Reduce Noise And Improve Fan Performance With Serrated Edges


Industrial fans are widely utilized across various sectors, including manufacturing, automotive, and energy production, playing a vital role in ventilation and cooling. However, a notable drawback of these powerful machines is the significant noise they produce, which can range from 70 to 120 decibels. A primary contributor to this noise is the aerodynamic turbulence created by the fan blades. ... » read more

Small Language Models Create New Security Risks


The rollout of edge AI is creating new security risks due to a mix of small language models (SLMs), their integration into increasingly complex hardware, and the behavior and interactions of both over time. AI data centers still garner the most attention due to massive investments and an ongoing flood of deals and acquisitions, but the edge is quietly starting to take shape for several reaso... » read more

Physical AI Takes Functional Safety Cues From Automotive


Robots are becoming smarter, more capable, and more pervasive, setting the stage for a whole new round of growth that will touch nearly every part of the semiconductor and software industries for decades to come. Robots are at the core of physical AI, a broad segment of edge AI systems that interact with the world through artificial intelligence and sensors. This includes everything from hum... » read more

Building Custom Graphics Cards For Cloud Gaming


The global cloud gaming market will reach over $20B by 2030, with Asia Pacific representing 45% of the opportunity according to Grandview Research. However, incumbent GPU solutions were designed for data center compute, not the unique economics of cloud gaming, where profitability depends on maximizing concurrent users per GPU while maintaining a premium user experience. For companies devel... » read more

Harnessing Silicon Lifecycle Management For Chip Security


Silicon lifecycle management is starting to be used in ways that extend well beyond its original mission of ensuring a chip functions to spec throughout its expected lifetime. While tracking aging effects and component failures are still important, the technology also is being deployed to proactively monitor, authenticate, and respond to potential threats in real-time. In fact, not applying ... » read more

Tunnel FETs: Surpassing the Energy Efficiency of Conventional MOSFETs (Sandia Labs)


A new technical paper titled "Next-generation tunnel FETs: exploring material perspectives and areal tunneling configurations" was published by researchers at Sandia National Laboratories. Abstract "The end of Dennard scaling, which facilitated proportional increases in computing power without added energy costs until the mid-2000s, has underscored the urgent need for innovative semicondu... » read more

Boosting Memory Bandwidth Availability By Salvaging Idle I/O Bandwidth Resources (Georgia Tech)


A new technical paper titled "Pushing the Memory Bandwidth Wall with CXL-enabled Idle I/O Bandwidth Harvesting" was published by researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology. Abstract "The continual increase of cores on server-grade CPUs raises demands on memory systems, which are constrained by limited off-chip pin and data transfer rate scalability. As a result, high-end processors ty... » read more

The Future of Powering AI


We are at the dawn of the next technological revolution. A revolution driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI) and accelerating at an unprecedented speed. At the end of 2022, with the launch of ChatGPT, our world changed significantly; within two months, it gained 100 million active users. AI not only has the potential to transform every area of life, be it financial services, digital assistants,... » read more

Calibre 3DPERC: Your Key To Robust ESD Solutions For 3D ICs


As semiconductor designs move beyond the limits of planar integration, three-dimensional (3D) IC technology introduces new challenges for ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection and verification. In this paper, author Dina Medhat explores how traditional verification methods must evolve for 3D ICs, detailing the crucial differences in pad classification, protection circuit strategies and the i... » read more

Accelerating High-Lift Aerodynamics: Automated Meshing for CFD Excellence


High-lift aerodynamic prediction plays a crucial role in optimizing aircraft performance during takeoff and landing. Yet, capturing the intricacies of boundary layer separation, wake formation, and vortex interactions remains a formidable challenge in computational fluid dynamics (CFD). Learn how to address these hurdles with advanced, automated mesh generation tailored for high-fidelity simula... » read more

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