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Silicon Carbide And Gallium Nitride Bring New Challenges For Semiconductor Test
By Jeorge Hurtarte - 12 Nov, 2024 - Comments: 0

In the era of megatrends such as electric vehicles (EVs), new technologies are emerging to keep up with evolving demands. One example of this is the evolution of compound semiconductors that use silicon carbide (SiC) and gallium nitride (GaN) for high-performance power systems. Innovating test protocols to handle wide bandgap materials For many power-related applications, the semiconductor in... » read more

Complex Heterogeneous Integration Drives Innovation In Semiconductor Test
By Jeorge Hurtarte - 15 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 0

Heterogeneous integration is driving innovation in the semiconductor industry, but it also introduces more complexity in chip design, which translates to more intricate test requirements. The automated test equipment (ATE) industry is responding, developing and utilizing more sophisticated test equipment capable of handling the diverse functionalities and interfaces needed to test heterogeneous... » read more

How The Semiconductor Ecosystem Is Responding To Its Global Challenges
By Jeorge Hurtarte - 10 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

The semiconductor industry is changing rapidly, with government support for re-shoring capacity creating new interplay among resources in Asia, the U.S., and Europe—even as the industry develops and sustains new technologies like HBM and heterogeneous integration. Geopolitical factors such as the CHIPS (Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors for America) Act, the scarcity of s... » read more

Semiconductor Shifts In Automotive: Impact Of EV And ADAS Trends
By Fisher Zhang - 06 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

The integration of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and the transition towards electric vehicles (EVs) are significantly transforming the automotive industry. Modern vehicles, essentially computers on wheels, require substantially more semiconductors. In response, carmakers are forming stronger partnerships with semiconductor vendors – some are taking a page from tech giants like ... » read more

Semiconductor Testing Unlocks Increasing Levels Of ADAS
By Fisher Zhang - 11 Jun, 2024 - Comments: 0

Today’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) require unprecedented computing power – tasked with processing an incredible amount of data from sensors in real-time, making split-second decisions, and ensuring the safety and comfort of passengers. The challenge is fluid and, as vehicles ascend from one level of autonomous driving to the next, computational demands will rise exponentially... » read more

Battery Management Testing: Alleviating EV Buyer Anxiety
By Thomas Koehler - 14 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

As the electric vehicle (EV) market surges towards 2040, fueled by strong consumer enthusiasm, the need to address key concerns about EV range, reliability, and battery life has become critical. Anxiety over potential range limitations, amplified by fears of scarce charging options, alongside safety worries due to media-reported battery incidents, have slowed adoption rates. Here, the semicondu... » read more

Partnership To Improve Semiconductor Quality And Yield
By Eli Roth - 08 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Eran Rousseau (NI) and Eli Roth (Teradyne) The semiconductor industry is notorious for its high production costs and the critical importance of maintaining impeccable product quality. As technology advances and consumer expectations rise, semiconductor companies face constant pressure to meet these cost and quality goals while also delivering cutting-edge products. Traditionally, the s... » read more

The Power Of AI To Drive Productivity Gains
By Regan Mills - 07 Nov, 2023 - Comments: 0

Tuberculosis (TB) has been around for at least 9000 years, and people have been trying to find a cure or treatment for hundreds of years, but it remains one of the deadliest infectious diseases in the world, killing more than 1.5 million people per year. Despite all of the motivation and effort, there has been only partial progress in fully eradicating the disease but a company in South Korea, ... » read more

Delivering Real-Time Analytics To Semiconductor Test
By Eli Roth - 10 Oct, 2023 - Comments: 0

As defined by Moore’s Law, the semiconductor field has been growing at a steady pace since the 1960s. Concurrent with this progression, semiconductors are becoming more complex, densely integrated, and expensive to produce. While such advancements pose new challenges to semiconductor manufacturing, we can extend Moore’s Law well into the future by reimagining the way we approach the semicon... » read more

Test Strategies In The Era Of Heterogeneous Integration
By Fisher Zhang - 12 Sep, 2023 - Comments: 0

Moore’s Law, the observation that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit doubles approximately every two years, is critical to advances in computing technology. For decades, fabs have managed to achieve exponential growth in digital capability and transistor density by making transistors smaller and smaller, but we’ve hit the physical limits of these processes. Today, new proces... » read more

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