Special Report
Trimming Waste In Chips
How much extra circuitry is necessary is a matter of debate, but almost everyone agrees it can be reduced.
Top Stories
Data Centers Turn To New Memories
DDR5, NVDIMMs, SGRAM, 3D XPoint add more options, but solutions may be a mix and much more complex.
Noise Abatement
Will noise compromise your next design? The only way to answer that is to understand which aspects of noise are getting worse and the availability of analysis tools to help mitigate issues.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling contends that allowing high-performance devices to operate in extreme temperatures could have big impacts for semiconductors across a wide variety of markets, in New Materials For Computing.
Executive Editor Ann Steffora Mutschler observes that the growth of public clouds will open many new opportunities in the semiconductor industry, in The Evolving Data Center.
Mentor’s Flint Yoder explains how to tune a circuit’s behavior to meet both power and performance specifications, in Body Bias: What It Is, And Why You Should Care.
Helic’s Magdy Abadir zeroes in on the impact of faster speeds and smaller features on noise, in Crosstalk Analysis At 7nm.
Cadence’s Rob Knoth finds that as test grows in importance, earlier integration is key, in High Performance, Low Power, And Test: DFT’s Impact On System PPA And Safety.
Rambus’ Victor Cai looks at the evolution of memory buffer chips, including lower prices and higher shipments, in Industry Heavyweights Eye High-Speed DDR4 Server DIMM Chipsets.
Synopsys’ Rich Collins points out that embedded devices are becoming lucrative targets for attackers, in Securing High-Value Embedded Targets.