The Data Dilemma In Semiconductor Testing And Why It Matters: Part 1


In today’s semiconductor industry, machine learning (ML) is no longer a buzzword — it’s an operational necessity. From optimizing test flows to identifying device drifts and executing advanced analytics like VMIN or trimming, ML-based applications are increasingly used to boost yields, improve quality, and lower test costs. But there’s a catch. To make these intelligent applications ... » read more

Multimodal AI For IoT Devices Requires A New Class Of MCU


The rise of AI-driven IoT devices is pushing the limits of today’s microcontroller unit (MCU) landscape. While AI-powered perception applications—such as voice, facial recognition, object detection, and gesture control—are becoming essential in everything from smart home devices to industrial automation, the hardware available to support them is not keeping pace. The challenge? The broad ... » read more

Boosting AI Performance With CXL


As AI applications rapidly advance, AI models are being tasked with processing massive amounts of data containing billions – or even trillions – of parameters. Each large workload involves numerous iterations for data comparison, predictive calculations, and parameter results updating during training. Hence, there is a constant demand for flexible memory expansion and memory sharing among d... » read more

Executive Outlook: Chiplets, 3D-ICs, and AI


Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss chiplets and the challenges of moving to 3D-ICs with Bill Mullen, Ansys fellow; John Ferguson, senior director of product management at Siemens EDA; Chris Mueth, senior director of new markets and strategic initiatives at Keysight; Albert Zeng, senior engineering group director at Cadence; Anand Thiruvengadam, senior director and head of AI product ... » read more

Optical Interconnectivity At 224 Gbps


AI is generating so much traffic that traditional copper-based approaches for moving data inside a chip, between chips, and between systems, are running out of steam. Just adding more channels is no longer viable. It requires more power to drive signals, and the distance those signals can travel without excessive loss is shrinking. Mike Klempa, product marketing specialist at Alphawave Semi, di... » read more

Inside Chips Podcast: May 27


Jo De Boeck, chief strategy officer and EVP at imec, talks with Semiconductor Engineering Technology Editor Gregory Haley about system technology co-optimization and the intersection of technology and AI. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUgQPBIaDHQ » read more

Energy-Efficient Computing Systems For Sustainable AI


As artificial intelligence (AI) proliferates rapidly, AI models and datasets are also growing rapidly in size. This growth far outpaces performance improvement in hardware systems, and is increasing AI’s energy consumption unsustainably. To address these challenges and explore collaborative solutions, SEMI’s Smart Data-AI Initiative – as part of its Future of Computing focus – r... » read more

Future-proofing AI Models


Experts At The Table: Making sure AI accelerators can be updated for future requirements is becoming essential due to the rapid introduction of new models. Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the challenges of future-proofing these designs with Marc Meunier, director of ecosystem development at Arm; Jason Lawley, director of product marketing for AI IP at Cadence; Paul Karazuba, vic... » read more

HBM4 Elevates AI Training Performance To New Heights


Generative and Agentic AI are pushing an extremely rapid evolution of computing technology. With leading-edge LLMs now in excess of a trillion parameters, training takes an enormous amount of computing capacity, and state-of-the-art training clusters can employ more than 100,000 GPUs. High Bandwidth Memory (HBM) provides the vast memory bandwidth and capacity needed for these demanding AI train... » read more

Trapped By Legacy


At Quadric, we do a lot of first-time introductory visits with prospective new customers. As a rapidly expanding processor IP licensing company that is starting to get noticed (even winning IP Product of the Year!) such meetings are part of the territory. Which means we hear a lot of similar-sounding questions from appropriately skeptical listeners who hear our story for the very first time. Th... » read more

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