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Domain-Specific Memory
Rethinking fundamental approaches to memory could have a huge impact on performance.

Tradeoffs To Improve Performance, Lower Power
Customized designs are becoming the norm, but making them work isn’t so simple.

MRAM Evolves In Multiple Directions
But one size does not fit all, and fine-tuning is required.

Blogs

Ansys’ Marc Swinnen digs into how 3D design will force IC design teams to face new physics domains and challenges, in Ten Reasons 3D-IC Will Profoundly Change The Way You Design Electronics.

Arm’s Chet Babla looks at some key trends — from consolidated processing power to smarter batteries — to watch in the coming years, in The EV Era Has Begun: Here Are Five Things We Need For It To Succeed.

Infineon’s Peter Friedrichs examines similarities and differences between SiC and silicon, in Controlling The Reliability Of Silicon Carbide-Based Devices.

Siemens EDA’s Kurt Takara demonstrates how to ensure that data transfer between power domains is not corrupted by metastability, in An Integrated Approach To Power Domain And CDC Verification.

Synopsys’ Aveek Sarkar contends that increasing complexity means designs containing analog and digital components need to be analyzed as one system, in Addressing IC Hyperconvergence Design Challenges.

Cadence’s Paul McLellan zeroes in on what type of high-speed interface to use when connecting chiplets, in Die-To-Die Chiplet Communication.

Rambus’ Frank Ferro observes that 2.5D memory provides the bandwidth, capacity, and power efficiency needed for AI training, but comes with added complexity, in HBM2E Raises The Bar For AI/ML Training.