TSMC 28nm Yield Explained!

TSMC 28nm Yield Explained!
by Daniel Nenni on 03-04-2012 at 4:00 pm


Yield, no topic is more important to the semiconductor ecosystem. After spending a significant part of my career on Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Yield (DFY), I’m seriously offended when semiconductor professionals make false and misleading statements that negatively affects the industry that Read More


The 2012 International Conference on ENGINEERING OF RECONFIGURABLE SYSTEMS AND ALGORITHMS – ERSA’12

The 2012 International Conference on ENGINEERING OF RECONFIGURABLE SYSTEMS AND ALGORITHMS – ERSA’12
by Daniel Nenni on 03-03-2012 at 9:55 am


July 16-19, 2012, Monte Carlo Resort, Las Vegas , Nevada , USA

ERSA-News: ERSA-NEWS ERSA’12 Website: http://ersaconf.org/ersa12

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3D Transistor for the Common Man!

3D Transistor for the Common Man!
by Daniel Nenni on 03-01-2012 at 3:28 pm

The 1999 IDM paper Sub 50-nm FinFET: PMOSstarted the 3D transistor ball rolling, then in May of 2011 Intel announceda production version of a 3D transistor (TriGate) technology at 22nm. Intel is the leader in semiconductor process technologies so you can be sure that others will follow. Intel has a nice “History of the TransistorRead More


ISSCC 2012: Silicon Systems for Sustainability!

ISSCC 2012: Silicon Systems for Sustainability!
by Daniel Nenni on 02-26-2012 at 4:00 pm


What can we do for Earth’s sustainability? Besides sorting our garbage and recycling our lawn clippings? Sustainability must be the paramount theme for the future of human society! Semiconductors for a better life! Well, according to my kids, if you take away their smart phones there is no life!… Read More


Call for Papers: International Gathering for Application Developers!

Call for Papers: International Gathering for Application Developers!
by Daniel Nenni on 02-22-2012 at 8:40 pm

SemiWiki would like to call you, your co-workers, and your company to participate at ERSA Conference in Las Vegas , July 16-19, 2012. I will be there and it would be a pleasure to work with you on this very important event!

ERSA, is Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms. Since this year, the emphasis will be on the commercialRead More


Semiconductor IP Becomes A Critical Element in ASIC Design

Semiconductor IP Becomes A Critical Element in ASIC Design
by Daniel Nenni on 02-19-2012 at 4:05 pm

Clearly one of the market trends proving troublesome in the traditional ASIC value chain is the lack of silicon correlated custom IP. And make no mistake, semiconductor IP is a critical decision since it drives both chip level and system level technology differentiation.

Under the traditional ASIC model, vendors had their own… Read More


Semiconductors: A Decade of Invention… A World of Solutions

Semiconductors: A Decade of Invention… A World of Solutions
by Daniel Nenni on 02-17-2012 at 1:53 pm

Please join IBM, Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., and GLOBALFOUNDRIES at the 2012 Common Platform Technology Forum. The forum will showcase the alliance’s technological progress and how joint collaboration and innovation is setting the direction for industry-leading solutions to enable next-generation products. … Read More


AMD Financials are Puzzling!?!?!?!

AMD Financials are Puzzling!?!?!?!
by Daniel Nenni on 02-12-2012 at 4:00 pm

As I mentioned in my previous blog, AMD and GlobalFoundries,it is rather difficult to interpret AMD’s financial results. At the end of the quarterly earnings conference calls analysts get to ask questions. It is the comedy relief portion of the call usually, so I blog this today to better prepare these so called analysts Read More