Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: July 8


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations Effect of Exchange-Correlation Functionals on Schottky Barriers at Si/Metal Interfaces NIST, University of Maryland, Johns Hopkins University AgRefactor: Self-Evolving Agentic Workflow for HLS Compatibility and Performance Carnegie Mellon University, UCLA ... » read more

Probabilistic Memory Architecture That Bridges The Gap Between RNG Sampling and Memory Access (Notre Dame, Georgia Tech, Villanova)


Researchers from University of Notre Dame, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Villanova University published a technical paper titled “Probabilistic Memory for Trustworthy Edge Intelligence.” Summary: The paper introduces p-MEM as “a unified memory primitive” that samples at “the native memory bandwidth.” It reports reductions in instruction count, sampling latency, and energy ... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: May 26


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations SHIP: SRAM-Based Huge Inference Pipelines for Fast LLM Serving 🔗 Nvidia, Groq Not All Thoughts Need HBM: Semantics-Aware Memory Hierarchy for LLM Reasoning 🔗 USC, University of Wisconsin-Madison Water-based, large-scale transfer of... » read more

Scalable Photomask Optimization With Morphological Learning (SUNY Buffalo, VU, IBM)


A new technical paper, "MorphOPC: Advancing Mask Optimization with Multi-scale Hierarchical Morphological Learning," was published by researchers at University at Buffalo, Villanova University, and IBM T. J. Watson Research Center. Abstract "As feature sizes shrink to the nanometer scale, accurately transferring circuit patterns from photomasks to silicon wafers becomes increasingly chall... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


BAE Systems and GlobalFoundries are teaming up to strengthen the supply of chips for national security programs, aligning technology roadmaps and collaborating on innovation and manufacturing. Focus areas include advanced packaging, GaN-on-silicon chips, silicon photonics, and advanced technology process development. Onsemi plans to build a $2 billion silicon carbide production plant in the ... » read more

Power/Performance Bits: Feb. 2


MXene antennas Researchers at Drexel University and Villanova University developed spray-on antennas made of the 2D materials MXene that is flexible and light while maintaining good signal. "This combination of communications performance with extreme thinness, flexibility and durability sets a new standard for antenna technology," said Yury Gogotsi, professor of Materials Science and Engine... » read more