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Blog Review: Jan. 10
By Liz Allan - 10 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

Keysight’s Jenn Mullen explains how ChatGPT’s tools can help quality assurance (QA) engineers and software testers overcome test automation debt, and become more productive and able to deliver consistently high-quality products to market faster. Siemens’ Keith Felton discusses how the paradigm of “shift-left” power delivery analysis has emerged as a critical methodology in addressi... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 05 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

By Susan Rambo, Jesse Allen, and Liz Allan The U.S. government will provide about $162 million in federal incentives, under the CHIPS and Science Act, to help Microchip onshore its semiconductor supply chain. The move is aimed at securing a reliable domestic supply of MCUs and mature-node chips. “Today’s announcement will help propel semiconductor manufacturing projects in Colorado and O... » read more

Visa Shakeup On Tap To Help Solve Worker Shortage
By Liz Allan - 04 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 5

Governments around the world are racing to train workers to design, manufacture, and package chips, but they are facing a talent shortfall that is expected to continue despite their best efforts — particularly for those engineers capable of designing and producing the most advanced chips. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) predicts a U.S. chip worker shortfall of 67,000 by 2030, ... » read more

Blog Review: Jan. 3
By Jesse Allen - 03 Jan, 2024 - Comments: 0

Siemens' Stephen Ferguson looks at the history of computer aided engineering through the lens of how humans interact with computers, with each development enabling a step change in engineering productivity, and the new era on the horizon. Cadence's Krunal Patel finds that the security of data transmission can be improved by integrating Ethernet with Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), which ... » read more

Blog Review: Dec. 20
By Jesse Allen - 20 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

Siemens' Huw Geddes finds that the flexibility offered by the RISC-V ISA can introduce further verification and validation requirements to ensure that the combination of extensions and customization not just works but does not break anything else while delivering expected performance, plus looks at how processor trace can help. Cadence's Gustavo Araujo explains the various optimizations in t... » read more

Proprietary Vs. Commercial Chiplets
By Ed Sperling - 19 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

Large chipmakers are focusing on chiplets as the best path forward for integrating more functions into electronic devices. The challenge now is how to pull the rest of the chip industry along, creating a marketplace for third-party chiplets that can be chosen from a menu using specific criteria that can speed time to market, help to control costs, and behave as reliably as chiplets developed in... » read more

Shaping A Sustainable $1 Trillion Era
By Cassandra Melvin - 19 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

The semiconductor industry remains on course to reach a total of US$1 trillion in global revenue by 2030, with the journey from US$600 billion expected to take just a decade. At the CEO Summit during SEMICON Europa 2023, SEMI Europe President Laith Altimime attributed this remarkable growth to powerful megatrends, most notably artificial intelligence (AI). AI, in turn, is creating new opport... » read more

Blog Review: December 13
By Jesse Allen - 13 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Charles Dittmer discusses key and emerging use cases for Bluetooth Low Energy and how combining BLE with other wireless protocols can open new avenues of functionality for application areas including automotive, hearables, and retail. Cadence's Neelabh Singh points out changes in the terminologies describing USB4 links and shows the various possible link configurations put forth by... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 01 Dec, 2023 - Comments: 0

By Susan Rambo, Gregory Haley, and Liz Allan Amkor plans to invest about $2 billion in a new advanced packaging and test facility in Peoria, Arizona. When finished, it will employ about 2,000 people and will be the largest outsourced advanced packaging facility in the U.S. The first phase of the construction is expected to be completed and operational within two to three years. Synopsys p... » read more

Blog Review: November 29
By Jesse Allen - 29 Nov, 2023 - Comments: 0

Siemens' Matt Walsh checks out electro-thermal design and how a Boundary Condition Independent Reduced Order Model (BCI-ROM) can capture accurate characteristics from a 3D thermal analysis, ready for use in a 1D circuit simulation. Cadence's Vinod Khera considers how EDA could benefit from the AI revolution by providing a productivity boost through virtual assistants and improving code quali... » read more

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