Printing Grids In 3D


Those of you who attended the 2011 Pointwise User Group Meeting may remember that our company president, John Chawner, mentioned during his closing statements how nice it would be to have the ability to print your grids in 3D. That was more than just a dreamy, "what if" statement. It is a reality! Almost. A little history 3D-printed F-16 forward fuselage. I have always been fascinat... » read more

EUV Lithography: Results of Single Particle Volume Charging Processes in EUV Exposure Environment With Focus On Afterglow Effects


A new technical paper titled "Particle charging during pulsed EUV exposures with afterglow effect" was published by researchers at ASML, ISTEQ B.V., and Eindhoven University of Technology. Abstract "The nanoparticle charging processes along with background spatial-temporal plasma profile have been investigated with 3DPIC simulation in a pulsed EUV exposure environment. It is found that the ... » read more

Automated Tool Flow From Domain-Specific Languages To Generate Massively Parallel Accelerators on HBM-Equipped FPGAs


A new technical paper titled "Automatic Creation of High-bandwidth Memory Architectures from Domain-specific Languages: The Case of Computational Fluid Dynamics" was published by researchers at Politecnico di Milano and TU Dresden. The paper states "In this article, we propose an automated tool flow from a domain-specific language for tensor expressions to generate massively parallel acceler... » read more

How Curvilinear Mask Writing Affects Chip Design


As chips become more complex and features continue to shrink, it becomes more difficult to print shapes on photomasks. The ability to print curvilinear masks changes that equation, but not all of the pieces in the flow are automated today. Aki Fujimura, CEO of D2S, talks about what has to change, what will the impact be on design rules, and why using curvilinear shapes can shrink the manufactur... » read more

RISC-V Driving New Verification Concepts


Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss gaps in tools and why new methodologies are needed for RISC-V processors, with Pete Hardee, group director for product management at Cadence; Mike Eftimakis, vice president for strategy and ecosystem at Codasip; Simon Davidmann, founder and CEO of Imperas Software; Sven Beyer, program manager for processor verification at Siemens EDA; Kiran Vittal, ... » read more

Effective Resource Utilization In PCIe Gen6: Shared Flow Control


In PCIe 6.0, the data rate has doubled from 32 GT/s to 64 GT/s. This technology is a cost-effective and scalable interconnect solution that will continue to impact data-intensive markets and applications while maintaining backward compatibility with all previous generations of PCIe. Data-intensive uses include data centers, artificial intelligence/machine learning computing, high-performance co... » read more

Blog Review: April 12


Cadence's Ericles Sousa describes the five critical features of automotive SoC architectures that are essential for developing the next generation of passenger vehicles. In a podcast, Siemens' Steph Chavez chats with Gerry Partida of Summit Interconnect about the difficulties in collaboration between PCB designers and manufacturers, along with best practices that designers should follow to r... » read more

Simulation Solutions For Aviation: Hybrid-Electric Propulsion Systems


The commercial aviation industry is facing the total transformation of aircraft propulsion in the coming decades. As manufacturers develop more sustainable propulsion systems and strive to reduce the environmental impact of commercial aircraft, they must design products optimized for performance and safety. Commercial aviation companies can use digital engineering solutions to do exactly that. ... » read more

Why Data-Over-Sound Is An Integral Part Of Any IoT Engineer’s Toolbox


Data-over-sound technology such as Chirp presents a compelling solution for many device-to-device connectivity applications, particularly for use cases that require frictionless, low cost connectivity with nearby devices. Download this white paper to: Understand the fundamental concepts and benefits of data-over-sound connectivity Explore the key application areas within the Internet... » read more

Generating the Generator: A User-Driven And Template-Based Approach Towards Analog Layout Automation


Various analog design automation attempts have addressed the shortcomings of the still largely manual and, thus, inefficient and risky analog design approach. These methods can roughly be divided into synthesis and procedural generation. An important key aspect has, however, rarely been considered: usability. While synthesis requires sophisticated constraints, procedural generators require expe... » read more

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