Chip Industry Week In Review


By Jesse Allen, Karen Heyman, and Liz Allan More than 1 billion generative AI smartphones are expected be shipped during 2024 to 2027, reports Counterpoint. The share of GenAI smartphones will be 4% of the market in 2023 and is likely to double in 2024, with Samsung capturing half the market, followed by Chinese OEMs. By 2027, GenAI smartphones could account for 40% of the market. Global ... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: October 24


New technical papers added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library this week. [table id=157 /] More Reading Technical Paper Library home » read more

FeFET Multi-Level Cells For In-Memory Computing In 28nm


A technical paper titled “First demonstration of in-memory computing crossbar using multi-level Cell FeFET” was published by researchers at Robert Bosch, University of Stuttgart, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Fraunhofer IPMS, RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau, and Technical University of Munich. Abstract: "Advancements in AI led to the emergence of in-memory-computing architectures as a... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: October 3


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=150 /] Related Reading Technical Paper Library home » read more

SRAM-Based IMC For Cryogenic CMOS Using Commercial 5 nm FinFETs


A technical paper titled “Cryogenic In-Memory Computing for Quantum Processors Using Commercial 5-nm FinFETs” was published by researchers at University of Stuttgart, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, University of California Berkeley, and Technical University of Munich. Abstract: "Cryogenic CMOS circuits that efficiently connect the classical domain with the quantum world are the co... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing


Intel issued an advisory of a potential security vulnerability in some of its processors. The company recommends updating to the latest firmware version. NVIDIA unveiled its GH200 Grace Hopper platform, based on 144 Arm Neoverse cores and 282GB of HBM3e memory. Meanwhile, Chinese internet companies including Baidu, ByteDance, Tencent, and Alibaba ordered about $5 billion worth of A800 proces... » read more

Week In Review: Design, Low Power


U.S. President Joe Biden issued an executive order to restrict U.S. investment in Chinese companies, targeting semiconductors and microelectronics, quantum information technologies, and artificial intelligence systems with military or intelligence applications. Specific technologies within these groups will be defined later. Some will only require investors to notify the Department of the Tre... » read more

Week In Review: Auto, Security, Pervasive Computing


Google was hit with a class action suit in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, alleging data scraping from millions of users without consent and violation of copyright laws to train and develop its AI products. Last month, the same law firm filed a suit against OpenAI for ChatGPT. Despite calling for a pause on development of advanced AI in March, Elon Musk launched xAI, a new company focu... » read more

Chip Industry’s Technical Paper Roundup: July 12


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=117 /] (more…) » read more

An Advanced Modeling Approach For Cyclic Safety Mechanisms In A Fault Tree Analysis


A technical paper titled "Best Practices for Advanced Modeling of Safety Mechanisms in an FTA" was published by researchers at University of Stuttgart, Robert Bosch GmbH, Audi AG, and Porsche AG. Abstract: "To cope with the megatrends electrification, automated driving, and connectivity, new functionalities and electric and/or electronic systems must be developed, which require a safe power s... » read more

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