Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Mar. 11


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=205 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


By Adam Kovac, Gregory Haley, and Liz Allan. Cadence plans to acquire BETA CAE Systems for $1.24 billion, the latest volley in a race to sell multi-physics simulation and analysis across a broad set of customers with deep pockets. Cadence said the deal opens the door to structural analysis for the automotive, aerospace, industrial, and health care sectors. Under the terms of the agreement, 6... » read more

An Analytical EM Model For IC Shielding Against HW Attacks


A technical paper titled “Refined Analytical EM Model of IC-Internal Shielding for Hardware-Security and Intra-Device Simulative Framework” was published by researchers at Bar-Ilan University and Rafael Defense Systems. Abstract: "Over the past two decades, the prominence of physical attacks on electronic devices, designed to extract confidential information, has surged. These attacks exp... » read more