Chip Industry Week In Review


Notable deals Cadence and Intel Foundry inked a multi-year agreement to advance design technology co-optimization and create PDKs for Intel Foundry's 14A process. Nvidia and SK hynix announced a multi-year partnership to co-develop memory technology for AI infrastructure and physical AI. Teradyne unveiled an integrated test cell solution with TEL that supports known-good device scree... » read more

Research Bits: Oct. 28


Mushroom memristors Researchers from The Ohio State University found that common edible mushrooms can be grown and trained to act as organic memristors. The team cultured samples of shiitake and button mushrooms, dehydrated them once mature to ensure long-term viability, connected them to special electronic circuits, and then electrocuted them at various voltages and frequencies. “Myce... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: July 15


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=446 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

NVIDIA GPU Confidential Computing: Threat Model And Security Insights (IBM Research, Ohio State)


A new technical paper titled "NVIDIA GPU Confidential Computing Demystified" was published by IBM Research and Ohio State University. Abstract "GPU Confidential Computing (GPU-CC) was introduced as part of the NVIDIA Hopper Architecture, extending the trust boundary beyond traditional CPU-based confidential computing. This innovation enables GPUs to securely process AI workloads, providing ... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Check out the Inside Chips podcast for our behind-the-scenes analysis. Newly proposed U.S. legislation called the Chip Security Act would use location verification tracking as a tool to help combat chip smuggling. This follows a report by the Economist that showed Taiwan exports of advanced chips to Malaysia in the first quarter has nearly reached 2024 totals, heightening concerns that China... » read more

Research Bits: Aug. 27


Ammonia-free GaN Researchers from Nagoya University discovered a way to grow gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductors without using ammonia. The process is both more environmentally friendly and allows for high-quality growth of crystals at a lower cost. Metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) is the most common technique for GaN production, which uses ammonia (NH3) gas as the source of... » read more

Research Bits: June 18


Gallium nitride can take the heat Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the UAE's Technology Innovation Institute, Ohio State University, Rice University, and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology investigated the performance of ohmic contacts in a gallium nitride (GaN) device at extremely high temperatures, such as those that would be required for devices... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 10


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=232 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

GaN Devices: Properties and Performance At Extremely High Temperatures


A new technical paper titled "High temperature stability of regrown and alloyed Ohmic contacts to AlGaN/GaN heterostructure up to 500 °C" was published by researchers at MIT, Technology Innovation Institute, Ohio State University, Rice University and Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology. Abstract "This Letter reports the stability of regrown and alloyed Ohmic contacts to A... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 7


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=223 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

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