Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 16 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Susan Rambo, Karen Heyman, and Liz Allan. Renesas plans to acquire Altium, maker of PCB design software, for $5.9 billion. In a conference call, Renesas CEO Hidetoshi Shibata cited Altium's PCB design software and digital twin virtual modeling as key components of its future strategy. "I believe it will generate transformational value for our combined customers and our stakeholders," Shib... » read more

Research Bits: Feb. 13

By Jesse Allen - 13 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

Fast phase-change memory Researchers from Stanford University, TSMC, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and University of Maryland developed a new phase-change memory for future AI and data-centric systems. It is based on GST467, an alloy of four parts germanium, six parts antimony, and seven parts tellurium, which is sandwiched between several other nanometer-thin material... » read more

Heterogeneous Integration And Electronics Packaging Manufacturing Roadmap (SEMI & UCLA)

By Technical Paper Link - 09 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

A report titled “Manufacturing Roadmap for Heterogeneous Integration and Electronics Packaging (MRHIEP)” was published by researchers at SEMI and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)'s Center for Heterogeneous Integration and Performance Scaling (CHIPS), and funded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). MRHIEP Goals: "The goal of MRHIEP is to develop an o... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 09 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Jesse Allen, Linda Christensen, and Liz Allan. The Biden administration plans to invest more than $5B for semiconductor R&D and workforce support, including in the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), as part of the rollout of the CHIPS Act. Today's announcement included at least hundreds of millions for the NSTC workforce efforts, including creating a Workforce Cente... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Feb. 6

By Liz Allan - 06 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=187 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 02 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Jesse Allen, Gregory Haley, and Liz Allan. Cadence introduced an AI-based thermal stress and analysis platform aimed at 2.5D and 3D-ICs, and cooling for PCBs and electronic assemblies. The company also debuted a HW/SW accelerated digital twin solution for multi-physics system design and analysis, combining GPU-resident computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solvers with dedicated GPU hardwar... » read more

A New Phase-Change Memory For Processing Large Amounts Of Data

By Technical Paper Link - 30 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Novel nanocomposite-superlattices for low energy and high stability nanoscale phase-change memory” was published by researchers at Stanford University, TSMC, NIST, University of Maryland, Theiss Research and Tianjin University. Abstract: "Data-centric applications are pushing the limits of energy-efficiency in today’s computing systems, including those based on... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 19 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Jesse Allen, Gregory Haley, and Liz Allan Synopsys will acquire Ansys for about $35 billion in cash and stock. The deal will boost Synopsys' multi-physics simulation capabilities, which are essential for complex 3D-IC designs, where thermal density can have significant repercussions. The acquisition is expected to be finalized in the first half of 2025. Worldwide semiconductor revenue ... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan. 16

By Liz Allan - 16 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=188 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

An Overview Of Federal Government Semiconductors And Microelectronics Standards Activities (NIST)

By Technical Paper Link - 12 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Semiconductors and Microelectronics Standards, Report of the Semiconductors and Microelectronics Working Group” was published by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Abstract: "This report of the Semiconductors and Microelectronics Working Group of the Interagency Committee on Standards Policy (ICSP) provides an overview of Fe... » read more

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