Sustainable AI Systems For Energy-Efficient Computing


By Pushkar Apte, Jim Sexton, and Melissa Grupen-Shemansky The world is abuzz with the new opportunities being created by artificial intelligence (AI), enabled by the availability of unprecedented amounts of data. AI runs on the semiconductor engine, and in turn, creates a rising demand for semiconductor chips. The semiconductor industry is predicted to reach $1 trillion in revenue by 2030 ... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


ASML and imec signed a five-year strategic partnership to advance semiconductor innovation and sustainable technology. The collaboration will leverage ASML’s full product portfolio, including high-NA EUV, DUV immersion, and advanced metrology tools, within imec’s pilot line for sub-2nm R&D. Supported by EU and national funding, it will also drive research in silicon photonics, memory, a... » read more

Reducing Voltage Guard Band


The 2025 International Solid State Circuits Conference was held in San Francisco from February 16th to 20th. IBM presented three papers[1,2,3] based on their Samsung 5nm Tellum II chip. These are interesting in terms of the technology and the specifics about the design and measures taken to improve energy efficiency and reduce power. My first remembrance of a company specializing in guard-ba... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Mar. 10


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=412 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Thermally Aware Chiplet Placement Algorithm Based on Automatic Differentiation (MIT, IBM)


A new technical paper titled "DiffChip: Thermally Aware Chip Placement with Automatic Differentiation" was published by researchers at MIT and IBM. Abstract "Chiplets are modular integrated circuits that can be combined to form a larger system, offering flexibility and performance enhancements. However, their dense packing often leads to significant thermal management challenges, requiring ... » read more

Lines Blurring Between Supercomputing And HPC


Supercomputers and high-performance computers are becoming increasingly difficult to differentiate due to the proliferation of AI, which is driving huge performance increases in commercial and scientific applications and raising similar challenges for both. While the goals of supercomputing and high-performance computing (HPC) have always been similar — blazing fast processing — the mark... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Chinese startup DeepSeek rattled the tech world and U.S. stock market with claims it spent just $5.6 million on compute power for its AI model compared to its billion-dollar rivals in the U.S. The announcement raised questions about U.S. investment strategies in AI infrastructure and led to an initial $600 billion selloff of NVIDIA stock. Since its launch, DeepSeek reportedly was hit by malicio... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan. 28


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=400 /] Find all technical papers here. » read more

SRAM With Mixed Signal Logic With Noise Immunity in 3nm Nanosheet (IBM)


A new technical paper titled "SRAM and Mixed-Signal Logic With Noise Immunity in 3nm Nano-Sheet Technology" was published by researchers at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center and IBM. Abstract "A modular 4.26Mb SRAM based on a 82Kb/block structure with mixed signal logic is fabricated, characterized, and demonstrated with full functionality in a 3nm nanosheet (NS) technology. Designed macros ... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan. 7


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=395 /] Find all technical papers here. » read more

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