Are Larger Reticle Sizes On The Horizon?


Making high-NA EUV lithography work will take a manufacturing-worthy approach to stitching together circuits or a wholesale change to larger masks. Circuit stitching between the exposure fields is challenging the design, yield and manufacturability of the high-NA (0.55) EUV transition. The alternative is a radical change from 6x6-inch to 6x11-inch masks that would eliminate stitching, but it... » read more

All-In-One Analog AI Accelerator With CMO/HfOx ReRAM Integrated Into The BEOL (IBM Research-Europe)


A new technical paper titled "All-in-One Analog AI Hardware: On-Chip Training and Inference with Conductive-Metal-Oxide/HfOx ReRAM Devices" was published by researchers at IBM Research-Europe. Abstract "Analog in-memory computing is an emerging paradigm designed to efficiently accelerate deep neural network workloads. Recent advancements have focused on either inference or training accelera... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


The Chinese Academy of Sciences unveiled a fully automated processor chip design system, claiming the potential to accelerate semiconductor development and replace human programmers. Micron Technology plans to expand its U.S. investments to approximately $150 billion in domestic memory manufacturing and $50 billion in R&D, which is $30 billion higher than previously reported. AMD laun... » read more

PCM-Based IMC Technology: Overview Of Materials, Device Physics, Design and Fabrication (IBM Research-Europe)


A new technical paper titled "Phase-Change Memory for In-Memory Computing" was published by researchers at IBM Research-Europe. "We review the current state of phase-change materials, PCM device physics, and the design and fabrication of PCM-based IMC chips. We also provide an overview of the application landscape and offer insights into future developments," states the paper. Find the te... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 9


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=438 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Qualcomm announced plans to buy Alphawave Semi for ~$2.4 billion in a deal expected to close in Q1 2026. Qualcomm plans to leverage Alphawave Semi's connectivity products, including chiplets, to develop high-performance, low-power solutions for AI inferencing and customized CPUs in data centers. Qualcomm's traditional targets were mobile phones and edge computing. [Updated 6/9.] Global semic... » read more

Customizing An LLM Tailored Specifically For VHDL Code And Design Of High Performance Processors (IBM)


A new technical paper titled "Customizing a Large Language Model for VHDL Design of High-Performance Microprocessors" was published by researchers at IBM. Abstract "The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in hardware design has taken off in recent years, principally through its incorporation in tools that increase chip designer productivity. There has been considerable discussion about the ... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 28


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=434 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Podcast: imec's roadmap and a one-on-one interview with the European research house's chief strategy officer. China's Xiaomi debuted an in-house-designed 10-core mobile SoC built on a 3nm process. The company did not identify the foundry. It also announced plans to invest 50 billion yuan (~$7B) over the next decade to develop high-end smartphone chips, as part of a 200 billion yuan (~$28B) c... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 20


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=432 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

← Older posts