Silicon Carbide And Gallium Nitride Bring New Challenges For Semiconductor Test


In the era of megatrends such as electric vehicles (EVs), new technologies are emerging to keep up with evolving demands. One example of this is the evolution of compound semiconductors that use silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) for high-performance power systems. Innovating test protocols to handle wide bandgap materials For many power-related applications, the semiconductor in... » read more

A Renaissance Of Innovation


Innovation in semiconductor testing plays a critical role in the advancement of the semiconductor industry, ensuring that the chips and components that power modern technology are reliable, efficient, and capable of meeting the ever-increasing demands of various applications. As semiconductors become more complex, the methods and technologies used to test them must also evolve to maintain quali... » read more

Outsmarting Silent Data Corruption In AI Processors With Two-Stage Detection


Silent data corruption is on the rise following advancements in semiconductor technology. The explosion in AI for speech, image, video, and text processing leads to a growing complexity and diversity of hardware systems, bringing an increased risk to data integrity. SDC rate is much higher than software engineers expect, undermining the hardware reliability they used to take for granted. Rec... » read more

High-Temperature Processing of Molybdenum Interconnects


A technical paper titled "Solving the Annealing of Mo Interconnects for Next-Gen Integrated Circuits" was published by researchers at the National University of Singapore, A*STAR, and imec. Abstract "Recent surge in demand for computational power combined with strict constraints on energy consumption requires persistent increase in the density of transistors and memory cells in integrated ... » read more

Improving Power and Speed in GAA-NS FETs


A new technical paper titled "Design Decoupling of Inner-and Outer-Gate Lengths in Nanosheet FETs for Ultimate Scaling" was published by researchers at Belgium Research Center, Huawei Technologies and Global TCAD Solutions. Abstract: "Using a full design-technology-co-optimization (DTCO) methodology, we show the advantages of design decoupling of inner -and outer-gates in gate-all-around ... » read more

Scaling Performance In AI Systems


Improving performance in AI designs involves the usual tradeoffs in power and performance, but achieving a good balance is becoming much more challenging. There is more data to process, new heterogeneous architectures to contend with, and much higher utilization rates. Andy Nightingale, vice president of product management and marketing at Arteris, talks about where the bottlenecks are, how to ... » read more

Research Bits: Nov. 11


Quantum tunneling transistor Researchers from MIT and University of Udine fabricated a transistor that uses ultrathin layers of gallium antimonide and indium arsenide arranged in vertical nanowire heterostructures with a diameter of 6nm. The quantum tunneling effects of the material enable it to simultaneously achieve low-voltage operation and high performance. “This is a technology with ... » read more

Degrees Of Freedom For Innovation


I have been involved in several startups during my career, both true startups and startup ventures within a large EDA company. While they both demand innovative solutions, they have a very different goal and structures. When researching my story about innovation within EDA (yet to be published), I expected to receive a lot of large company bashing. While some pointed to sales strategies that... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Nov. 11


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=381 /] More Reading Technical Paper Library » read more

Non-Stateful Logic Gates in ReRAM (RWTH Aachen, FZJ)


A new technical paper titled "Experimental Verification and Evaluation of Non-Stateful Logic Gates in Resistive RAM" was published by researchers at RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH (FZJ). Abstract "Resistively switching, non-volatile memory devices facilitate new logic paradigms by combining storage and processing elements. Several non-stateful concepts such as Sco... » read more

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