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Early STEM Education Key To Growing Future Chip Workforce


A key factor in building a domestic workforce for the chip industry is attracting kids to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) subjects at a younger age. That way they are more likely to follow through and attain the skills and degrees needed to enter the semiconductor job market. Industry and government are partnering with schools and community organizations to address the chal... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Mar. 11


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=205 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Feb. 19


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=199 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Blog Review: Feb. 14


Siemens’ Dilan Heredia and Karen Chow explain why fast, accurate parasitic extraction (PEX) is essential to design success, especially for the 3 nm node and GAAFETs. Synopsys’ Srinivas Velivala debunks the myth that layout-versus-schematic (LVS) checking is a static step in the chip development process, and details its evolving role in modern SoCs. Cadence’s Mark Seymour digs into a... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Feb. 13


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=197 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Chip Ecosystem Apprenticeships Help Close The Talent Gap


Competency-based apprenticeship programs are gaining wider acceptance across the chip industry as companies and governments look for new ways to address talent shortages, and as workers look for new skills that can span multiple industry sectors and industries. Funded in part by the CHIPS Act in the U.S. the European Chips Act, and various other nation-specific and regional programs, apprent... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Feb. 6


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=187 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan. 23


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=189 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan. 16


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=188 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 10


Keysight’s Jenn Mullen explains how ChatGPT’s tools can help quality assurance (QA) engineers and software testers overcome test automation debt, and become more productive and able to deliver consistently high-quality products to market faster. Siemens’ Keith Felton discusses how the paradigm of “shift-left” power delivery analysis has emerged as a critical methodology in addressi... » read more

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