September 2012 - Page 5 of 6 - Semiconductor Engineering

Speed Sells
By Ed Sperling - 13 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

The good news is that the new iPhone battery lasts at least as long as the old one. The bad news is that Apple hasn’t offered double battery life and equivalent performance as an option for mobile users that need extended times between charges. They’re not alone, of course. At the Intel Developer Forum this week, Intel Chief Product Officer Dadi Perlmutter talked about voice and gesture-... » read more

Tales From The Road
By Atrenta - 13 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Mike Gianfagna We recently held a SpyGlass Power “boot camp” at Atrenta San Jose. We brought in 15 of our best and brightest field AEs from all over the world and discussed the very latest techniques for advanced power optimization. When you get a group of folks like this together in one room, the learning typically goes both ways. The “students” (the FAEs) certainly learn a lot ... » read more

Near-Threshold Computing
By Bhanu Kapoor - 13 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Bhanu Kapoor There were two main contributing factors to power becoming a big problem ("The Power Wall") starting around the 65nm process technology. First, the fast-growing leakage component became as significant as the dynamic power. Second, the scaling of the supply voltage stopped around 1.1 volts. Process technology advances such as HKMG and 3D tri-gate transistors have enabled con... » read more

Modeling the Future
By Ann Mutschler - 13 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

Every once in a while I read through the employment listings as part of the Semiconductor Manufacturing group on LinkedIn because I find it fascinating to see what employers are looking for even if I am not applying. Particularly for verification engineering position, one of the job responsibilities typically includes development of the architecture for a functional verification environment ... » read more

Techniques For FSM Design And Verification
By Various Writers - 12 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

Large system-on-chip (SoC) designs contain many finite state machines (FSMs) that interact with data paths, memories, and other components. Although FSMs are critical building blocks many designers lack an understanding of their role and impact on design quality and validation effort. FSMs are a source of functional bugs in SoCs. They can cause poor timing, power, and performance. Although v... » read more

IBM’s Power7+ Processor
By Barry Pangrle - 12 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Barry Pangrle Hot Chips 24 was held Aug. 27-29 with tutorials on the first day and 30-minute technical presentations plus keynote addresses on the second and third days. There were a lot of great presentations and Hot Chips is definitely one of my favorite conferences. So out of all of the presentations, why did I choose IBM’s Scott Taylor’s on Power7+? Well, it’s likely that I’l... » read more

Patterned media – getting closer
By Michael Watts - 11 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

Imprint watchers are watching and waiting for news that patterned media has come of age….the question is … is there a technical barrier, or are manufacturers just waiting for the existing solution to run out of steam ? When I ask my contacts “if your boss said I want to buy a factory, can I pull the switch”…. the consistent answer is “we are not ready yet”. Reading and writing ... » read more

Experts At The Table: Stacked Die Reality Check
By Ed Sperling - 10 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling Semiconductor Manufacturing & Design sat down with Sunil Patel, principal member of the technical staff for package technology at GlobalFoundries; Steve Pateras, product marketing director at Mentor Graphics; Steve Smith, senior director of platform marketing at Synopsys; Thorsten Matthias, business development director at EVGroup; and Manish Ranjan, vice president of market... » read more

2011: A Look Back at the Semiconductor Equipment and Materials Market and Outlook
By Lara Chamness - 08 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

by Lara Chamness, senior market analyst, SEMI Semiconductor Market Trends 2011 was a record year for the semiconductor industry in many regards. First and foremost, semiconductor revenues approached the long elusive $300 billion mark. Secondly, semiconductor materials passed the record high set in 2010 to reach $47.9 billion. And finally, semiconductor equipment sales grew 9 percent, off ... » read more

Experts At The Table: FPGA Prototyping Issues
By Ed Sperling - 07 Sep, 2012 - Comments: 0

By Ed Sperling System-Level Design sat down to discuss challenges in the FPGA prototyping world with Troy Scott, product marketing manager at Synopsys; Tom Feist, senior director of marketing at Xilinx; Shakeel Jeeawoody, vice president of marketing at Blue Pearl Software; and Ralph Zak, business development director at EVE. What follows are excerpts of that discussion. SLD: Are FPGAs star... » read more

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