tag: University of Texas at Austin

Americas Chip Funding Energizes Industry
By Liz Allan - 23 Oct, 2024 - Comments: 0

This is the second in a series of articles tracking government chip investments. See part one here (global),  part 3 covering EMEA is here and Asia here. Since the first announcement of a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms with BAE Systems in December 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce has rolled out comprehensive plans to support more than a dozen companies in order to shore up... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 13 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

Infineon rolled out the world's first 300mm gallium nitride (GaN) wafer, opening the door for high-volume manufacturing of GaN-based power semiconductors. A 300mm wafer contains 2.3 times as many chips per wafer as a 200mm wafer. Fig.1: Infineon's 300mm GaN wafer. Source: Infineon The Semiconductor Industry Association released its 2024 State of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry report th... » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 9
By Jesse Allen - 09 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

All-silicon polarization multiplexer Researchers from the University of Adelaide and Osaka University propose an ultra-wideband integrated terahertz polarization (de)multiplexer implemented on a substrateless silicon base, which they tested in the sub-terahertz J-band (220-330 GHz) for 6G communications. “Our proposed polarization multiplexer will allow multiple data streams to be transmi... » read more

Research Bits: Sept. 3
By Jesse Allen - 03 Sep, 2024 - Comments: 0

3D printing of specialized antennas, sensors Researchers from the National University of Singapore developed a 3D printing technique that can be used to create three dimensional, self-healing electronic circuits. Called tension-driven CHARM3D, the technique enables the 3D printing of free-standing metallic structures without requiring support materials and external pressure. It uses Field�... » read more

Security Technical Paper Roundup: Aug. 27
By Liz Allan - 27 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A number of hardware security-related technical papers were presented at the August 2024 USENIX Security Symposium. The organization provides open access research, and the presentation slides and papers are free to the public. Topics include side-channel attacks and defenses, embedded security, fuzzing, fault injection, logic locking, Rowhammer, and more. Here are some highlights with associate... » read more

Data Memory-Dependent Prefetchers Pose SW Security Threat By Breaking Cryptographic Implementations
By Technical Paper Link - 19 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “GoFetch: Breaking Constant-Time Cryptographic Implementations Using Data Memory-Dependent Prefetchers” was presented at the August 2024 USENIX Security Symposium by researchers at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Texas at Austin, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of California Berkeley, University of Washington, and Carnegie Mellon U... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 16 Aug, 2024 - Comments: 0

The U.S. Department of Commerce and Texas Instruments (TI) signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms to provide up to $1.6 billion in CHIPS Act funding towards TI’s investment of over $18 billion for three 300mm semiconductor wafer fabs under construction in Texas and Utah. TI also expects to get about $6 billion to $8 billion from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Investmen... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 19 Jul, 2024 - Comments: 0

The University of Texas at Austin’s Texas Institute for Electronics (TIE) was awarded $840 million to establish a Department of Defense microelectronics manufacturing center. This center will focus on developing advanced semiconductor microsystems to enhance U.S. defense systems. The project is part of DARPA's NGMM Program. The U.S. Dept. of Commerce announced preliminary terms with Global... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review
By The SE Staff - 12 Jul, 2024 - Comments: 0

The U.S. Department of Commerce issued a notice of intent  to fund new R&D activities to establish and accelerate domestic advanced packaging capacity. CHIPS for America expects to award up to $1.6 billion in funding innovation across five R&D areas, as outlined in the vision for the National Advanced Packaging Manufacturing Program (NAPMP), with about $150 million per award in each... » read more

New Ways To Optimize GEMM-Based Applications Targeting Two Leading AI-Optimized FPGA Architectures
By Technical Paper Link - 07 May, 2024 - Comments: 0

A technical paper titled “Efficient Approaches for GEMM Acceleration on Leading AI-Optimized FPGAs” was published by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Arizona State University. Abstract: "FPGAs are a promising platform for accelerating Deep Learning (DL) applications, due to their high performance, low power consumption, and reconfigurability. Recently, the leading FPGA... » read more

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