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Jesse Allen

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Jesse Allen is the Knowledge Center administrator and a senior editor at Semiconductor Engineering.

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Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 12 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Infineon reported fourth quarter 2021 financial results with revenue of €3.0 billion (~$3.4 billion), up 21% compared to the same quarter last year. For the full year, revenue was €11.1 billion (~$12.7 billion), an increase of 29% from the previous year. "In light of the continued high demand for semiconductors needed for the energy-efficient, connected world, we expect the 2022 fiscal year... » read more

Blog Review: Nov. 10
By Jesse Allen - 10 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Paul McLellan listens in as Malcolm Penn of Future Horizons explains key reasons behind the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and how the root of the current chip shortage problems goes back to before the pandemic. Siemens EDA's Ray Salemi continues investigating using Python for verification with a look at some UVM utilities and how they would be used in Python. Syn... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Nov. 8
By Jesse Allen - 08 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Molecular memristor Researchers from National University of Singapore, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, University of Limerick, Texas A&M University, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise discovered a molecular memristor for brain-inspired computing. The molecule uses natural asymmetry in its metal-organic bonds to switch between different states, which allows it to perform u... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 05 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Business Synopsys acquired Concertio, a provider of AI-powered performance optimization software. The acquisition will bolster Synopsys' silicon lifecycle management platform SiliconMAX SLM with the addition of Concertio's autonomous software agent that, when installed on the target system, continuously monitors the interactions between operating applications and the underlying system enviro... » read more

Startup Funding: October 2021
By Jesse Allen - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor manufacturing and packaging companies caught the attention of investors last month, with funding going to a middle-end-of-line foundry, flexible electronics manufacturer, and fab management software. Two Israeli startups are approaching AI accelerators in very different ways, while battery startups propose a variety of new chemistries in the search for the ideal electric vehicle b... » read more

Blog Review: Nov. 3
By Jesse Allen - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

In a blog for Arm, Matthew Griffin of the 311 Institute warns that cybersecurity is an increasingly pressing problem, with large criminal organizations raking in large sums of money and attacks able to impact a wide range of physical systems. Cadence's Paul McLellan checks out Google's video encoder chip and how it helps lower the CPU recycles required by the vast number of videos uploaded t... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Nov. 2
By Jesse Allen - 02 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

GaN CMOS ICs Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) are working to increase the functionality available to wide bandgap gallium nitride (GaN) electronics. GaN is frequently used in power electronics, such as power converters and supplies. However, GaN CMOS technology has been hampered by the difficulties in implementing p-channel transistors and integrat... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 29 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Arteris IP uncorked its initial public offering this week, a rare occurrence for a semiconductor IP vendor over the past couple decades. The stock began trading on the Nasdaq Global Market on Wednesday under the ticker symbol AIP, gaining more than 40% on its first day. Tools Codasip updated its Studio processor design toolset. Version 9.1 includes an expanded bus support with full AXI for ... » read more

Blog Review: Oct. 27
By Jesse Allen - 27 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Siemens EDA's Ray Salemi continues looking into using Python for verification by looking at how pyuvm simplifies and refactors the UVM TLM system to take advantage of the fact that Python has multiple inheritance and no typing. Cadence's Paul McLellan listens in as Larry Disenhof explains the impact that export regulations have on EDA tools and IP products and changes in a rapidly shifting l... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Oct. 26
By Jesse Allen - 26 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Printing circuits on irregular shapes Researchers at Pennsylvania State University propose a way to print biodegradable circuits on irregular, complex shapes. “We are trying to enable direct fabrication of circuits on freeform, 3-D geometries,” said Huanyu “Larry” Cheng, professor in Penn State's Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM). “Printing on complicated objec... » read more

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