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Frenzy At 10/7nm
Focus is on cutting costs across the board, and it turns out there is still quite a bit to cut.
Multi-Physics Combats Commoditization
In a world of billion-gate designs, it is increasingly difficult to create a differentiated product without incorporating multi-physics elements.
Power Modeling And Analysis
Are power models created early enough to be useful, and is that the best approach?
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Tech Talk: 7nm Thermal Effects
The impact of heat on reliability at advanced nodes and in automotive electronics.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling contends that power and performance will continue to improve, but not necessarily because everything is smaller, in What’s After 7nm?
Executive Editor Ann Steffora Mutschler finds the U.S. government is taking its own approach to heterogeneous integration, in DARPA CHIPS Program Pushes For Chiplets.
Helic’s Magdy Abadir explains what electromagnetic crosstalk is all about and how to deal with it, in Noise Issues At 10nm And Below.
Synopsys’ Richard Solomon digs into a new I/O specification and how it will benefit high-performance applications, in CCIX – What And Why?
Mentor’s Ben Whitehead and Paul Morrison show why verification of complex SSD controllers needs to happen earlier and with more flexibility, in How Virtual Emulation Gives The Storage Market A Leg Up.
Rambus’ Aharon Etengoff looks at what’s behind a sales spike, in NVDIMM Market Buoyed By Evolving Data Center Demands.
Cadence’s Thomas Wong questions why there is suddenly so much interest in automotive chips, in Expanding Ecosystem Drives Automotive Semiconductor Gold Rush.