Spotlight On Reliability
Optimizing Analog With Layout In The Loop
Improving parasitic estimation and enabling partial layout extraction earlier...
May 15, 2025
Best Of Both: LP & HP
Best Practices For Power-Aware Verification: Because Desi...
Treating power intent as a post-RTL task almost always causes trouble.
May 15, 2025
A Bit About Memory
HBM4 Elevates AI Training Performance To New Heights
With 3D stacking, high bandwidth and capacity can be achieved in a small, pow...
May 15, 2025
Embedded ML Design
Trapped By Legacy
Just bolting a matrix accelerator onto existing processor IP leads to long-te...
May 15, 2025
At The Core
Deploying PyTorch Models On Edge Devices
A step-by-step tutorial for enabling fast, efficient inference close to where...
May 15, 2025
IP And LP In SoCs
High-Speed Test IO: Addressing High-Performance Data Tran...
Maximize limited package pins with IO that can act as high-speed test ports t...
May 15, 2025
Everything Low Power
UALink: Powering The Future Of AI Compute
A low-latency, high-bandwidth fabric that supports hundreds of accelerators i...
May 15, 2025
Power Source
How To Optimize Products For Performance And Sustainability
Incorporating materials, simulations, data management, optimization, and PLM ...
May 15, 2025
Inside Edge AI Processing
NPU Acceleration For Multimodal LLMs
Processing input data from multiple modalities on mobile and embedded devices.
December 12, 2024
MIPI And Beyond
MIPI In Next Generation Of AI IoT Devices At The Edge
IoT demands a balance between cloud and edge processing to optimize system pe...
April 11, 2024
Chip Industry Week in Review
AI export rule to be scrapped; SEMI, EU request; Cadence, Nvidia supercomputer; AI co-processor; Imagination's new GPU; semi sales up; imec, TNO photonics lab; NSF key to national security; flexible packaging control system; SiConic test engineering; USB 4 support; SiC JFETS; magnetic behavior in hematite.
Three-Way Race To 3D-ICs
Intel, TSMC, and Samsung are developing a broad set of technologies and relationships that will be required for the next generation of AI chips.
Tape-Out Failures Are The Tip Of The Iceberg
As the success rate for the semiconductor industry declines, it may be time to rethink our priorities.
Chip Industry Week in Review
TSMC's technology roadmap; Intel cuts; reciprocal hacking; McKinsey on IC challenges, ML algorithm table; subsystem chiplets; cross-domain PLM; magnetic switches; sarin sensors.
Chip Industry Week in Review
Intel's new roadmap; EU chip plan needs work; RISC-V boost; UK IC workforce study; materials and wafer shipments; on-chip PDN sensor; IoT Wi-Fi 7; new e-beam lithography facility; more earning reports; Apple's 19B chips in U.S.