The Race To Glass Substrates

By Gregory Haley - 29 May, 2024 - Comments: 5

The chip industry is racing to develop glass for advanced packaging, setting the stage for one of the biggest shifts in chip materials in decades — and one that will introduce a broad new set of challenges that will take years to fully resolve. Glass has been discussed as a replacement material for silicon and organic substrates for more than a decade, primarily in multi-die packages. But ... » read more

Steady and Unsteady Full-Engine Simulations

By Cadence - 29 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

Discover the power of fully coupled steady and unsteady full-engine simulations. Say goodbye to traditional component-by-component methods. This innovative approach seamlessly integrates all engine components into a single, cohesive simulation framework, offering unparalleled accuracy and efficiency for aero-engine simulations. Key Takeaways: Steady and Time-Accurate: Achieve superio... » read more

Integrated, Turnkey Droop Response System: Heterogeneous IP Use Case

By Movellus - 29 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

Whether you serve the ADAS, PC, or networking market, chances are that your SoC is heterogeneous; containing general processors and application-specific accelerators. Your solution might have a systolic array for convolutions, a cluster of CPUs for application code, or a look-aside crypto engine for packet security. While application-specific accelerators significantly improve performance and p... » read more

CMOS ICs for 77 GHz Automotive Radar

By Technical Paper Link - 28 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "CMOS IC Solutions for the 77 GHz Radar Sensor in Automotive Applications" was published by researchers at STMicroelectronics and University of Catania. Abstract "This paper presents recent results on CMOS integrated circuits for automotive radar sensor applications in the 77 GHz frequency band. It is well demonstrated that nano-scale CMOS technologies are the b... » read more

Imperceptible, Lightweight Sensors Directly Printed on Biological Surfaces

By Technical Paper Link - 28 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Imperceptible augmentation of living systems with organic bioelectronic fibres" was published by researchers at University of Cambridge and University of Macau. Abstract "The functional and sensory augmentation of living structures, such as human skin and plant epidermis, with electronics can be used to create platforms for health management and environmental m... » read more

GaN Devices: Properties and Performance At Extremely High Temperatures

By Technical Paper Link - 28 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "High temperature stability of regrown and alloyed Ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN heterostructure up to 500 °C" was published by researchers at MIT, Technology Innovation Institute, Ohio State University, Rice University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Abstract "This Letter reports the stability of regrown and alloyed Ohmic contacts to A... » read more

Research Bits: May 28

By Jesse Allen - 28 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

Nanofluidic memristive neural networks Engineers from EPFL developed a functional nanofluidic memristive device that relies on ions, rather than electrons and holes, to compute and store data. “Memristors have already been used to build electronic neural networks, but our goal is to build a nanofluidic neural network that takes advantage of changes in ion concentrations, similar to living... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 28

By Linda Christensen - 28 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=229 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Scheduling Multi-Model AI Workloads On Heterogeneous MCM Accelerators (UC Irvine)

By Technical Paper Link - 24 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “SCAR: Scheduling Multi-Model AI Workloads on Heterogeneous Multi-Chiplet Module Accelerators” was published by researchers at University of California Irvine. Abstract: "Emerging multi-model workloads with heavy models like recent large language models significantly increased the compute and memory demands on hardware. To address such increasing demands, designin... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 24 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

Absolics, an affiliate of Korea materials company SKC, will receive up to $75 million in direct funding under the U.S. CHIPS Act for the construction of a 120,000 square-foot facility in Covington, Georgia, for glass substrates in advanced packaging. imec will host a €2.5 billion (~$2.72B) pilot line for researching chips beyond 2nm, partially funded through the EU Chips Act. imec CEO Luc ... » read more

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