Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 05 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Susan Rambo, Jesse Allen, and Liz Allan The U.S. government will provide about $162 million in federal incentives, under the CHIPS and Science Act, to help Microchip onshore its semiconductor supply chain. The move is aimed at securing a reliable domestic supply of MCUs and mature-node chips. “Today’s announcement will help propel semiconductor manufacturing projects in Colorado and O... » read more

How Secure Are FPGAs?

By Karen Heyman - 04 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 1

The unique hybrid software/hardware nature of FPGAs makes them tempting targets for cyberattacks, while also enabling them to rebuff attacks and change the attack surface before significant damage can be done. But it's becoming increasingly challenging to address all the potential vulnerabilities. FPGAs are often included in larger systems, each with their own unique attack vectors as well a... » read more

Key Inflection Points Influencing Bluetooth Low Energy Sourcing Decisions

By Charles Dittmer - 04 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

Bluetooth 5.4, the latest specification from the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), includes a number of enhancements that will open additional markets and use cases. This is one of several inflection points in the Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) market that we will discuss in this blog. One thing I have learned over the course of my career in delivering multiple wireless products is that th... » read more

Money Pours Into New Fabs And Facilities

By Liz Allan - 03 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

Fabs, packaging, test and assembly, and R&D all drew major funding in 2023. Companies poured money into offshore locations, such as India and Malaysia, to access a larger workforce and lower costs, while also partnering with governments to secure domestic supply chains amid ongoing geopolitical turmoil. Looking ahead, artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, and data applications... » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 3

By Jesse Allen - 03 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

Siemens' Stephen Ferguson looks at the history of computer aided engineering through the lens of how humans interact with computers, with each development enabling a step change in engineering productivity, and the new era on the horizon. Cadence's Krunal Patel finds that the security of data transmission can be improved by integrating Ethernet with Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), which ... » read more

Challenges Facing The Automotive Industry Now And In The Future

By Synopsys - 03 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

The next decade may be the most exciting for the automotive industry, with carmakers, suppliers, and consumers all witnessing changes and advancements coming at breakneck speed. In fact, there will likely be more development of new technologies to power vehicles, make them safer and offer more conveniences and services in the next 10 years than in the previous 50 years. Battery-electric powertr... » read more

Analog Design Complicates Voltage Droop

By Ann Mutschler - 27 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to talk about voltage droop in analog and mixed-signal designs, and the need for multi-vendor tool interoperability and more precision, with Bill Mullen, distinguished engineer at Ansys; Rajat Chaudhry, product management group director at Cadence; Heidi Barnes, senior applications engineer at Keysight; Venkatesh Santhanagopalan, product ... » read more

RISC-V Micro-Architectural Verification

By Brian Bailey - 21 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 3

RISC-V processors are garnering a lot of attention due to their flexibility and extensibility, but without an efficient and effective verification strategy, buggy implementations may lead to industry problems. Prior to RISC-V, processor verification almost became a lost art for most semiconductor companies. Expertise was condensed into the few commercial companies that provided processors or... » read more

Dramatic Changes Ahead For Chips And Systems

By Karen Heyman - 21 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

Early this year, most people had never heard of generative AI. Now the entire world is racing to capitalize on it, and that's just the beginning. New markets, such as spatial computing, quantum computing, 6G, smart infrastructure, sustainability, and many more are accelerating the need to process more data faster, more efficiently, and with much more domain specificity. Compared to the days ... » read more

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