Special Report
Big Trouble At 3nm
Costs of developing a complex chip could run as high as $1.5B, while power/performance benefits are likely to decrease.
Top Stories
Quantum Computing Becoming Real
Technology has the potential to reshape processing everywhere, starting with limited scientific and commercial applications.
Dealing With Resistance In Chips
Contacts and interconnects becoming more problematic at each new node, but with fixes come tradeoffs.
Video
Tech Talk: Connected Intelligence
A look at the slowdown in Moore’s Law, and what comes next.
Blogs
Editor In Chief Ed Sperling contends that the next big breakthroughs in performance will come from completely different approaches, in Materials, Magnetism & Quantum Physics.
Executive Editor Mark LaPedus talks with Imec’s CEO about artificial intelligence, automotive, EUV and DNA storage, in What’s Next In R&D?
Lam Research’s Alex Yoon examines new approaches for cloud computing and mobile applications, in Etch Techniques For Next-Generation Storage-Class Memory.
GlobalFoundries’ Yafeng Zhang looks at which approach is better for microcontrollers and why, in System-In-Package Vs. eNVM.
Applied Materials’ Sundeep Bajikar explains why a radical new use in materials and 3D techniques requires changes in process equipment strategies, in part two of What Else Is In A Node?
Semico Research’s Rich Wawrzyniak argues that for advanced SoCs, the projected time and cost saving could make artificial intelligence a must-have item in EDA tools, in Can AI Alter The Burgeoning Design Cost Trend?
SEMI pulled together experts from leading companies to determine what data is relevant, and how to use it as a differentiator in smart manufacturing, in Combining Human Intelligence And Smart Machines.
