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Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 13 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

The 2024 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) was held this week, prompting a number of announcements from: imec: Proposed a new CFET-based standard cell architecture for the A7 node containing two rows of CFETs with a shared signal routing wall in between, allowing standard cell heights to be reduced from 4 to 3.5T, compared to single-row CFETs. Integrated indium pho... » read more

Is In-Memory Compute Still Alive?
By Bryon Moyer - 12 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

In-memory computing (IMC) has had a rough go, with the most visible attempt at commercialization falling short. And while some companies have pivoted to digital and others have outright abandoned the technology, developers are still trying to make analog IMC a success. There is disagreement regarding the benefits of IMC (also called compute-in-memory, or CIM). Some say it’s all about reduc... » read more

Dual-Grid Interpolation: For Improved Accuracy Of Overset Grid Systems
By Veena Parthan - 12 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has become an integral part of engineering decision-making, providing a deeper understanding of how fluids behave in various scenarios, from the high skies in aerospace all the way to the fast-paced realm of automotive engineering. The task of accurately simulating fluid dynamics, particularly when faced with complex shapes or moving parts, demands innovative ... » read more

Chiplet Interconnects Add Power And Signal Integrity Issues
By Adam Kovac - 12 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

The flexibility and scalability offered by chiplets make them an increasingly attractive choice over planar SoCs, but the rollout of increasingly heterogeneous assemblies adds a variety of new challenges around the processing and movement of data. Nearly all of the chiplets in use today were designed in-house by large systems companies and IDMs. Going forward, third-party chiplets will begin... » read more

Where Is The Software For Shift Left?
By Brian Bailey - 12 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

Co-development of hardware and software has been a dream for a long time, but significant hurdles remain. Neither domain is ready with what the other requires at the appropriate time. The earlier something can be done in a development flow, the less likely problems will be found when they are more difficult or expensive to fix. It may require both tool and methodology changes, so that a proc... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 06 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

Global chips sales hit a record $56.9 billion in October, a 22% increase versus October 2023, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association. Also, global semiconductor equipment billings reached $30.38 billion in Q3 2024, a 19% YoY increase and 13% growth QoQ, SEMI reported. TSMC commenced equipment installation for its 2nm fab in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, six months ahead of schedule. The 2n... » read more

USB4 Sideband Channel Is Not a Side Business
By Neelabh Krishnan - 05 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

The USB4 specification has been around for several years now. Two years ago, USB4 version 2.0 was also released by the USB Promoter Group. This specification enables up to 80Gbps link speed per direction in symmetric mode and 120Gbps link speed in asymmetric mode. Be it Gen 2, Gen 3, or Gen 4 link speeds of 20Gbps, 40Gbps, 80Gbps, or 120Gbps, the sideband channel is indispensable for the sta... » read more

Radar, AI, And Increasing Autonomy Are Redefining Auto IC Designs
By Ann Mutschler - 05 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

Increasing levels of autonomy in vehicles are fundamentally changing which technologies are chosen, how they are used and interact with each other, and how they will evolve throughout a vehicle's lifetime. Entire vehicle architectures are being reshaped continuously to enable the application of AI across a broad swath of functions, prompting increasing investment into technologies that were ... » read more

Where Cryptography Is Headed
By Adam Kovac - 05 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

Reports began surfacing in October that Chinese researchers used a quantum computer to crack military-grade AES 256-bit encryption. Those reports turned out to be wrong, but that did little to dampen concerns about what would happen if it was true. The looming threat of quantum computers breaking today's encryption, and the stockpiling of encrypted data in preparation for a time when it can ... » read more

Blog Review: Dec. 4
By Jesse Allen - 04 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

Siemens' Reetika explains how creating and verifying a complete reset tree structure allows designers to trace the flow of reset signals across the design and ensure that every sequential element is tagged correctly within its respective reset domain. Cadence's Durlov Khan suggests DDR5 DIMM Memory Models and Discrete Component Models as part of a flexible approach to validating specific com... » read more

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