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Ambipolar Schottky-based FeFET For Ultrascaled Memory Applications


A new technical paper titled "On the Potential of Ambipolar Schottky-Based Ferroelectric Transistor Designs for Enhanced Memory Windows in Scaled Devices" was published by researchers at Global TCAD Solutions, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, INSA Lyon, and NaMLab. "Here, we promote an ambipolar Schottky-based ferroelectric transistor (AS-FeFET) as an alternative design. We demonstr... » read more

Fine-Grained Functional Partitioning For Low Level SRAM Cache in 3D-IC designs (imec)


A new technical paper titled "Towards Fine-grained Partitioning of Low-level SRAM Caches for Emerging 3D-IC Designs" was published by researchers at imec. "We propose a partitioning of low-level (faster access) caches in 3D using an Array Under CMOS (AuC) technology paradigm. Our study focuses on partitioning and optimization of SRAM bit-cells and peripheral circuits, enabling heterogeneous ... » read more

Memristors: Flexible Behavioral Model ( Israel Institute of Technology)


A new technical paper titled "VVTEAM: A Compact Behavioral Model for Volatile Memristors" was published by researchers at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Abstract "Volatile memristors have recently gained popularity as promising devices for neuromorphic circuits, capable of mimicking the leaky function of neurons and offering advantages over capacitor-based circuits in terms of... » read more

Novel NorthPole Architecture Enables Low-Latency, High-Energy-Efficiency LLM inference (IBM Research)


A new technical paper titled "Breakthrough low-latency, high-energy-efficiency LLM inference performance using NorthPole" was published by researchers at IBM Research. At the IEEE High Performance Extreme Computing (HPEC) Virtual Conference in September 2024, new performance results for their AIU NorthPole AI inference accelerator chip were presented on a 3-billion-parameter Granite LLM. ... » read more

Hardware Acceleration Approach for KAN Via Algorithm-Hardware Co-Design


A new technical paper titled "Hardware Acceleration of Kolmogorov-Arnold Network (KAN) for Lightweight Edge Inference" was published by researchers at Georgia Tech, TSMC and National Tsing Hua University. Abstract "Recently, a novel model named Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KAN) has been proposed with the potential to achieve the functionality of traditional deep neural networks (DNNs) using ... » read more

Flexible IGZO RISC-V Microprocessor


A new technical paper titled "Bendable non-silicon RISC-V microprocessor" was published by researchers at Pragmatic Semiconductor, Qamcom,  and Harvard University. From the abstract: "Here we present Flex-RV, a 32-bit microprocessor based on an open RISC-V instruction set fabricated with indium gallium zinc oxide thin-film transistors on a flexible polyimide substrate, enabling an ultralow... » read more

Dualtronics: Photonic Devices on the Cation Face and Electronic Devices on the Anion Face of the Same Wafer


A new technical paper titled "Using both faces of polar semiconductor wafers for functional devices" was published by researchers at Cornell University and Polish Academy of Sciences. Find the technical paper here. Published September 2024. Cornell University's news release is here, stating "Cornell researchers, in collaboration with a team at the Polish Academy of Sciences, have develope... » read more

Method To Determine The Permittivity of Dielectric Materials in 3D Integrated Structures At Broadband RF Frequencies


A new technical paper titled "Characterizing the Broadband RF Permittivity of 3D-Integrated Layers in a Glass Wafer Stack from 100 MHz to 30 GHz" was published by researchers at NIST. Abstract "We present a method for accurately determining the permittivity of dielectric materials in 3D integrated structures at broadband RF frequencies. With applications of microwave and millimeter-wave ele... » read more

Formal Verification Of A Mixed Signal IP with Both Digital And Analog Blocks


A new technical paper titled "Analogous Alignments: Digital "Formally" meets Analog" was published by researchers at Infineon Technologies. Abstract: "The complexity of modern-day System-on-Chips (SoCs) is continually increasing, and it becomes increasingly challenging to deliver dependable and credible chips in a short time-to-market. Especially, in the case of test chips, where the aim is... » read more

Models for Both Strained and Unstrained GAA FETs Using Neural Networks


A new technical paper titled "Impact of Strain on Sub-3 nm Gate-all-Around CMOS Logic Circuit Performance Using a Neural Compact Modeling Approach" was published by researchers at Hanyang University and Alsemy Inc. Abstract "Impact of strain of sub-3 nm gate-all-around (GAA) CMOS transistors on the circuit performance is evaluated using a neural compact model. The model was trained using 3D... » read more

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