Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 09 Feb, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Jesse Allen, Linda Christensen, and Liz Allan. The Biden administration plans to invest more than $5B for semiconductor R&D and workforce support, including in the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC), as part of the rollout of the CHIPS Act. Today's announcement included at least hundreds of millions for the NSTC workforce efforts, including creating a Workforce Cente... » read more

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The Rising Price Of Power In Chips

More data requires faster processing, which leads to a whole bunch of problems — not all of which are obvious or even solvable.

by Ed Sperling

Chiplet IP Standards Are Just The Beginning

Data and protocol interoperability standards are needed for EDA tools, and there are more hurdles ahead. Customized chiplets will be required for AI applications.

by Ann Mutschler

The Future Of Memory

From attempts to resolve thermal and power issues to the roles of CXL and UCIe, the future holds a number of opportunities for memory.

by Karen Heyman

Electromigration Concerns Grow In Advanced Packages

Higher density, heat, and more materials make it harder to ensure reliability.

by Laura Peters

Silicon Photonics Manufacturing Ramps Up

The promise of photonics ICs is spurring innovation, but complex processes and a lack of open foundries are keeping it from reaching its full potential.

by Gregory Haley

Backside Power Delivery Gears Up For 2nm Devices

But this novel approach to optimizing logic performance depends on advancing lithography, etching, polishing, and bonding processes.

by Laura Peters

X-ray Inspection In The Semiconductor Industry

Utilizing multiple technologies helps create a more complete inspection picture.

by Chris Rand

SRAM Scaling Issues, And What Comes Next

While it will remain a workhorse memory, using SRAM at advanced nodes requires new approaches.

by Karen Heyman

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