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3DICs: Legalizer Techniques For Better Routing Quality, Fewer DRVs, And Reduced Total Slack With Negligible Runtime Impact


A technical paper titled “On Legalization of Die Bonding Bumps and Pads for 3D ICs” was published by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, NVIDIA Corporation, and the University of Bremen. Abstract "State-of-the-art 3D IC Place-and-Route flows were designed with older technology nodes and aggressive bonding pitch assumptions. As a result, these flows fail to honor the widt... » read more

High Performance, Energy-Dense, Practical, And Reliable Solid-State Batteries (ORNL)


A technical paper titled “Tailoring of the Anti-Perovskite Solid Electrolytes at the Grain-Scale” was published by researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Abstract: "The development of thin, dense, defect-free solid electrolyte films is key for achieving practical and commercially viable solid-state batteries. Herein, we showcase a facile processing pathway for antiperovskite (Li2OH... » read more

A PIM Architecture That Supports Floating Point-Precision Computations Within The Memory Chip


A technical paper titled “FlutPIM: A Look-up Table-based Processing in Memory Architecture with Floating-point Computation Support for Deep Learning Applications” was published by researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology and George Mason University. Abstract: "Processing-in-Memory (PIM) has shown great potential for a wide range of data-driven applications, especially Deep Learnin... » read more

Multi-Rate Discrete-Time Modeling Approach Of A Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Setup (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)


A technical paper titled “Multi-rate Discrete Domain Modeling of Power Hardware-in-the-Loop Setups” was published by researchers at the Institute for Technical Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany. Abstract: "Power Hardware-in-the-Loop (PHIL) facilitates the testing of novel power engineering solutions in the lab, allowing a flexible testing environment while kee... » read more

Framework To Compile Quantum Programs Onto Chiplets (UCSB, Cisco)


A technical paper titled "Compilation for Quantum Computing on Chiplets" was published by researchers at UC Santa Barbara and Cisco Quantum Lab. Abstract: "Chiplet architecture is an emerging architecture for quantum computing that could significantly increase qubit resources with its great scalability and modularity. However, as the computing scale increases, communication between qubits w... » read more

3D Memory Structures: Common Hole And Tilt Metrology Techniques and Capabilities


A technical paper titled "Inline metrology of high aspect ratio hole tilt and center line shift using small-angle x-ray scattering" was published by researchers at Bruker Nano and Lam Research. Abstract: "High aspect ratio (HAR) structures found in three-dimensional nand memory structures have unique process control challenges. The etch used to fabricate channel holes several microns deep... » read more

Hardware Security: Eliminating/Reducing A Blind Spot of Side Channels (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security)


A technical paper titled "(M)WAIT for It: Bridging the Gap between Microarchitectural and Architectural Side Channels" was published by researchers at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security. Abstract: "In the last years, there has been a rapid increase in microarchitectural attacks, exploiting side effects of various parts of the CPU. Most of them have in common that they rely ... » read more

Comparing Analog and Digital SRAM In-Memory Computing Architectures (KU Leuven)


A technical paper titled "Benchmarking and modeling of analog and digital SRAM in-memory computing architectures" was published by researchers at KU Leuven. Abstract: "In-memory-computing is emerging as an efficient hardware paradigm for deep neural network accelerators at the edge, enabling to break the memory wall and exploit massive computational parallelism. Two design models have surge... » read more

Issues and Opportunities in Using LLMs for Hardware Design


A technical paper titled "Chip-Chat: Challenges and Opportunities in Conversational Hardware Design" was published by researchers at NYU and University of New South Wales. Abstract "Modern hardware design starts with specifications provided in natural language. These are then translated by hardware engineers into appropriate Hardware Description Languages (HDLs) such as Verilog before syn... » read more

Rowhammer Vulnerability Of A HBM2 DRAM Chip


A new technical paper titled "An Experimental Analysis of RowHammer in HBM2 DRAM Chips" was published by researchers at ETH Zurich and American University of Beirut. Abstract: "RowHammer (RH) is a significant and worsening security, safety, and reliability issue of modern DRAM chips that can be exploited to break memory isolation. Therefore, it is important to understand real DRAM chips' ... » read more

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