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Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 07 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

The Malaysian government signed a deal with Arm to kickstart a chip design ecosystem. Until now, Malaysia has focused on packaging and test. Adding chip design represents a major change in focus. The country will pay SoftBank $250 million over 10 years for Arm’s chip design IP and train 10,000 engineers. Global chip sales reached $56 billion in January, up nearly 18% from the same period i... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 31 Jan, 2025 - Comments: 0

Chinese startup DeepSeek rattled the tech world and U.S. stock market with claims it spent just $5.6 million on compute power for its AI model compared to its billion-dollar rivals in the U.S. The announcement raised questions about U.S. investment strategies in AI infrastructure and led to an initial $600 billion selloff of NVIDIA stock. Since its launch, DeepSeek reportedly was hit by malicio... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 18
By Linda Christensen - 18 Jun, 2024 - Comments: 0

New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=234 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

KAN: Kolmogorov Arnold Networks: An Alternative To MLPs (MIT, CalTech, et al.)
By Technical Paper Link - 13 Jun, 2024 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "KAN: Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks" was published by researchers at MIT, CalTech, Northeastern University and The NSF Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions. Abstract: "Inspired by the Kolmogorov-Arnold representation theorem, we propose Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) as promising alternatives to Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLPs). While... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 17 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

President Biden will raise the tariff rate on Chinese semiconductors from 25% to 50% by 2025, among other measures to protect U.S. businesses from China’s trade practices. Also, as part of President Biden’s AI Executive Order, the Administration released steps to protect workers from AI risks, including human oversight of systems and transparency about what systems are being used. Intel ... » read more

Research Bits: May 7
By Jesse Allen - 07 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

High-temperature memory Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Air Force Research Laboratory demonstrated memory technology capable of enduring temperatures as high as 600° Celsius for more than 60 hours while retaining stability and reliability. The non-volatile memory device consists of a metal–insulator–metal structure, incorporating nickel and platinum electrodes with a 4... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 15 Mar, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Adam Kovac, Karen Heyman, and Liz Allan. Europe's semiconductor footprint is growing in areas that previously had little association with chips. Silicon Box plans to build a panel-level foundry in northern Italy, funded in part by the Italian government. The deal is worth around €3.2 billion ($3.6B). In addition, imec will establish a specialized 300mm chip technology pilot line in M... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Mar. 5
By Linda Christensen - 05 Mar, 2024 - Comments: 0

New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=201 /] » read more

CMOS-Compatible, On-Chip, Compact And Wideband Nanoacoustic Pass-Band Filters For 5G And 6G
By Technical Paper Link - 22 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Compact and wideband nanoacoustic pass-band filters for future 5G and 6G cellular radios” was published by researchers at Northeastern University. Abstract: "Over recent years, the surge in mobile communication has deepened global connectivity. With escalating demands for faster data rates, the push for higher carrier frequencies intensifies. The 7–20 GHz ran... » read more

Research Bits: Nov. 28
By Jesse Allen - 28 Nov, 2023 - Comments: 0

Switchable photodetector and neuromorphic vision sensor Researchers from the Institute of Metal Research at the Chinese Academy of Sciences built a device that can be switched between being a photodetector and neuromorphic vision sensor by adjusting the operating voltage. The trench-bridged GaN/Ga2O3/GaN heterojunction array device exhibits volatile and non-volatile photocurrents at low and hi... » read more

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