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Auto Sector Leads The Way In IC Security

By: Ann Mutschler

Other markets include a hodgepodge of often ineffective approaches, but changes are coming as the value of connected assets increases.

First-Time Silicon Success Plummets

By: Ed Sperling

Number of designs that are late increases. Rapidly rising complexity is the leading cause, but tools, training, and workflows need...

Big Changes Ahead For Interposers And Substrates

By: Gregory Haley

New materials and processes will help with power distribution and thermal dissipation in advanced packages.

Stakes Are High For Aerospace, Defense IC Designs

Mission-critical applications involve higher levels of abstraction than automotive and ...

April 3rd, 2025 By Liz Allan

Chip Aging Opens Up New Attack Vectors

Degradation in older chips can create new vulnerabilities; dealing with them involves s...

April 3rd, 2025 By Adam Kovac

Startup Funding: Q1 2025

AI chips and data center communications see big funding; 75 startups raise $2 billion.

April 2nd, 2025 By Jesse Allen

Benefits And Challenges In Multi-Die Assemblies

What makes advanced packaging so attractive to some companies, but not others.

April 2nd, 2025 By Ed Sperling And Laura Peters

Need For KGD Drives Singulated Die Screening

More and better screening of diced dies is essential to meet the quality and cost goals...

March 31st, 2025 By Anne Meixner

Challenges In Managing Chiplet Resources

The chip industry is exploring multiple avenues for simplifying multi-die integration, ...

March 27th, 2025 By Ann Mutschler

Digital Twins For Design And Verification Workflows

Can we model the chip development flow so AI could optimize it?

March 27th, 2025 By Brian Bailey

The Evolving Role Of AI In Verification

Semiconductor verification is changing to integrate AI with human expertise.

March 26th, 2025 By Ann Mutschler

What Exactly Are Chiplets And Heterogeneous Integration?

New technologies drive new terminology, but the early days for those new approaches can...

March 20th, 2025 By Bryon Moyer

Many Options For EUV Photoresists, No Clear Winner

Chip industry searching for optimal balance of sensitivity, resolution, and LWR at lead...

March 20th, 2025 By Katherine Derbyshire

Chip Failures: Prevention And Responses Over Time

How to identify the causes of failures before they happen, and how latent defects and r...

March 19th, 2025 By Ed Sperling

3D-IC For The Masses

Advanced assemblies have enabled an unprecedented rate of advancement in the data cente...

March 13th, 2025 By Brian Bailey

Latest News

Blog Review: Apr. 2

DisplayPort in automotive; collaboration barriers; nanobots; tight design margins.

April 2nd, 2025 By Jesse Allen

Chip Industry Week In Review

U.S. IC chemicals and materials; China export blacklist expands; global fab equipment report; high-density 3D DRAM; optoelectronics advances; 2nm GAA deal; memory...

March 28th, 2025 By The SE Staff

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Opinion

Times Are Changing For EDA

The founders of EDA are retiring, and perhaps it's time that E...

March 27th, 2025 By Brian Bailey

GPU Or ASIC For LLM Scale-Up?

LLMs are just getting started.

March 17th, 2025 By Geoff Tate

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Startup Corner

Startup Funding: Q1 2025

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

By Jesse Allen

Startup Funding: Q4 2024

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

By Jesse Allen

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Stakes Are High For Aerospace, Defense IC Designs

Chip Aging Opens Up New Attack Vectors

Startup Funding: Q1 2025

Benefits And Challenges In Multi-Die Assemblies

Need For KGD Drives Singulated Die Screening

Challenges In Managing Chiplet Resources

Digital Twins For Design And Verification Workflows

The Evolving Role Of AI In Verification

What Exactly Are Chiplets And Heterogeneous Integration?

Many Options For EUV Photoresists, No Clear Winner

Chip Failures: Prevention And Responses Over Time

3D-IC For The Masses

Latest News

Blog Review: Apr. 2

Chip Industry Week In Review

Opinion

Times Are Changing For EDA

GPU Or ASIC For LLM Scale-Up?

Research

Research Bits: Apr. 1

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Apr. 1

Research Bits: Mar. 25

Startup Corner

Startup Funding: Q1 2025

Startup Funding: Q4 2024

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Optimizing Data Movement In SoCs And Advanced Packages

Changes In Motor Control

What’s Changing In Outlier Detection

Scenario Coverage In Formal Verification

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