Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: July 21


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations StreamDQ: Near-Memory Weight DeQuantization in Custom HBM for Scalable AI Inference Acceleration SK hynix Open DRAM Model—Part II: Enabling Processing-in-Memory in 3-D DRAM Georgia Institute of Technology Evaluating Hardware Abstraction Layer Concep... » read more

Monolithic CMOS Platform Integrates Piezo-Optomechanical Photonics (Mitre et al.)


Researchers from MITRE, University of Colorado Boulder, Sandia National Laboratories, University of Arizona, and MIT published a technical paper titled “Monolithic Integration of Piezo-Optomechanical Photonics and CMOS Electronics.” Abstract Excerpt: The paper demonstrates a “fully monolithic, all-CMOS fabricated platform” for piezo-optomechanical photonic integrated circuits and sho... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Micron The memory maker rolled out a slew of announcements this week, including: Raised its planned U.S. investment to more than $250B through 2035, an incremental $50B above what was announced last June, with an ultimate goal of producing 40% of its DRAM in the U.S.; Planned new investments of $3B for U.S. IC supply-chain investments, including $500M in financing for GlobalWafers’ 3... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Deals Marvell acquired Polariton Technologies, a Swiss developer of plasmonics-based silicon photonics devices. Onto Innovation is partnering with Rigaku, combining Onto’s analysis software with Rigaku’s CD-SAXS platform for advanced semiconductor process control. Onto also agreed to acquire a 27% stake in Rigaku for about $710M. Tesla plans to use Intel’s 14A process for its T... » read more

Research Bits: Mar. 17


Photonic ski jumps Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), MITRE, University of Arizona, and Sandia National Laboratories developed a new class of photonic devices that enable the precise broadcasting of light from a chip into free space. The chip uses an array of microscopic structures that curl upward, resembling tiny ski jumps, and allows control over how light is e... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Disruptions caused by the Iran conflict have taken about one third of the global helium supply off the market, an essential gas for semiconductor manufacturing, reports the World Economic Forum. Other potential impacts for the chip industry include bromine and other chemical shortages, logistical disruptions, and higher energy prices incurred by fabs in Asia. Top Deals IBM and Lam R... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Feb. 9


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=521 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

A Manufacturing Approach That Brings Diamond Quantum Photonics Closer To Industrial Production (MIT, KAUST et al.)


"Foundry-Enabled Patterning of Diamond Quantum Microchiplets for Scalable Quantum Photonics" was published by researchers at MIT, KAUST, PhotonFoundries and MITRE. Abstract "Quantum technologies promise secure communication networks and powerful new forms of information processing, but building these systems at scale remains a major challenge. Diamond is an especially attractive material fo... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Big deals and fundings Teradyne and MultiLane are forming a joint venture, MultiLane Test Products (MLTP), to accelerate the development of test solutions for high speed data connections.  Teradyne will be the majority owner. Ricursive Intelligence raised $300M Series A for AI-driven IC design. IonQ plans to acquire SkyWater for ~$1.8B, creating a "vertically integrated full-stack q... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


TSMC is expected to reduce its Fab 14 mature-node capacity by 15% to 20% to free up resources for its advanced packaging technologies, reports Counterpoint. The foundry will likely rely on its VIS affiliate site in Singapore (operational in late 2026) and other overseas fabs to ensure continued supply for older nodes. Memory The U.S. threatened 100% tariffs on South Korean memory compan... » read more

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