AI’s Impact On Engineering Jobs May Be Different Than Expected


Key Takeaways: AI is expected to eliminate many repetitive, entry-level tasks, but that may allow engineering students trained on the latest tools to start in more senior positions. AI is a force multiplier. It can accelerate the learning curve for junior engineers. While AI is very good at solving multi-dimensional problems, domain expertise, critical thinking, and sanity checks wil... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan 12


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=513 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

HW-Accelerated Physical AI Framework For Resource-Constrained Edge Devices (ASU)


A new technical paper titled "Enabling Physical AI at the Edge: Hardware-Accelerated Recovery of System Dynamics" was published by researchers at Arizona State University. Abstract "Physical AI at the edge—enabling autonomous systems to understand and predict real-world dynamics in realtime—demands efficient hardware acceleration. Model recovery (MR), which extracts governing equations ... » read more

Annual Global IC Fabs And Facilities Report


Semiconductor companies announced a significant number of facilities in 2025 as global onshoring efforts continued across manufacturing, materials, packaging, design, and R&D. Investments came from both industry and government sources. Organizations worked together to solve current technology challenges, including soaring demand for AI chips and advanced memory, as well as complex applic... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan 6


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=510 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Study Of HW Acceleration for Neural Networks (Arizona State Univ.)


A new technical paper titled "Hardware Acceleration for Neural Networks: A Comprehensive Survey" was published by researchers at Arizona State University. Abstract "Neural networks have become a dominant computational workload across cloud and edge platforms, but their rapid growth in model size and deployment diversity has exposed hardware bottlenecks that are increasingly dominated by mem... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Dec 22


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=506 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here and in the most recent Chip Industry Week in Review. » read more

Structural Integrity Assessment of IC Packaging Using Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (Arizona State Univ., Fraunhofer IMWS)


A new technical paper titled "Recent Progress in Structural Integrity Evaluation of Microelectronic Packaging Using Scanning Acoustic Microscopy (SAM): A Review" was published by researchers at Arizona State University and Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS. Abstract "Microelectronic packaging is crucial for protecting, powering, and interconnecting semi... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Dec. 2


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=497 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Simplifying ESD Protection and Inter-Chiplet Signaling In Future 2.5D/3D Packaging Technologies (Arizona State, Univ. of Minnesota)


A new technical paper titled "Tiny Chiplets Enabled by Packaging Scaling: Opportunities in ESD Protection and Signal Integrity" was published by researchers at Arizona State University and University of Minnesota. Abstract: "The scaling of advanced packaging technologies provides abundant interconnection resources for 2.5D/3D heterogeneous integration (HI), thereby enabling the construction... » read more

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