Can AI Create Missing Models?


Key takeaways Models are an essential part of EDA flows, each capturing necessary detail while retaining good execution performance. Models have been expensive to create, maintain and verify, restricting their utilization, but AI may be able to significantly reduce their cost. A deeper question remains. Should AI be used to create models that help existing flows, or should AI be used... » read more

Creating Agentic EDA Methodologies


Key takeaways Agentic methodologies need to be able to reason across multiple data formats and abstractions. It is not clear how much data from previous designs is useful in new designs. Standards may help, but the lack of them may only impact cost. The relationship between tools and methodologies is bidirectional. Tools enable methodologies, and methodologies are dependent ... » read more

A New Era For Co-Processing


Key Takeaways: There is no single processor capable of executing everything efficiently, meaning that multiple processors are required. Maximum efficiency is gained by minimizing the movement of data. Architects must maximize efficiency for today's workloads, while also adding enough flexibility to handle tomorrow's. New processor architectures are rapidly evolving thanks to... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


Deals IBM and Arm are collaborating on a new dual‑architecture hardware aimed at enterprise AI and data-intensive workloads, using virtualization to boost reliability, security, scalability, and software compatibility. The goal, according to an IBM spokesperson, is to deliver side-by-side deployments of S390x-Linux and Arm-Linux virtual machines in a single kernel-based hypervisor. Nv... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Jan. 20


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=515 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Ultralow-Loss PIC Platform From Violet to Near-Infrared, CMOS-Foundry Compatible (Caltech, UCSB et al.)


A new technical paper titled "Towards fibre-like loss for photonic integration from violet to near-infrared" was published by researchers at Caltech, UCSB, Leiden University and University of Southampton. Abstract excerpt: "Here we present an ultralow-loss PIC platform based on germano-silicate—the material underlying the extraordinary performance of optical fibre—but realized by a fu... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Retaliations and countermoves leading up to planned trade talks between the U.S. and China led experts to wonder, 'Who's winning?' New activity on this front: China issued questionnaires to some U.S. semiconductor firms as part of an anti-dumping probe, demanding detailed data on sales, profit margins, logistics costs and Chinese customer names for analog chips. The probe appears aimed at ... » 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 Week in Review


Lines are blurring between government and industry: On the heels of last week's resignation demand, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan met with President Trump on Monday, with the President later saying, "The meeting was a very interesting one. His success and rise is an amazing story."  Now, Bloomberg reports the Trump administration is in talks with Intel for the U.S. government to take a stake in th... » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Check out the Inside Chips podcast for our behind-the-scenes analysis of changes at Intel Foundry. Intel rolled out its updated process technology roadmap this week, along with early process design kit (PDK) for its 14A gate-all-around process technology. That node will utilize high-NA EUV, and include direct contact power delivery, the second generation of its backside power delivery techno... » read more

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