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Why Thin Film Measurements Matter
By Laura Peters - 08 Apr, 2025 - Comments: 0

Semiconductor devices are becoming thinner and more complex, making thin deposited films even harder to measure and control. With 3nm node devices in production and 2nm nodes ramping toward first-silicon, the importance of precise film measurement is only growing in significance as fabs seek to maintain the performance and reliability of leading-edge devices. Whether it’s the read and writ... » read more

Chip Failures: Prevention And Responses Over Time
By Ed Sperling - 19 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the causes of chip failures, how to respond to them, and how that can change over time, with Steve Pateras, vice president of marketing and business development at Synopsys; Noam Brousard, vice president of solutions engineering at proteanTecs; Harry Foster, chief verification scientist at Siemens EDA; and Jerome Toublanc, hi... » read more

Chiplets Add New Power Issues
By Ann Mutschler - 13 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

Delivering and managing power are becoming key challenges in the rollout of chiplets, adding significantly to design complexity and forcing chipmakers to weigh tradeoffs that can have a big impact on the performance, reliability, and the overall cost of semiconductors. Power is a concern for every chip and chiplet design, even if the specifics differ based on the application. Systems vendors... » read more

Challenges Grow For Medical ICs
By Gregory Haley - 03 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

Demand for medical ICs used inside and outside the body is growing rapidly, but unique manufacturing and functional requirements coupled with low volumes have turned this into a complex and extremely challenging market. Few semiconductor applications demand this level of precision, reliability, and long-term stability. Unlike consumer electronics, where failure might mean a reboot or chip re... » read more

Enhancing Reliability For Automotive ICs
By Matthew Hogan - 06 Feb, 2025 - Comments: 0

As an IC designer focused on automotive applications, reliability is likely one of your top priorities. The components you develop need to withstand extreme environmental conditions, maintain performance over extended lifetimes, and meet rigorous industry standards. Failure is simply not an option when it comes to automotive electronics. Achieving the required levels of reliability can be a ... » read more

Tackling Reliability In Early IC Design
By Matthew Hogan - 09 Jan, 2025 - Comments: 0

As the semiconductor industry continues its relentless march towards smaller process nodes and more complex integrated circuits (ICs), the challenge of ensuring reliability has become increasingly difficult. Industry analysts predict a significant increase in demand for semiconductor reliability verification as analysis become critical parts of the overall design verification process. The st... » read more

Strain, Stress In Advanced Packages Drives New Design Approaches
By Ann Mutschler - 19 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 2

Thermal and mechanical stresses are creating significant challenges in heterogeneous chiplet assemblies, increasing the time and cost required to work through all the possible physical effects, dependencies, and interactions, and driving demand for new tools. Unlike in the past, when various components were crammed into a planar SoC on a relatively thick substrate, the new substrates are bei... » read more

Enhancing Power Reliability Through Design-Stage Layout Optimization
By Jeff Wilson - 19 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

As integrated circuit (IC) designs continue to scale, the demand for efficient power management, performance optimization and reliable physical layout modification grows more critical. Meeting these power, performance and area (PPA) targets is essential for ensuring that IC designs operate effectively at advanced process nodes. One of the main challenges for design and verification engineers is... » read more

RISC-V Profiles Help Conformance
By Brian Bailey - 18 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

Experts At The Table: What's needed to be able to trust that a RISC-V implementation will work as expected across multiple designs using standard OSes. Semiconductor Engineering discussed the issue with John Min, vice president of customer service at Arteris; Zdeněk Přikryl, CTO of Codasip; Neil Hand, director of marketing at Siemens EDA (at the time of this discussion); Frank Schirrmeist... » read more

Why Chips Fail, And What To Do About It
By Ed Sperling - 11 Dec, 2024 - Comments: 0

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss reliability of chips in the context of safety- and mission-critical systems, as well as increasing utilization due to an explosion in AI data, with Steve Pateras, vice president of marketing and business development at Synopsys; Noam Brousard, vice president of solutions engineering at proteanTecs; Harry Foster, chief verificat... » read more

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