Research Bits: July 14


Cerebellum-inspired memtransistor Researchers from Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Chicago developed a cerebellum-inspired memtransistor for anomaly detection that ignores expected inputs and rapidly detects unexpected events while using less energy than conventional AI. “Today’s AI is remarkably good at recognizing patterns, but it often spends enormous amounts of... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 5


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations Rethinking Compute Substrates for 3D-Stacked Near-Memory LLM Decoding: Microarchitecture-Scheduling Co-Design 🔗 Univ. of Edinburgh, Peking Univ., Cambridge, CAS, HKUST In-SoIC ESD Protection for Chiplet-Based 3D Microsystems: Future Research Direct... » read more

Potential Route To Photonic FPCA Using NV Low-Loss Phase Change Material (Oxford)


A new technical paper, "Nonvolatile photonic field-programmable coupler array," was published by researchers at University of Oxford. Abstract "Programmable photonic networks carry out universal unitary functions by independently operating on the amplitude and phase of guided light. Exploiting the reconfigurability and spatiospectral degrees of freedom of these systems, the majority of stat... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Dec. 16


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=501 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here and in the most recent Chip Industry Week in Review. » read more

AI Techniques To Solve HW-SW Challenges For Useful Quantum Computing (Nvidia, U. of Oxford et al.)


A new technical paper "Artificial intelligence for quantum computing" was published by researchers at NVIDIA, University of Oxford, University of Toronto, Quantum Motion, University of Waterloo et al. Abstract "Artificial intelligence (AI) advancements over the past few years have had an unprecedented and revolutionary impact across everyday application areas. Its significance also extend... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer warned Southeast Asian semiconductor manufacturers that they must shift production to the U.S. or face new punitive tariffs, reports the South China Morning Post. President Trump previously floated a 100% tariff on imported chips. Malaysia and other regional economies are offering large concessions and promises of U.S. goods purchases in hopes of securin... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: July 29


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=458 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Fault-Free Matrix for Analog Hardware (The Univ. of Hong Kong, Univ. of Oxford, Hewlett Packard Labs)


A new technical paper titled "Fault-Free Analog Computing with Imperfect Hardware" was published by researchers at The University of Hong Kong, University of Oxford, and Hewlett Packard Labs. Abstract "The surging demand for computational power, particularly for edge computing and AI, drives research into alternative paradigms like analog in-memory computing using memristors. These approach... » read more

Research Bits: June 3


Imaging power electronics Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo, Harvard University, and Hitachi used diamond quantum sensors to analyze the magnetization response of soft magnetic materials used in power electronics. The method can simultaneously image both the amplitude and phase of AC stray fields over a wide frequency range up to 2.3 MHz. It uses a diamond quantum sensor with ... » read more

Research Bits: May 6


Destroying hydrogen peroxide and triazole Researchers from the University of Technology Sydney and startup Infinite Water International developed catalytic technology that breaks down hydrogen peroxide and triazole, two chemicals used in semiconductor manufacturing for surface cleaning and corrosion prevention. The goal is to create a cleaner wastewater stream that can be reused within the fab... » read more

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