Modification Of An Existing E-Graph Based RTL Optimization Tool As A Formal Verification Assistant


A technical paper titled “Datapath Verification via Word-Level E-Graph Rewriting” was published by researchers at Intel Corporation and Imperial College London. Abstract: "Formal verification of datapath circuits is challenging as they are subject to intense optimization effort in the design phase. Industrial vendors and design companies deploy equivalence checking against a golden or exi... » read more

Embedded GPU for FPGA, Achieving Over 770 MHz Operating Frequency With Unconstrained Compile


A technical paper titled “eGPU: A 750 MHz Class Soft GPGPU for FPGA” was published by researchers at Intel Corporation and Imperial College London. Abstract: "This paper introduces the eGPU, a SIMT soft processor designed for FPGAs. Soft processors typically achieve modest operating frequencies, a fraction of the headline performance claimed by modern FPGA families, and obtain correspondi... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: August 1


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=39 /] More Reading Technical Paper Library home » read more

Direct Synthesis of Planar (2D) Micro and Nanopatterned Epitaxial Graphene on SiC


A technical paper titled “Direct synthesis of nanopatterned epitaxial graphene on silicon carbide” was published by researchers at University of Technology Sydney, Ludwig-Maxilimians Universität München, Monash University, and Imperial College London. Abstract: "This article introduces a straightforward approach for the direct synthesis of transfer-free, nanopatterned epitaxial graphene... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing


Inflection AI raised $1.3 billion in a new funding round led by Microsoft, Reid Hoffman, Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, and NVIDIA after raising $225 million in the first round to support the ongoing development of Pi, a “useful, friendly, and fun” AI. In partnership with CoreWeave and NVIDIA, Inflection aims to build the world’s largest AI cluster, comprised of 22,000 NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core ... » read more

Research Bits: Aug. 23


Algae-powered microprocessor Engineers from the University of Cambridge, Arm Research, Scottish Association for Marine Science, and Norwegian University of Science and Technology used a widespread species of blue-green algae to power an Arm Cortex M0+ microprocessor continuously for over a year. The algae, Synechocystis, is non-toxic and harvests energy from photosynthesis. The tiny electri... » read more

Technical Paper Round-Up: June 8


  New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=32 /] Semiconductor Engineering is in the process of building this library of research papers. Please send suggestions (via comments section below) for what else you’d like us to incorporate. If you have research papers you are trying to promote, we will review them to see if they are a ... » read more

Hybrid Sensing Platform w/Silicon Nanowires on a Fully Functional CMOS Chip Containing the Readout Electronics & Signal amplification


New technical paper titled "Multisite Dopamine Sensing With Femtomolar Resolution Using a CMOS Enabled Aptasensor Chip" from TU Dresden, Riken Quantitative Biological Center, Imperial College London, NaMLab gGmbH, ETH Zürich, MaxWell Biosystems AG, TU Wien, and Institute of Radiopharmaceutical Cancer Research. Abstract "Many biomarkers including neurotransmitters are found in external bo... » read more

Research Bits: May 24


Printed flexible OLED display Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and Korea Institute of Industrial Technology used a customized 3D printer to print a flexible OLED display. “OLED displays are usually produced in big, expensive, ultra-clean fabrication facilities,” said Michael McAlpine, a professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Minnes... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Dec. 14


Improved digital sensing Researchers from Imperial College London and Technical University of Munich propose a technique to improve the capability of many different types of sensors. The method addresses voltage limits in analog-to-digital converters and the saturation that results in poor quality when an incoming signal exceeds those limits. “Our new technique lets us capture a fuller ra... » read more

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