Chip Industry Week in Review


Intel reported flat year-over year revenue for Q2, exceeding Wall Street's pessimistic expectations. In a message to employees, CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company will: Cut about 15% of its staff, ending the year with about 75,000 employees, down from a high of nearly 132,000 in 2022; Scrap projects in Poland and Germany, consolidate other sites in central America and Southeast Asia, and s... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 18


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=234 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Samsung unveiled its latest 2nm and 4nm process nodes, plus its AI solutions during the Samsung Foundry Forum. The company also introduced an aggressive roadmap for the next few years that includes 3D-ICs with logic-on-logic, starting in 2025; custom HBM with built-in logic; backside power delivery on 2nm technology in 2027; and co-packaged optics. In presentations at the event, the company als... » read more

Characterizing and Evaluating A Quantum Processor Unit In A HPC Center


A new technical paper titled "Calibration and Performance Evaluation of a Superconducting Quantum Processor in an HPC Center" was published by researchers at Leibniz Supercomputing Centre, IQM Quantum Computers, and Technical University of Munich. Abstract "As quantum computers mature, they migrate from laboratory environments to HPC centers. This movement enables large-scale deployments,... » read more