Chip Industry Week In Review


Around the world South Korea unveiled a sweeping AI and semiconductor investment drive, planning three mega projects that tie semiconductors, physical AI/robotics, and AI data centers into a single industrial plan, with government support for regional chip clusters, packaging capacity, power, water, sites, and workforce development. Among the new investments: Samsung will spend $260B on n... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Geopolitics U.S. lawmakers are urging tighter export controls on advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment (SME) to China, warning existing loopholes threaten national security. "China is working to build domestic SME by exploiting access to U.S. and allied subcomponents required to produce tools," states the letter, which also says better coordination with allies is essential. The U.S.... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Apr. 22


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=421 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

ReRAM-Based, In-Memory Implementation Of Stochastic Computing


A new technical paper titled "All-in-Memory Stochastic Computing using ReRAM" was published by researchers at TU Dresden, Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI), Case Western Reserve University, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Barkhausen Institut. Abstract "As the demand for efficient, low-power computing in embedded and edge devices grows, tradit... » read more