Chip Industry Week In Review


Geopolitics U.S. lawmakers are urging tighter export controls on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) to China, warning existing loopholes threaten national security. "China is working to build domestic SME by exploiting access to U.S. and allied subcomponents required to produce tools," states the letter, which also says better coordination with allies is essential. The U.S.... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Intel hired ex-Qualcomm GPU guru Eric Demers for the company's high-performance GPU push, setting the stage for a three-way battle with Nvidia and AMD. The key targets for Intel and AMD will be better power efficiency and a programming model that rivals CUDA, but don't expect Nvidia to stand still. Acquisitions Texas Instruments plans to acquire Silicon Labs for ~$7.5B cash to enhance i... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan. 27


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=517 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


TSMC is expected to reduce its Fab 14 mature-node capacity by 15% to 20% to free up resources for its advanced packaging technologies, reports Counterpoint. The foundry will likely rely on its VIS affiliate site in Singapore (operational in late 2026) and other overseas fabs to ensure continued supply for older nodes. Memory The U.S. threatened 100% tariffs on South Korean memory compan... » read more

Scaling of 2D Semiconductor Nanoribbons for High Performance Transistors (Purdue, NUS et al.)


A new technical paper titled "Scaling of Two-Dimensional Semiconductor Nanoribbons for High-Performance Electronics" was published by researchers at Purdue University, National University of Singapore, Nexstrom Pte. Ltd and Dankook University. Abstract "Monolayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) field-effect transistors (FETs), with their atomically thin bodies, are promising candida... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan 12


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=513 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Aging Aware Steepening Metric for the Fault Coverage of a Test Set (Purdue Univ.)


A new technical paper titled "Aging Aware Steepening of the Fault Coverage Curve of a Scan Based Transition Fault Test Set" was published by researchers at Purdue University. Abstract "Chip aging may result in hardware defects whose likelihood of occurrence depends on the layout and functional workload at the defect site. In-field testing is important for the detection of defects that occur... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Space Forge autonomously generated plasma aboard its ForgeStar-1 satellite, utilizing extreme low Earth orbit (LEO) conditions needed for gas-phase crystal growth of wide- and ultra-wide bandgap materials, GaN, SiC, aluminum nitride, and diamonds. Copper prices surged to a historic record of $12,600 per metric ton, an increase of more than 40% YOY, which will impact the cost of data center b... » read more

Research Bits: Dec. 22


Photonic memory Researchers from the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institute and the University of Wisconsin-Madison fabricated a regenerative photonic latch memory on GlobalFoundries’ commercial silicon photonics platform, a step towards building a complete photonic SRAM system. The memory cell can store data as light and regenerate the signal to keep it stable a... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Major Deals: Taiwan-based UMC is exploring possible collaboration with Polar Semiconductor for high-volume production of 8-inch wafers at Polar’s expanded Minnesota fab, a move that could provide domestic manufacturing capacity for automotive, data center, consumer, aerospace, and defense customers. Marvell will acquire Celestial AI for $3.25B, adding photonic fabric technology for o... » read more

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