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title: Helping the Microchip Industry Go (very low) with the Flow
description: New research by the National Institute of Standards and Technology is helping the microchip industry understand a serious error common to a widely used calibration technique. The detected error could cause microchip manufacturers to lose more than a million dollars in a single fabrication run.
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# [Helping the Microchip Industry Go (very low) with the Flow](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/helping-the-microchip-industry-go-very-low-with-the-flow)

 Written by [Jeff Hopkins](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/author/jeff-hopkins) | 3/19/19 4:00 PM

New research by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is helping the microchip industry understand a serious error common to a widely used calibration technique. The detected error could cause microchip manufacturers to **lose more than a million dollars in a single fabrication run**. The inconsistency is found when Mass Flow Controllers (MFCs) are calibrated using different “rate of rise” (RoR) flow measurement systems.

[Read the full article on *Solid State Technology *→](https://electroiq.com/2018/08/helping-the-microchip-industry-go-very-low-with-the-flow/)

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