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Chip Aging Becoming Key Factor In Data Center Economics
Rising thermal density, higher compute demands, and more custom devices can impact processing at multiple levels.
Top Stories
Will Domain-Specific ICs Become Ubiquitous?
How shifts in end markets and device scaling could alter some fundamental assumptions in chip design.
Running More Efficient AI/ML Code With Neuromorphic Engines
Once a buzzword, neuromorphic engineering is gaining traction in the semiconductor industry.
Power/Performance Costs In Chip Security
Implementing security measures isn’t free. It affects everything from latency and battery life to the equipment and processes used to develop a chip.
Design Considerations In Photonics
As photonics and CMOS converge, will design engineers feel comfortable outside of their respective specialties?
Blogs
Fraunhofer IIS/EAS’ Andy Heinig discusses why energy consumption needs to be reduced and how this can be achieved by striking a balance between universal and highly specialized architectures, in Efficient Electronics.
Siemens EDA’s Russell Klein talks about building a bespoke solution for inference on embedded systems, in High-Level Synthesis Propels Next-Gen AI Accelerators.
Synopsys’ Gordon Cooper shows how smaller models with fewer parameters put image generators and chatbots within reach of an embedded NPU implementation, in How To Successfully Deploy GenAI On Edge Devices.
Rambus’ Tim Messegee talks about the advantages of moving power management from the motherboard to the DIMM, such as helping to solve the problem of IR drop, in DDR5 PMICs Enable Smarter, Power-Efficient Memory Modules.
Cadence’ Kira Jones highlights the Tiny Tapeout program, which enables students and hobbyists to get a design fabricated at a fraction of the usual cost, in How Quickly Can You Take Your Idea To Chip Design?
Ansys’ Adarsh Chaurasia digs into materials discovery and production, including the path towards integrated computational material engineering (ICME) and a partnership with Schrödinger to address material-to-system challenges, in Enabling Multiscale Simulation.
Arm’s Hristo Belchev explains how the memory partitioning and monitoring (MPAM) Arm architecture supplement allows for processes to function in isolation, in MPAM-Style Cache Partitioning With ATP-Engine And Gem5.
Quadric’s Steve Roddy delves into the slowdown caused by conventional AI/ML inference silicon designs that employ a dedicated, hard-wired matrix engine, or NPU, paired with a legacy programmable processor, in Fallback Fails Spectacularly.
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Innovating Electric Mobility: Simulation Solutions For Electric Machines
System-level impacts that directly influence an automaker’s time to market and overall market adoption.
How To Calculate The ROI Of Semiconductor IP Management
Three unique scenarios for how companies use IP-driven silicon development methodologies.
Is The Transformer Era Over?
What went wrong, and what comes next.
Ambient Intelligence eBook
What is ambient intelligence, and how will it affect technology in the future?
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