Startup Funding: October 2021
By Jesse Allen - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor manufacturing and packaging companies caught the attention of investors last month, with funding going to a middle-end-of-line foundry, flexible electronics manufacturer, and fab management software. Two Israeli startups are approaching AI accelerators in very different ways, while battery startups propose a variety of new chemistries in the search for the ideal electric vehicle b... » read more

How To Reduce The Impact Of The Global Microcontroller Shortage On ECU Software Development
By Siemens EDA - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

The COVID-19 pandemic had a massive impact on all facets of business and commerce, as widespread supply chain disruptions rippled through every industry. Multiple factors collided to create a global microcontroller shortage that is now impacting the automotive industry, and is forcing developers to redesign Electronic Control Units (ECUs) using alternative Microcontrollers (MCUs) and to otherwi... » read more

Root Of Trust RT-600 Series Security Anchored in Hardware
By Rambus - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Built around a custom 32-bit CPU, the Rambus Root of Trust RT-600 series is at the forefront of a new category of programmable hardware-based security cores. Siloed from the primary processor, it is specifically designed to securely run sensitive code, processes, and algorithms. In addition to the CPU, the RT-600 series contains a large set of hardware blocks arranged around an internal bus fab... » read more

Blog Review: Nov. 3
By Jesse Allen - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

In a blog for Arm, Matthew Griffin of the 311 Institute warns that cybersecurity is an increasingly pressing problem, with large criminal organizations raking in large sums of money and attacks able to impact a wide range of physical systems. Cadence's Paul McLellan checks out Google's video encoder chip and how it helps lower the CPU recycles required by the vast number of videos uploaded t... » read more

RF/Microwave Technology Driving The Connected Car
By Cadence - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

In-car networks and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), made possible through wireless sensors, driver-assist radar, vehicle communications, and related electronics, present many design challenges to engineers. Simulation software enables design teams to effectively manage the complex design and integration challenges associated with developing these high-speed and RF-enabled networks. T... » read more

ML-based Routing Congestion And Delay Estimation In Vivado ML Edition
By Xilinx - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

The FPGA physical design flow offers a compelling opportunity for Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD) for the following reasons: • An ML solution can be applied wholesale to a device family. • There is a vast data farm that can be harvested from device models and design data from broad applications. • There is a single streamlined design flow that an be instrumented, annotated, and quer... » read more

How Semiconductor Solutions Address Safety Requirements Of Future Power Distribution Networks In Autonomous Vehicles
By Infineon - 03 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

Open up the bonnet of any modern automobile and many of us would be hard-pressed to find anything that we could fix ourselves. With pipes and cables almost artistically integrated into the engine bay, and sleek plastic covers fitted everywhere, there is very little that can still be recognized, yet alone repaired. Perhaps the only location where we feel comfortable is the “fuse box”, or pow... » read more

Manufacturing Bits: Nov. 2
By Mark LaPedus - 02 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

IRDS lithography roadmap The Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning, Materials, and Metrology (JM3) has published a paper that outlines the lithography roadmap and the various challenges for the next 15 years. The paper, called the "International Roadmap for Devices and Systems lithography roadmap," projects that extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography and a next-generation version will remain the m... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Nov. 2
By Jesse Allen - 02 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

GaN CMOS ICs Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) are working to increase the functionality available to wide bandgap gallium nitride (GaN) electronics. GaN is frequently used in power electronics, such as power converters and supplies. However, GaN CMOS technology has been hampered by the difficulties in implementing p-channel transistors and integrat... » read more

Reviving The IPO Route For IP Companies
By Ed Sperling - 01 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

K. Charles Janac, chairman and CEO of Arteris IP, sat down with Semiconductor Engineering to talk about the company's recent decision to go public, including the benefits and risks of operating as a public IP company. SE: The rule of thumb used to be $20 million in revenue was needed for an IP company to do an IPO at the turn of the Millennium, and then it increased to $40 million about a de... » read more

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