Special Reports

Navigating Increased Complexity In Advanced Packaging

By: Gregory Haley

Variability is a growing challenge; achieving higher yields requires even tighter control and precision.
Auto Chip Aging Accelerates In Hot Climates

By: Ed Sperling

New data shows significant reduction in lifespan and potential new security issues as global temperatures rise.
NAND Flash Targets 1,000 Layers

By: Bryon Moyer

New techniques go beyond improved deposition and etching, but challenges stack up, too.

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Top Stories

Semiconductor Engineering’s Special Reports 2024

 A compendium of essential information for the chip industry.
December 23rd, 2024 By The SE Staff

Strain, Stress In Advanced Packages Drives New Design Approaches

 Heterogenous integration is pushing chip and package designers to consider multi-physic...
December 19th, 2024 By Ann Mutschler

Improving Verification Performance

 Verification tools are getting faster and capacity is increasing, but they still can't ...
December 19th, 2024 By Brian Bailey

SLM Evolves Into Critical Aspect Of Chip Design And Operation

 Silicon lifecycle management applications and techniques are gaining traction as chipma...
December 19th, 2024 By Ann Mutschler

RISC-V Profiles Help Conformance

 More than just the processor needs to be defined for standard operating systems. Profil...
December 18th, 2024 By Brian Bailey

Baby Steps Toward 3D DRAM

 Stacking layers means a complete architecture rethink.
December 17th, 2024 By Bryon Moyer

Challenges In Powering Electrification With GaN And SiC

 No single material is ideal, but unique combinations are emerging.
December 17th, 2024 By Katherine Derbyshire

Shortcutting Graduates’ Path To Productivity In Manufacturing And Test

 Semiconductor companies are working with universities to custom-build engineering curri...
December 16th, 2024 By Liz Allan

Is In-Memory Compute Still Alive?

 It hasn’t achieved commercial success, but there is still plenty of development happe...
December 12th, 2024 By Bryon Moyer

Chiplet Interconnects Add Power And Signal Integrity Issues

 More choices, interactions, and tiny dimensions create huge headaches.
December 12th, 2024 By Adam Kovac

Where Is The Software For Shift Left?

 Shift left requires abstractions on which early analysis can be performed. For architec...
December 12th, 2024 By Brian Bailey

Why Chips Fail, And What To Do About It

 Improving reliability in semiconductors is critical for automotive, data centers, and A...
December 11th, 2024 By Ed Sperling

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Latest News

Chip Industry Week In Review

 U.S. launches trade investigation into China; Cohu to buy Tignis; NXP’s new acquisition; flurry of government fundings; Alphawave Semi's speedy UCIe IP; advance...
December 20th, 2024 By The SE Staff

Blog Review: Dec. 18

 Shifts in design and manufacturing; CFD meshing; UALink; dynamic voltage drop analysis; IoT vision.
December 18th, 2024 By Jesse Allen

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Opinion

Design And Verification Issues In 2024

 What have you been reading over the past year? This often indi...
December 19th, 2024 By Brian Bailey

Goal-Driven AI

 Any optimization problem must have a clear, unambiguous specif...
November 26th, 2024 By Brian Bailey

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Research

Research Bits: Dec. 24

 Growing multilayered chips; atomic-scale diamond processing; m...
By Jesse Allen

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Dec. 23

 Memory at extreme temps; CXL to optimize bandwidth; partitione...
By Linda Christensen

Research Bits: Dec. 16

 Flexible electronics: Soft liquid metal vias; stretchable TENG...
By Jesse Allen

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Startup Corner

Startup Funding: Q3 2024

 New startups emerge from stealth; 75 companies raise $2 billion.
By Jesse Allen

Startup Funding: Q2 2024

 Big rounds for AI chips; 91 startups raise $2.6 billion.
By Jesse Allen

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Videos

Distributed Voltage And Frequency Scaling Gaining Traction

December 16th, 2024

Speeding Up Acoustic Wafer Inspection

December 9th, 2024

The Evolution of HBM

December 4th, 2024

Using Formal For RISC-V Security

November 19th, 2024

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