Special Reports

Co-Packaged Optics Reaches Power Efficiency Tipping Point

By: Laura Peters

But blazing fast data speeds come with significant manufacturing challenges.
Die-to-die Interconnect Standards In Flux

By: Bryon Moyer

Many features of UCIe 2.0 seen as “heavy” are optional, causing confusion.
Three-Way Race To 3D-ICs

By: Ed Sperling

Intel, TSMC, and Samsung are developing a broad set of technologies and relationships that will be required for the next...

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Top Stories

Optimizing Data Movement

Problems and solutions for improving performance with more data.

A Balanced Approach To Verification

In the past, simulation was the only tool available for verification, but today there a...

Executive Outlook: Chiplets, 3D-ICs, and AI

Trouble spots, and some fixes, for the next wave of high-performance semiconductors.

Cooling Chips Still A Top Challenge

Heat pipes, lids, thermal interfaces, and micro-channel cooling help remove the heat ge...

Mask Complexity, Cost, And Change

Evolving lithography demands are challenging mask writing technology; shift to curvilin...

Advanced Packaging Depends On Materials And Co-Design

New materials play a pivotal role, but solving integration problems remains a challenge.

Future-proofing AI Models

The rate of change in AI algorithms complicates the decision-making process about what ...

More Data, More Redundant Interconnects

Circuits are being pushed harder and longer, particularly with AI, speeding up the agin...

Development Flows For Chiplets

A chiplet economy requires standards, organization, and tools — and that's a problem.

AI Accelerators Moving Out From Data Centers

Chiplets will be a key enabler for customizing designs at every level, from edge device...

Security Risks Mount For Aerospace, Defense Applications

Supply chain vulnerabilities, hardware attacks, and communications hacks are rife. Auto...

Identifying Sources Of Silent Data Corruption

Rooting out the causes of silent data corruption errors will require testing improvemen...

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Latest News

On The Ground At ECTC 2025

Inside Chips Podcast: Much more efficient computing, faster interconnects, and panel-level packaging.

Chip Industry Week in Review

EDA export controls; Synopsys-Ansys divest requirements; SIA Factbook; McKinsey effects of tariffs; ASE's fan-out bridge; earnings; TSMC's design center; China's ...

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Opinion

The DAC Valuation

How much value does DAC really add to the industry? Large EDA ...

Photonics Speeds Up Data Center AI

Highlights from the Optical Fiber Communications Conference 2025.

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Research

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 3

Chiplet to chiplet communication; SRAM scaling with monolithic...

Research Bits: June 3

Magnetic sensing: Imaging power electronics; hexagonal boron n...

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 28

Confidential computing for eRISC-V; SEM automatic defect inspe...

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Startup Corner

Startup Funding: Q1 2025

AI chips and data center communications see big funding; 75 st...

Startup Funding: Q4 2024

AI chips and interconnects end year on high note; $3 billion f...

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Videos

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Problems In Testing AI Chips


Speeding Up Die-To-Die Interconnectivity


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