Paving The Way For Sustainable AI


Real-time requirements and the need for power-efficiency, security and privacy drives AI-processing at the edge. Key benefits of Edge AI include: -Low latency and real-time response -High power efficiency -Improved security and data privacy -Reduced cost A complementary set of AI-specific products and solutions, an end-to-end ML platform as well as an extensive application kno... » read more

Managing Legacy In Automotive


Experts At The Table: The automotive ecosystem is in the midst of an intense evolution as OEMs and tiered providers grapple with how to deal with legacy technology while incorporating ever-increasing levels of autonomy, electrification, software defined vehicle concepts, just to name a few. Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss these and other related issues with Wayne Lyons, senior dir... » read more

Radar-Based Vital Signs Detection For In-Cabin Applications


Radars have been at the forefront of the automotive industry for some time now. They play an integral part in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and aid in applications such as adaptive cruise control, collision mitigation, blind spot detection, lane change assist, and many other applications. In-cabin sensing is an emerging area in the automotive industry, and radars play an integral... » read more

Chiplet-Level HI of Polymer-Based Circuits For Fabricating Flexible Electronic-Photonic Integrated Devices


A technical paper titled "Flexible electronic-photonic 3D integration from ultrathin polymer chiplets" was published by researchers at Dartmouth College and Boston University. The paper states: "Here, we present a robust chiplet-level heterogeneous integration of polymer-based circuits (CHIP), where ultrathin polymer electronic and optoelectronic chiplets are vertically bonded at room tempe... » read more

Lightweight, High-Performance CPU Extension for Protected Key Handles with CPU-Enforced Usage (CISPA, Ruhr Univ. Bochum)


A new technical paper titled "KeyVisor -- A Lightweight ISA Extension for Protected Key Handles with CPU-enforced Usage Policies" was published by researchers at CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security and Ruhr University Bochum. Abstract "The confidentiality of cryptographic keys is essential for the security of protection schemes used for communication, file encryption, and outsou... » read more

Multi-Faceted Spin Orbit Torque Phenomena in GdCo (Berkeley)


A new technical paper titled "Tunable multistate field-free switching and ratchet effect by spin-orbit torque in canted ferrimagnetic alloy" was published by researchers at UC Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The paper states: "Spin-orbit torque is not only a useful probe to study manipulation of magnetic textures and magnetic states at the nanoscale but also it carries g... » read more

The Cost Of EDA Data Storage And Processing Efficiency


Engineering teams are turning to the cloud to process and store increasing amounts of EDA data, but while the compute resources in hyperscale data centers are virtually unlimited, the move can add costs, slow access to data, and raise new concerns about sustainability. For complex chip designs, the elasticity of the cloud is a huge bonus. With advanced-node chips and packaging, the amount of... » read more

Blog Review: Oct. 9


Siemens’ Stephen Chavez looks at the key benefits and challenges to achieving a successful ECAD-MCAD collaboration. Cadence’s Nayan Gaywala shares the AXI4 locking mechanism when implementing an Xtensa LX-based multi-core system on a Xilinx FPGA platform, using a dual-core design mapped to a KC705 platform as an example. Synopsys’ Vincent van der Leest digs into SRAM PUFs and their ... » read more

High-NA EUV Lithography: Enhancing Resolution By Split Pupil Exposure (Fraunhofer, ASML)


A new technical paper titled "Resolution enhancement for high-numerical aperture extreme ultraviolet lithography by split pupil exposures: a modeling perspective" was published by researchers at Fraunhofer IISB and ASML. The open source paper published on SPIE states: "The lithographic imaging performance of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography is limited by the efficiency of light diffrac... » read more

Research Bits: Oct. 8


Soft, flexible polymer semiconductors Stanford University materials scientists used a specialized electron microscope – cryo-electron microscopy (Cryo 4D-STEM) – to explore the microstructure of soft semiconductors that could lead to new-generation electronics. Organic mixed ionic-electronic conductors (OMIECs) are soft, flexible polymer semiconductors with promising electrochemical qua... » read more

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