Technical Paper Roundup: Sept 5


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=132 /] (more…) » read more

Contacting Individual On-Surface Synthesized Graphene Nanoribbons In A Multigate Transistor Geometry 


A technical paper titled “Contacting individual graphene nanoribbons using carbon nanotube electrodes” was published by researchers at Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Peking University, University of Warwick, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology (China), Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, University of Bern, University of Basel, and ETH Zur... » read more

Research Bits: April 18


Simplified microwave photonic filter for 6G Researchers from Peking University developed a new chip-sized microwave photonic filter to separate communication signals from noise and suppress unwanted interference across the full radio frequency spectrum. “This new microwave filter chip has the potential to improve wireless communication, such as 6G, leading to faster internet connections, ... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: Apr. 18


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=93 /]   If you have research papers you are trying to promote, we will review them to see if they are a good fit for our global audience. At a minimum, papers need to be well researched and documented, relevant to the semiconductor ecosystem, and free of marketing bias. There is no cost involv... » read more

Design Considerations and Recent Advancements in Chiplets (UC Berkeley/ Peking University)


A new technical paper titled "Automated Design of Chiplets" was published by researchers at UC Berkeley and Peking University. Abstract: "Chiplet-based designs have gained recognition as a promising alternative to monolithic SoCs due to their lower manufacturing costs, improved re-usability, and optimized technology specialization. Despite progress made in various related domains, the des... » read more

2D Semiconductor Materials Creep Toward Manufacturing


As transistors scale down, they need thinner channels to achieve adequate channel control. In silicon, though, surface roughness scattering degrades mobility, limiting the ultimate channel thickness to about 3nm. Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as MoS2 and WSe2, are attractive in part because they avoid this limitation. With no out-of-plane dangling bonds and at... » read more

Ferroelectric Memories: The Middle Ground


The first article in this series considered the use of ferroelectrics to improve subthreshold swing behavior in logic transistors. The prospects for ferroelectrics in logic applications are uncertain, but ferroelectric memories have clear advantages. The two most common commercial memories lie at opposite ends of a spectrum. DRAM is fast, but requires constant power to maintain its informat... » read more

Ferroelectrics: The Dream Of Negative Capacitance


Ferroelectrics are getting a serious re-examination, as chipmakers look for new options to maintain drive current. Ferroelectric materials can provide non-volatile memory, serving an important functional gap somewhere between DRAM and flash memory. Indeed, ferroelectrics for memory and 2D channels for transistors were two highlights of the recent IEEE Electron Device Meeting. Ferroelectri... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power


Tools and IP Renesas introduced a new microprocessor that enables artificial intelligence to process image data from multiple cameras. "One of the challenges for embedded systems developers who want to implement machine learning is to keep up with the latest AI models that are constantly evolving,” said Shigeki Kato, Vice President of Renesas' Enterprise Infrastructure Business Division. �... » read more

Technical Paper Round-up: August 8


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=44 /] Semiconductor Engineering is in the process of building this library of research papers. Please send suggestions (via comments section below) for what else you’d like us to incorporate. If you have research papers you are trying to promote, we will review them to see if they are a good fit for... » read more

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