What’s Missing In Test


Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss how functional test content is brought up at first silicon, and the balance between ATE and system-level testing, with Klaus-Dieter Hilliges, V93000 platform extension manager at Advantest Europe; Robert Cavagnaro, fellow in the Design Engineering Group at Intel (responsible for manufacturing and test strategy of data center... » read more

System Level Power Integrity Verification For Multi-Core Microprocessors With FIVR


A technical paper titled "A Compressed Multivariate Macromodeling Framework for Fast Transient Verification of System-Level Power Delivery Networks" was published by researchers at Politecnico di Torino and Intel Corporation. Abstract: This paper discusses a reduced-order modeling and simulation approach for fast transient power integrity verification at full system level. The reference str... » read more

Chiplets Enter The Supercomputer Race


Several entities from various nations are racing each other to deliver and deploy chiplet-based exascale supercomputers, a new class of systems that are 1,000x faster than today’s supercomputers. The latest exascale supercomputer CPU and GPU designs mix and match complex dies in advanced packages, adding a new level of flexibility and customization for supercomputers. For years, various na... » read more