Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: April 30


These new technical papers were recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library. [table id=222 /] Find more technical papers here. » read more

Feasibility and Potential of Quantum Computing For a Typical EDA Optimization Problem


A new technical paper titled "QCEDA: Using Quantum Computers for EDA" was published by researchers at Fraunhofer IESE, RPTU Kaiserslautern, DLR (Germany), and OTH Regensburg. Abstract "The field of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is crucial for microelectronics, but the increasing complexity of Integrated Circuits (ICs) poses challenges for conventional EDA: Corresponding problems are of... » read more

Costs of Static HW Partitioning on RISC-V


A new technical paper titled "Static Hardware Partitioning on RISC-V -- Shortcomings, Limitations, and Prospects" was published by researchers at Technical University of Applied Sciences (Regensburg, Germany) and Siemens AG (Corporate Research). Abstract "On embedded processors that are increasingly equipped with multiple CPU cores, static hardware partitioning is an established means of c... » read more