Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 16


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations Eidola: Modeling Multi-GPU Network Communication Traffic in Distributed AI Workloads 🔗 University of Wisconsin-Madison, AMD Beyond Silicon: Materials, Mechanisms, and Methods for Physical Neural Computing 🔗 University of Lübeck, TU Hamburg InjectV: M... » read more

Boosting EUV Conversion Efficiency With 2-Micron Dual-Beam Laser Irradiation


Researchers from Utsunomiya University, RIKEN, The University of Tokyo, and Tohoku University, et al. have published “40% boost in extreme ultraviolet conversion efficiency via simultaneous dual-beam 2-µm laser irradiation”. Abstract “Scaling extreme ultraviolet (EUV) source power for next-generation lithography demands higher conversion efficiency (CE) at reduced per-pulse ene... » read more

Research Bits: June 8


Multi-tasking transistor Researchers at Pohang University of Science & Technology (POSTECH) developed a zinc oxide (ZnO) and tellurium (Te) heterojunction transistor technology that exhibits negative differential transconductance (NDT), where current decreases over a certain voltage range. By precisely controlling overlap length between the two materials, the team realized double negati... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Computex in Taiwan: Arm and Nvidia introduced an AI PC platform, RTX Spark, with an Arm-based Grace CPU, Blackwell RTX GPU, and unified memory. Cadence announced a fully autonomous virtual agentic AI design engineer, enabling customers to run dynamic simulations in automated workflows. Intel launched Xeon 6+, its first data-center CPU built on Intel Foundry's 18A process. The company... » read more

Research Bits: Dec. 16


Back-end integration Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of Waterloo propose a back-end integration platform that enables the fabrication of transistors and memory devices in a single compact stack on a chip. The approach uses amorphous indium oxide as the active channel layer of the back-end transistor. The properties of indium oxide allow a thin... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 28


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=434 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Transformation Of 2D-ICs Into 3D-ICs Using Shuttle Chips From Multi-Project Wafers (Tohoku University)


A new technical paper titled "Die-Level Transformation of 2D Shuttle Chips into 3D-IC for Advanced Rapid Prototyping using Meta Bonding" was published by researchers at Tohoku University. Abstract "Three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D-IC) technology, often referred to as through-silicon via (TSV) formation technology, has been steadily maturing and is increasingly used in advanced semic... » read more

Research Bits: Jan. 20


Self-correcting memristor array Researchers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), and Yonsei University developed a memristor-based neuromorphic chip that can learn and correct errors, enabling it to adapt to immediate environmental changes. The system c... » read more

Research Bits: Jan. 7


Deep UV microLED for maskless lithography Researchers from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Southern University of Science and Technology, and the Suzhou Institute of Nanotechnology developed an aluminum gallium nitride deep-ultraviolet microLED display array for maskless lithography.  They also built a maskless lithography prototype platform. "The team achieved key brea... » read more

Research Bits: April 23


Probabilistic computer prototype Researchers at Tohoku University and the University of California Santa Barbara created a prototype of a heterogeneous probabilistic computer that combines a CMOS circuit with a limited number of stochastic nanomagnets. It aims to improve the execution of probabilistic algorithms used to solve problems where uncertainty is inherent or where an exact solution... » read more

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