American Innovation, American Growth: A Vision For The National Semiconductor Technology Center

By MITRE ENGENUITY - 16 Feb, 2023 - Comments: 0

In the paper, MITRE Engenuity and The Semiconductor Alliance take on the task of defining the principles by which the NSTC should be established to ensure that the U.S. makes the most of this opportunity to bring substantial funding and cross-sector collaboration to bear on the challenge of driving U.S. leadership in semiconductors for decades to come. Click here to read more. » read more

Making The Most Of Data Lakes

By Anne Meixner - 09 Aug, 2022 - Comments: 0

Having all the semiconductor data available is increasingly necessary for improving manufacturability, yield, and ultimately the reliability of end devices. But without sufficient knowledge of relationships between data from different processes and computationally efficient data structures, the value of any data is significantly reduced. In the semiconductor industry, reducing waste, decreas... » read more

Creating IoT Devices That Will Remain Secure

By Ed Sperling - 30 Nov, 2021 - Comments: 0

What’s secure today may not be secure in the future, and even if you include an IoT device with state-of-the-art security, it may be surrounded by less secure devices. Steve Hanna, distinguished engineer at Infineon, examines the impact of security on IoT adoption, why resilience across a system is the new target for secure designs, and how to minimize the impact of less secure devices. » read more

A quantitative model for the bipolar amplification effect: A new method to determine semiconductor/oxide interface state densities

By Technical Paper Link - 12 Oct, 2021 - Comments: 0

Abstract "We report on a model for the bipolar amplification effect (BAE), which enables defect density measurements utilizing BAE in metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors. BAE is an electrically detected magnetic resonance (EDMR) technique, which has recently been utilized for defect identification because of the improved EDMR sensitivity and selectivity to interface defects.... » read more

Design Issues For Chips Over Longer Lifetimes

By Ed Sperling - 08 Mar, 2021 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the myriad challenges associated with chips used in complex systems over longer periods of time them with Jean-Marie Brunet, senior director for the Emulation Division at Siemens EDA; Frank Schirrmeister, senior group director for solution marketing at Cadence; Maurizio Griva, R&D Manager at Reply; and Laurent Maillet-Contoz, system and architec... » read more

Infrastructure Impacts Data Analytics

By Anne Meixner - 08 Dec, 2020 - Comments: 2

Semiconductor data analytics relies upon timely, error-free data from the manufacturing processes, but the IT infrastructure investment and engineering effort needed to deliver that data is, expensive, enormous, and still growing. The volume of data has ballooned at all points of data generation as equipment makers add more sensors into their tools, and as monitors are embedded into the chip... » read more

What’s Changing, What Isn’t

By Ed Sperling - 26 Mar, 2020 - Comments: 0

The global pandemic is creating economic chaos on a global scale. The big question now is when the coronavirus is brought under control, and just how long its effects will extend beyond the current health crisis. For the semiconductor industry, which has weathered many long and deep financial swings, this one at least is finite. When the virus stops spreading, or when treatments are availabl... » read more

Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test

By Mark LaPedus - 23 Aug, 2019 - Comments: 0

AI chip boom or bust? The semiconductor industry is the most bullish about adopting artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new report from Accenture. Some 77% of semiconductor executives surveyed said they have adopted AI within their businesses or are piloting the technology. In addition, 63% of semiconductor executives expect that AI will have the greatest impact on their business over... » read more

Week in Review: IoT, Security, Auto

By Jeff Dorsch - 12 Jul, 2019 - Comments: 0

Products/Services Arteris IP reports that Bitmain licensed the Arteris Ncore Cache Coherent Interconnect intellectual property for use in its next-generation Sophon Tensor Processing Unit system-on-a-chip devices for the scalable hardware acceleration of artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms. “Our choice of interconnect IP became more important as we continued to increase t... » read more

The 3 Big Data Mega Trends For Manufacturing

By Optimal Plus - 11 Jun, 2019 - Comments: 0

By Michael Schuldenfrei In today’s global, highly competitive economy, industrial companies are under intense pressure to lower manufacturing costs and streamline processes without compromising quality. Production managers are expected to contribute to improved business outcomes through ultra-efficient use of raw materials, near-zero production downtime, streamlined labor costs, and agile wo... » read more

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