Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Dec. 2


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=497 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Breaking news: Nvidia and Synopsys announced a multi-faceted, multi-year deal that includes everything from digital twins to CUDA programming, engineering, and marketing collaboration, and Nvidia's $2B purchase of Synopsys stock. [Updated 12/1] Memory news: Micron is building a $9.6B HBM facility in the city of Higashi-Hiroshima Japan, reports Nikkei. China's ChangXin Memory Technol... » read more

DSA Method Of 3D Interconnected Structures In Thin Films (MIT)


A new technical paper titled "Directed self-assembly of 3D interconnected networks" was published by researchers at MIT. Abstract: "Directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) has long been included in the semiconductor roadmap as a lithographic pathway to enable continued device scaling. Tremendous progress has been made in generating two-dimensional (2D) BCP patterns with devi... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


China's Hefei Lumiverse Technology reportedly has developed a desktop-sized High Harmonic Generation light source that generates wavelengths as small as 1nm. One customer already has used it to produce 14nm chips, which was the original target node for EUV, according to one report. As a point of comparison, TSMC and Samsung didn't start using EUV until the 7nm node, relying instead on immersion... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


SK hynix is ramping HBM manufacturing capacity to meet explosive demand for AI data centers. The company will launch 16-stack HBM4 next year, and up to 12-stack HBM4E. HBM5 and HBM5E will be introduced between 2029 and 2031, reports Business Korea. China will not have access to NVIDIA’s most advanced chips, President Trump told 60 Minutes. The Dutch economy minister said Nexperia's chip... » read more

MIT’s Survey On Accelerators and Processors for Inference, With Peak Performance And Power Comparisons


A new technical paper titled "Lincoln AI Computing Survey (LAICS) and Trends" was published by researchers at MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center. Abstract "In the past year, generative AI (GenAI) models have received a tremendous amount of attention, which in turn has increased attention to computing systems for training and inference for GenAI. Hence, an update to this survey is ... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


SEMICON West was held in Phoenix this week, with presentations covering heterogeneous integration, AI, quantum, supply chain resilience, and more. Amid the buzz of the conference, some key manufacturing and test announcements were made this week: The strategic importance of the Phoenix area hub was highlighted. Amkor Technology broke ground this week on its advanced packaging and test camp... » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 30


Hybrid memory for edge training and inference Researchers from CEA-Leti, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA-List, the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, IMS France, Université Paris-Saclay, and the Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies developed a hybrid memory system that combines the traits of ferroelectric capacitors (FeCAP)... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer warned Southeast Asian semiconductor manufacturers that they must shift production to the U.S. or face new punitive tariffs, reports the South China Morning Post. President Trump previously floated a 100% tariff on imported chips. Malaysia and other regional economies are offering large concessions and promises of U.S. goods purchases in hopes of securin... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 23


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=478 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

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