FuSa Flow For Achieving An ASIL-C Safety Architecture


ISO 26262, titled “Road vehicles – Functional safety,” is an international standard for the functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in road vehicles. First published in 2011 and revised in 2018, ISO 26262 adapts the broader IEC 61508 standard for automotive applications. The ISO 26262 standard underscores the importance of achieving specific random hardware failure rate tar... » read more

Wi-Fi 7 And Wi-Fi 8: Key Features, Differences, And What They Mean For Product Development


Wi-Fi 7 is reshaping how devices communicate, and Wi-Fi 8, with even more advanced capabilities, is on the horizon. Businesses building connected devices need to understand how next-generation Wi-Fi impacts design decisions, user expectations and product viability. Whether you're developing smart home devices, industrial systems or enterprise-grade solutions, staying ahead of these evolvin... » read more

RRAM: Transforming Memory Solutions For AI-driven IoT Devices And Embedded Systems


Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) applications are driving increased demand for high-performance, low-power memory solutions across consumer, medical, and industrial markets. These applications require efficient, Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) to process, store, and retain large volumes of data, as well as support frequent Firmware Over-The-Air (FOTA) updates. In the consumer... » read more

Agentic AI: Lots Of Little Black Boxes


AI is changing so quickly that it's not always clear how much of a security threat it poses for semiconductor design, and that uncertainty increases as AI agents are introduced into the mix. So far, the use of AI in chip design has been highly targeted. Most of what is included in design tools is some version of machine learning, bounded by tight control loops. EDA and IP vendors, large chip... » read more

Achieving An ASIL-C Safety Architecture


By Ann Keffer, Jyothy Melaedavattil Jaganathan, and Arun Gogineni The ISO 26262 standard offers a structured framework for managing functional safety across the entire development lifecycle of automotive electronic systems—from specification and design to implementation, integration, verification, validation, and production release. It emphasizes the importance of meeting specific random h... » read more

SDVs And AI Forcing Big Changes In Automotive


The automotive industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation that includes everything from software-defined vehicles, the injection of AI into nearly every facet of the design and use case of a vehicle, and a complete overhaul of traditional relationships between different tiers and OEMs. The switch to software-defined vehicles is a top priority for the automotive ecosystem. It enables... » read more

Enabling the Highest Levels of SoC Security


Whether you are developing system-on-chips (SoCs) for mobile and wearables, automotive, artificial intelligence (AI), or entertainment, securing your proprietary data and your customers’ information is critical to your company’s long-term success. Hackers can exploit vulnerabilities in any part of those systems, at the network, device, or chip levels. Protecting your systems starts with hav... » read more

Security Tradeoffs: A Difficult Balance


Experts At The Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss hardware security challenges, including new threat models from AI-based attacks, with Nicole Fern, principal security analyst at Keysight; Serge Leef, AI-For-Silicon strategist at Microsoft; Scott Best, senior director for silicon security products at Rambus; Lee Harrison, director of Tessent Automotive IC Solutions at Sieme... » read more

Noise Margin Enhancing ULVR SRAM Cell (Tokyo Institute of Technology)


A new technical paper titled "A New Ultralow-Voltage Retention SRAM Cell Enhancing Noise Immunity" was published by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Excerpt "A new ultralow-voltage retention (ULVR) SRAM cell is proposed, which can highly enhance the noise margin (NM) for the ULVR mode at ultralow voltages (VUL). This 8T cell is configured with newtype Schmitt-trigger (ST) i... » read more

Blog Review: Aug. 6


Cadence's Shyam Sharma checks out key features of the LPDDR6 specification, including data transfer speeds that can reach up to 14.4Gbps, two sub-channels per device, metadata built into the data packets, and row hammer mitigation. Synopsys' Frank Malloy and Vincent van der Leest describe the essential role that a hardware root of trust plays in providing a secure foundation for all other se... » read more

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