Chiplets Vs. Soft IP: Different In Almost Every Way


Chiplets serve a similar function as the soft IP widely used in chips today, but the similarities end there. While both can speed time to market and enable design teams to focus limited resources where they can best be applied, the implementation, manufacturing, test, and long-term business requirements wrought by a chiplet marketplace would be very different. Soft IP (also known as RTL IP) ... » read more

Designing for 448G: Modulation, DSP, and Channel Trade-offs in High-Speed SerDes


Discover practical solutions and engineering insights for deploying 448G SerDes in AI and HPC cluster networks. In this white paper, you’ll learn: The impact of retimed vs. unretimed host architectures on signal integrity and power Key trade-offs between PAM4 and PAM6 modulation Channel design simulations and DSP implications using real-world 448G topologies Equalization stra... » read more

Digital Engineering Drives Industry 5.0


During the Fourth Industrial Revolution, known as Industry 4.0, industrial processes and manufacturing shifted toward digitization in nearly every market, from agriculture and mining to heavy machinery and building automation systems. Today, this digital transformation is not slowing down. A global industrial robotics survey from McKinsey & Co. revealed that industrial companies are expecte... » read more

Zero-Trust Data Sharing Architectures Redefining Chip Manufacturing


Real-time security clearances are becoming increasingly common in the manufacturing of advanced-node semiconductors, where data sharing is both essential and a potential security threat. Data security is a well-known issue in semiconductor manufacturing, but much of it is based on an outdated approach. In its place, zero-trust architectures [1] are now a requirement for new equipment and ins... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Major Deals: Taiwan-based UMC is exploring possible collaboration with Polar Semiconductor for high-volume production of 8-inch wafers at Polar’s expanded Minnesota fab, a move that could provide domestic manufacturing capacity for automotive, data center, consumer, aerospace, and defense customers. Marvell will acquire Celestial AI for $3.25B, adding photonic fabric technology for o... » read more

Small Language Models Create New Security Risks


The rollout of edge AI is creating new security risks due to a mix of small language models (SLMs), their integration into increasingly complex hardware, and the behavior and interactions of both over time. AI data centers still garner the most attention due to massive investments and an ongoing flood of deals and acquisitions, but the edge is quietly starting to take shape for several reaso... » read more

Physical AI Takes Functional Safety Cues From Automotive


Robots are becoming smarter, more capable, and more pervasive, setting the stage for a whole new round of growth that will touch nearly every part of the semiconductor and software industries for decades to come. Robots are at the core of physical AI, a broad segment of edge AI systems that interact with the world through artificial intelligence and sensors. This includes everything from hum... » read more

Harnessing Silicon Lifecycle Management For Chip Security


Silicon lifecycle management is starting to be used in ways that extend well beyond its original mission of ensuring a chip functions to spec throughout its expected lifetime. While tracking aging effects and component failures are still important, the technology also is being deployed to proactively monitor, authenticate, and respond to potential threats in real-time. In fact, not applying ... » read more

Blog Review: Dec. 3


Cadence's Reela Samuel notes that as multi-die integration becomes the new engine of semiconductor performance, the decision between 2.5D and 3D-IC architectures shapes a design's achievable bandwidth, energy efficiency, thermal limits, system size, and even program schedules. Synopsys' Thomas Andersen suggests that the deployment of physical AI will require the fusion of advanced electronic... » read more

SRAM PUF: A Revolutionary Approach to Cryptographic Key Protection


Cryptographic keys are the cornerstone of secure digital systems, enabling encryption, authentication, and data integrity. However, securely storing these keys on-chip presents significant challenges. Traditional methods, such as storing keys in one-time programmable, non-volatile memory, are vulnerable to physical attacks, environmental variations, and lifecycle management issues. Physical Unc... » read more

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