Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Oct. 7


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=480 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 30


Hybrid memory for edge training and inference Researchers from CEA-Leti, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA-List, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, IMS France, Université Paris-Saclay, and the Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies developed a hybrid memory system that combines the traits of ferroelectric capacitors (FeCAP)... » read more

Security Technical Paper Roundup: Sept. 30


A number of hardware security-related technical papers were presented at the August 2025 USENIX Security Symposium. The organization provides open access research, and the presentation slides and papers are free to the public. Topics include side-channel attacks and defenses, embedded security, fuzzing, fault injection, rowhammer, and more. Here are some highlights with associated links: [ta... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 23


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=478 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 23


Opto-electrical excitation of MTJs Researchers at the University of Greifswald, International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, and Aarhus University advanced the use of magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) for neuromorphic computing. The team developed a hybrid opto-electrical excitation scheme that combines electrical currents with short laser p... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 16


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=477 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 16


Beyond-EUV resists Researchers from Johns Hopkins University, East China University of Science and Technology, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Soochow University, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory propose a combination of new resist materials and a higher-powered EUV process that could enable smaller chip feature sizes. The "beyond... » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 8


Gallium oxide pn diodes Researchers at Nagoya University fabricated functional gallium oxide pn diodes that can carry twice as much electrical current as previous gallium oxide diodes and waste less energy than silicon-based diodes. The key challenge in making the pn diode was creating a stable p-type gallium oxide layer. While gallium oxide's crystal structure easily accepts the atoms need... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 8


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=471 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 2


Microwave neural network Researchers from Cornell University designed an on-chip microwave neural network that can perform real-time frequency domain computation for tasks like radio signal decoding, radar target tracking, and digital data processing. By using interconnected modes produced in tunable waveguides, the device can handle data streams in the tens of gigahertz while consuming less t... » read more

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