Chip Industry Week In Review


Deals: NVIDIA inked a $20B non-exclusive licensing deal with Groq for its inference technology. The startup's founder, Jonathan Ross, and some other employees will join NVIDIA to assist in scaling and advancing the technology. The non-exclusive licensing deal, versus an outright purchase, is a tool other companies have used to avoid antitrust regulation. Samsung Ventures made a strategic inv... » read more

AFM-Based Protocol for Characterizing the Incipient Stages of Plasticity on Hybrid Bonding-Ready Copper Pads (NIST, Intel, Colorado School of Mines)


A new technical paper titled "Probing the Nanoscale Onset of Plasticity in Electroplated Copper for Hybrid Bonding Structures via Multimodal Atomic Force Microscopy" was published by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Intel, and Colorado School of Mines. Excerpt  "The slowdown of Moore’s law has elicited a paradigm shift whereby shrinking of in-plane dim... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Government funding/defunding NIST is terminating funding for the SMART USA Institute, a CHIPS Act research center focused on digital twins, prompting congressional concern that the decision disrupts active awards and weakens U.S. semiconductor R&D commitments. Korea Zinc was awarded $210M in CHIPS Act funding towards a new $6.6B Tennessee advanced smelter and minerals processing facility,... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Dec. 8


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=499 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here and in the most recent Chip Industry Week in Review.   » read more

AI With Open And Scaled Data Sharing in IC Manufacturing (NIST)


A new workshop report titled "Artificial Intelligence with Open and Scaled Data Sharing in Semiconductor Manufacturing" was published by NIST. Abstract "The Workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) (NSF award 2334590, "Artificial Intelligence with Open and Scaled Data Sharing in the Semiconductor Industry") and supported by the National Institute of Standards and Techno... » 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

New Rules Put The Squeeze On Semiconductor Gray Market


The shift toward chiplets and multi-die assemblies is forcing big changes in the global supply chain, including much tighter cooperation between companies and governments to ensure the authenticity and quality of semiconductor parts. The chip industry has been looking to digital certificates as the best means of reducing counterfeiting and ensuring consistent quality for some time. The probl... » read more

Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technologies Roadmap 2.0 (SRC)


The Semiconductor Research Corporation just released its Microelectronics and Advanced Packaging Technologies (MAPT) Roadmap 2.0, a comprehensive update to the industry’s first 3D semiconductor roadmap. The roadmap includes contributions of over 370 experts from 132 organizations, with updated content and a new chapter on digital twins and their applications. The roadmap was funded by the ... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Samsung and SK hynix joined OpenAI's Stargate initiative to ensure there will be enough memory chips to meet the needs of AI data centers. The goal is to produce up to 900,000 DRAM wafer starts per month. OpenAI also inked agreements to explore the development of next-gen data centers in Korea. Axcelis Technologies (ion implantation systems) will merge with Veeco Instruments (compound semic... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 16


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=477 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

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