Identifying Read Disturbance Threshold of DRAM Chips (ETH Zurich, Rutgers)


A new technical paper, "DiscoRD: An Experimental Methodology for Quickly Discovering the Reliable Read Disturbance Threshold of Real DRAM Chips," was published by ETH Zurich and Rutgers University. Abstract "State-of-the-art DRAM read disturbance mitigations rely on the read disturbance threshold (RDT) (e.g., the number of aggressor row activations needed to induce the first read disturba... » read more

Analysis of the Evolving Landscape of Ultra-low-power Edge AI Processors (U. of Austria, ETH Zurich)


A new technical paper, "Performance Analysis of Edge and In-Sensor AI Processors: A Comparative Review," was published by University of Austria and ETH Zurich. Abstract "This review examines the rapidly evolving landscape of ultra-low-power edge processors, covering heterogeneous Systems-on-Chips (SoCs), neural accelerators, near-sensor and in-sensor architectures, and emerging dataflow a... » read more

Optimizing Oxide Interfaces To Preserve Device Performance in TMDC-based Transistors (imec, ETH Zurich)


A new technical paper, "Oxide induced degradation in MoS2 field-effect transistors," was published by researchers at imec and ETH Zurich. Abstract excerpt "Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDC) are promising candidates for future scaled transistor channels but their performance is often degraded by imperfections such as the interface with amorphous gate oxides. This study examines how amo... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Disruptions caused by the Iran conflict have taken about one third of the global helium supply off the market, an essential gas for semiconductor manufacturing, reports the World Economic Forum. Other potential impacts for the chip industry include bromine and other chemical shortages, logistical disruptions, and higher energy prices incurred by fabs in Asia. Top Deals IBM and Lam R... » read more

Wafer-on-Wafer Hybrid Bonding: Reticle Placements To Achieve Efficient NW Topologies (ETH Zurich)


Researchers from ETH Zurich published the new technical paper "Network Design for Wafer-Scale Systems with Wafer-on-Wafer Hybrid Bonding." Abstract "Transformer-based large language models are increasingly constrained by data movement as communication bandwidth drops sharply beyond the chip boundary. Wafer-scale integration using wafer-on-wafer hybrid bonding alleviates this limitation by p... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Geopolitics U.S. lawmakers are urging tighter export controls on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) to China, warning existing loopholes threaten national security. "China is working to build domestic SME by exploiting access to U.S. and allied subcomponents required to produce tools," states the letter, which also says better coordination with allies is essential. The U.S.... » read more

Automotive Week In Review


Quick links: Automotive chips, Autonomous, EVs, Batteries, Policy, Research. Automotive chips  Mythic and Honda will jointly develop an automotive-grade AI SoC for Honda’s SDVs that leverages Mythic’s energy-efficient analog compute-in-memory technology. ST released a new MCU with AI acceleration for the automotive edge, integrating an embedded neural network accelerator. I... » 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

Channel-Last GAA NS Oxide FET (Stanford, TSMC, ETH Zurich et al.)


A new technical paper titled "Channel-last gate-all-around nanosheet oxide semiconductor transistors" was published by researchers at Stanford University, TSMC, ETH Zurich, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, and Polish Academy of Sciences. Abstract "As we move beyond the era of transistor miniaturization, back-end-of-line-compatible transistors that can be stacked monolithically in the t... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Deals: NVIDIA inked a $20B non-exclusive licensing deal with Groq for its inference technology. The startup's founder, Jonathan Ross, and some other employees will join NVIDIA to assist in scaling and advancing the technology. The non-exclusive licensing deal, versus an outright purchase, is a tool other companies have used to avoid antitrust regulation. Samsung Ventures made a strategic inv... » read more

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