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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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Blog Review: Jun 9
By Jesse Allen - 09 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

Arm's Partha Maji introduces a collaboration with the University of Cambridge to advance Bayesian statistics and probabilistic machine learning, which could play a vital role in safety-critical AI applications. Siemens' Thomas Dewey looks at a way to improve autonomous driving capabilities by enabling vehicles to train on past hazardous situations to provide and early warning for when they m... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: June 7
By Jesse Allen - 07 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

Commercializing photonic MEMS Researchers from the University of California Berkeley, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science & Technology, SUSS MicroOptics, TSI Semiconductors, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, KAIST, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), and Korea Polytechnic University demonstrated a path for commercial fabrication of photonic MEMS. Photonic MEMS... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 04 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

Siemens Digital Industries Software acquired Nextflow Software, a provider of advanced particle-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions. Nextflow Software will become part of the Simcenter software portfolio, providing rapid meshless CFD capabilities to accelerate the analysis of complex transient applications in the automotive, aerospace, and marine industries such as gear box lubri... » read more

Startup Funding: May 2021
By Jesse Allen - 02 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

Big investment poured into AI hardware companies this month, with a focus on edge applications. Companies are experimenting with different architectures, including analog-focused devices and those that are capable of withstanding the harsh conditions of space. IP and EDA startups in China also drew funding as the country tries to create a full chip design ecosystem. Plus, PCB assembly, photonic... » read more

Blog Review: June 2
By Jesse Allen - 02 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Mike Borza checks out how automotive ECUs, infotainment systems, and in-vehicle networks can be compromised by attackers and why it’s important to follow cybersecurity best practices and keep security in mind starting early in the design cycle. Cadence's Paul McLellan checks out the results from the latest MLPerf benchmarks for machine learning inference systems, with the new inc... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: June 1
By Jesse Allen - 01 Jun, 2021 - Comments: 0

Stronger PUFs Researchers from Ohio State University and Potomac Research propose a new version of physical unclonable functions, or PUFs, that could be used to create secure ID cards, to track goods in supply chains, and as part of authentication applications. "There's a wealth of information in even the smallest differences found on computers chips that we can exploit to create PUFs," sai... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 28 May, 2021 - Comments: 0

Valens Semiconductor will become a publicly traded company on NYSE as VLN after a merger with PTK Acquisition Corp. Valens provides long-reach, high-speed video and data transmission for the audio-video and automotive industries. The transaction is expected to provide proceeds of approximately $240 million, including up to $115 million in trust from PTK Acquisition Corp. (assuming no redemption... » read more

Blog Review: May 26
By Jesse Allen - 26 May, 2021 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Paul McLellan checks out challenges in designing processors for AI applications, the explosion in the number of weights used to language processing, and the current state of training and inference hardware. Synopsys' Mike Gianfagna explores how hyper-convergent design will push device capabilities through integration of multiple technologies, multiple protocols, and multiple archit... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: May 25
By Jesse Allen - 25 May, 2021 - Comments: 0

5G energy harvesting Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology propose a way to harvest power for IoT devices using 5G networks. The team's device uses a flexible Rotman lens-based rectifying antenna (rectenna) system capable of millimeter-wave harvesting in the 28-GHz band. “With this innovation, we can have a large antenna, which works at higher frequencies and can receive power fr... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power
By Jesse Allen - 21 May, 2021 - Comments: 0

Siemens will acquire Supplyframe, a supply chain intelligence, sourcing, and marketplace platform for the electronics industry, for $700 million. The company operates on a software-as-a-service model and will serve as the nucleus of Siemens’ digital marketplace strategy, according to Cedrik Neike, member of the Managing Board of Siemens AG. “Supplyframe’s ecosystem and marketplace intelli... » read more

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