Sustainable Hardware Specialization Through Reconfigurable Logic (NUS, Ghent Univ.)


A  new technical paper titled "Sustainable Hardware Specialization" was published by researchers at National University of Singapore and Ghent University. "We explore sustainable hardware specialization through reconfigurable logic that has the potential to drastically reduce the environmental footprint compared to a sea of accelerators by amortizing its embodied footprint across multiple a... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


CSIS issued a new report that says Intel is "not too big to fail, but too good to lose." The report noted that Intel is needed for national security, and that it must be viewed in a geopolitical context rather than from a purely business standpoint when it comes to funding the company. Japan's government is creating a 10 trillion yen (~$65 billion) fund for next-gen technologies, including A... » read more

High-Temperature Processing of Molybdenum Interconnects


A technical paper titled "Solving the Annealing of Mo Interconnects for Next-Gen Integrated Circuits" was published by researchers at the National University of Singapore, A*STAR, and imec. Abstract "Recent surge in demand for computational power combined with strict constraints on energy consumption requires persistent increase in the density of transistors and memory cells in integrated ... » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 3


3D printing of specialized antennas, sensors Researchers from the National University of Singapore developed a 3D printing technique that can be used to create three dimensional, self-healing electronic circuits. Called tension-driven CHARM3D, the technique enables the 3D printing of free-standing metallic structures without requiring support materials and external pressure. It uses Field�... » read more

Reasons To Know IGZO


Interest in monolithic 3D integration is driven by both compute-in-memory applications and a more general need for increased circuit density. Compute-in-memory architectures seek to reduce the power requirements of machine learning workloads, which are dominated by the movement of data between memory and logic components. Even in conventional architectures, though, placing high-density, high-ba... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology proposed a new EUV litho technology using only four reflective mirrors and a new method of illumination optics that it claims will use 1/10 the power and cost half as much as existing EUV technology from ASML. Applied Materials may not receive expected U.S. funding to build a $4 billion research facility in Sunnyvale, CA, due to internal government... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


The U.S. Department of Commerce and Amkor Technology signed a deal to provide up to $400 million in funding, under the CHIPS and Science Act, to build a previously announced end-to-end advanced packaging plant. The combined funding is expected to total about $2 billion. The new facility will add some 2,000 jobs in Peoria, Arizona. The SK hynix Board approved its Yongin Semiconductor Cluster... » read more

Research Bits: March 26


Skyrmion switches Researchers from the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and National University of Singapore harnessed skyrmions to build a switch that has the potential to process data faster while using significantly less energy. Skyrmions are magnetic whirls that form in very thin metal layers and can be efficiently moved between magnetic regions. Using a magnetic tun... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan 2


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=180 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

FeFET Memory Encrypted Inside The Storage Array


A new technical paper titled "Embedding security into ferroelectric FET array via in situ memory operation" was published by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, University of Notre Dame, Fraunhofer IPMS, National University of Singapore, and North Dakota State University. Abstract "Non-volatile memories (NVMs) have the potential to reshape next-generation memory systems because of... » read more

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