Blog Review: Feb. 19


Cadence's Ravi Vora explains the AMBA Local Translation Interface protocol, which defines the point-to-point protocol between an I/O device and the Translation Buffer Unit of an Arm System Memory Management Unit. Siemens' Stephen V. Chavez provides a checklist for ensuring the quality and functionality of a PCB at every stage, from design through fabrication, assembly, and testing, with a fo... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Worldwide silicon wafer shipments declined nearly 2.7% to 12,266 million square inches in 2024, with wafer revenue contracting 6.5% to $11.5 billion, according to the SEMI Silicon Manufacturers Group. CSIS released a new report, “Critical Minerals and the Future of the U.S. Economy,” with detailed analysis and policy recommendations for building a secure mineral supply chain for semicond... » read more

Signal Integrity Plays Increasingly Critical Role In Chiplet Design


Maintaining the quality and reliability of electrical signals as they travel through interconnects is proving to be much more challenging with chiplets and advanced packaging than in monolithic SoCs and PCBs. Signal integrity is a fundamental requirement for all chips and systems, but it becomes more difficult with chiplets due to reflections, loss, crosstalk, process variation, and various ... » read more

How SPDM Can Drive Digital Transformation


While simulation has proven to help companies develop better products faster and more efficiently, it also produces copious amounts of data. Simulation process data management (SPDM) solutions further accelerate and improve the approach to product development and serve as the cornerstone for implementing and optimizing the digital thread in modern product development. Ansys subject matter ex... » read more

Normalization Keeps AI Numbers In Check


AI training and inference are all about running data through models — typically to make some kind of decision. But the paths that the calculations take aren’t always straightforward, and as a model processes its inputs, those calculations may go astray. Normalization is a process that can keep data in bounds, improving both training and inference. Foregoing normalization can result in at... » read more

What Exactly Is Multi-Physics?


Multi-physics is the new buzzword in semiconductor design and analysis, but the fuzziness of the term is a reflection of just how many new and existing problems need to be addressed simultaneously in the design flow with advanced nodes and packaging. This disaggregation of planar SoCs and the inclusion of more processing elements, memories, interconnects, and passives inside a package has cr... » read more

Designing Optimized Software Stacks for Autonomous Systems in Aerospace and Defense


As autonomous systems percolate through the A&D industry with ever-increasing complexity, the software they use to function must match the current pace of innovation. Achieving this goal will require optimizing the software stacks and fully integrating them into internal and external systems. Want to learn more about autonomous software? In this e-book, you'll: Learn about the softw... » read more

Simulation Closes Gap Between Chip Design Optimization And Manufacturability


Simulation is playing an increasingly critical and central role throughout the design-through-manufacturing flow, fusing together everything from design to manufacturing and test in order to reduce the number and cost of silicon respins. The sheer density of modern chips, combined with advanced packaging techniques like 3D stacking and heterogeneous integration, has made iterative physical p... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


The chip industry is well on its way to hit $1 trillion in revenue by the end of its decade. Several analyst firms released 2024 annual results and 2025 predictions: Worldwide semiconductor revenue reached $626 billion in 2024, an 18% increase versus 2023, according to preliminary Gartner report. Memory revenue grew about 70%  2024 versus 2023. The firm forecasts that HBM will make up 19%... » read more

Med Tech Morphs Into Consumer Wearables


Doctors have been using advanced technology for years, but the growing trend is for consumers to use devices at home and have direct access to their data. Watches and rings that were once primarily used for counting steps or registering sleep patterns can now read blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, body temperature, and other early signs of illness. Meanwhile, various patches are under d... » read more

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