Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 16


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations Eidola: Modeling Multi-GPU Network Communication Traffic in Distributed AI Workloads 🔗 University of Wisconsin-Madison, AMD Beyond Silicon: Materials, Mechanisms, and Methods for Physical Neural Computing 🔗 University of Lübeck, TU Hamburg InjectV: M... » read more

Optimizing EUV Source Efficiency With Radiation-Hydrodynamic Simulations (U. Of Osaka et al.)


Researchers from The University of Osaka, National Institute for Fusion Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, and Osaka Metropolitan University, et al. have published “Optimization of EUV output by experimentally validated radiation-hydrodynamic simulations across a broad laser parameter space”.   Abstract “Practical requirements such as improving ... » read more

Research Bits: Aug. 5


Measuring temperature with neutrons Researchers from Osaka University, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, and Tokamak Energy developed a way to rapidly measure the temperature of electronic components inside a device using neutrons. The technique, called ‘neutron resonance absorption’ (NRA), examines neutrons being ab... » read more

Research Bits: June 8


Five-second coherence for silicon carbide qubits Researchers from the University of Chicago, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, and Linköping University built a qubit from silicon carbide and was able to retain its coherence, or the length of time the quantum state persists, for over five seconds. “It’s uncommon to have quantum information preserved on these human ... » read more