same: deliver the right chemicals and energy evenly across a surface so the desired reactions happen uniformly.
Traditionally, industry has met this challenge by designing highly specialized equipment for each type of reaction. That approach works, but it has driven manufacturing into extreme complexity—tools, supply chains, training, and facilities that now require a massive global infrastructure to sustain.
Introducing the Linear Reactor Framework (LRF):
The Linear Reactor Framework (LRF) is a reactor architecture designed to reduce the cost and complexity of chemical manufacturing by treating many processes as variations of the same core problem: move chemistry and energy across a surface in a controlled, repeatable, and uniform way.
Instead of building a unique tool for every application, the LRF standardizes the underlying reactor architecture and lets process-specific needs be added as modular components. That means new processes can be introduced by configuring proven building blocks—rather than reinventing entire systems—cutting engineering effort, simplifying complexity, supply chains , and lowering cost. The result is a more scalable path to deploy advanced chemical processing across semiconductors and beyond
The global semiconductor industry is a ~$600–800B annual market in device sales, enabled by ~$100B+ annual spend on semiconductor manufacturing equipment. A large share of this equipment spend is on process tools that directly control surface chemistry—etch, deposition, cleans, wet processing, and related unit operations—where results are governed by precise management of chemistry, transport, and energy coupling at the substrate surface. The Linear Reactor Framework (LRF) is positioned to compete in this process-tool domain by standardizing the reactor architecture and converting application-specific complexity into modular, swappable layers (materials compatibility, thermal control, field coupling, flow shaping, and endpoint/automation integration). This “common chassis + configurable process modules” approach aims to lower cost of ownership, accelerate iteration, and expand access to advanced chemical processing across a wide range of regimes—without redesigning the entire tool for each application. Solve each engineering problem once, then reuse it across applications. Beyond semiconductors, the same architecture can support other chemistry-based, high-uniformity surface processes—such as battery and solar manufacturing. In these fields, the core challenge is still controlling reactions evenly across large areas, repeatably and at scale. By standardizing the platform and reusing proven building blocks, the LRF can reduce development time and cost—and in some cases make processes that are not yet economical practical enough to reach new markets and unlock new product categories
Symmetry Enabled Standardization For Chemical Device Manufacturing
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Powerful Manufacturing Application Scaffolding
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Programmable Fluid Delivery
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Configurable Activating and Ionizing Energies
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Advanced Chamber Maintenance and Defect Mitigation
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A Wide Range of Adaptable Substrates
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Flexible Application Scaling
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Harmony of Simplicity and Innovation
Go-Linear Patented Technology