The tremendous growth in edge devices has focused the spotlight on Edge-AI processing for low latency, low power and low-DDR bandwidth compute needs. Many of these Edge-AI applications depend on effective and efficient processing of image and video streams which in turn relies on computer vision technology. In early September,… Read More
Author: Kalar Rajendiran
VeriSilicon’s AI-ISP Breaks the Limits of Traditional Computer Vision Technologies
Measuring Success in Semiconductor Design Optimization: What Metrics Matter?
When it comes to electronic design automation (EDA), there are two aspects to this technologically challenging and highly competitive field. First, there is the task of designing very complex chips for which a full suite of various software tools are needed. Then there is the task of managing extremely complex EDA workflows and… Read More
How Deep Data Analytics Accelerates SoC Product Development
Ever since the birth of the semiconductor industry, advances have always been at a fast pace. The complexity of SoCs have grown along the way, driven by the demanding computational and communication needs of various market applications. Over the last decade, the growth in complexity has accelerated at unforeseen rates, fueled… Read More
CEVA Accelerates 5G Infrastructure Rollout with Industry’s First Baseband Platform IP for 5G RAN ASICs
The 5G technology market is huge with incredible growth opportunities for various players within the ecosystem. As a leading cellular IP provider, CEVA has been staying on top of the opportunity by offering solutions that enable customers to bring differentiated products to the marketplace. Earlier this year, SemiWiki posted… Read More
Methodology to Minimize the Impact of Duty Cycle Distortion in Clock Distribution Networks
Synchronous circuits dominate the electronic world because clocking eases the design of circuits compared to asynchronous circuits. At the same time, clocking also introduces its share of challenges to overcome. No wonder, a tremendous amount of time and effort have been spent over the years on developing and implementing … Read More
Flex Logix: Industry’s First AI Integrated Mini-ITX based System
As the market for edge processing is growing, the performance, power and cost requirements of these applications are getting increasingly demanding. These applications have to work on instant data and make decisions in real time at the user end. The applications span the consumer, commercial and industrial market segments.… Read More
Truechip: Customer Shipment of CXL3 VIP and CXL Switch Model
The tremendous amount of data generated by AI/ML driven applications and other hyperscale computing applications have forced the age old server architecture to change. The new architecture is driven by the resource disaggregation paradigm, wherein memory and storage are decoupled from the host CPU and managed independently… Read More
Five Key Workflows For 3D IC Packaging Success
An earlier blog started with the topic of delivering 3D IC innovations faster. The blog covered the following foundational enablers for successful heterogeneous 3D IC implementation.
- System Co-Optimization (STCO) approach
- Transition from design-based to systems-based optimization
- Expanding the supply chain and tool
Getting Ahead with Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment and Related Plasma Reactors
Advanced semiconductor fabrication technology is what makes it possible to pack more and more transistors into a sq.mm of a wafer. The rapidly increasing demand for advanced-process-based chips has created huge market opportunities for semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendors. According to SEMI, worldwide sales … Read More
Protecting Critical IP With Next-Generation Zero Trust Security
While semiconductors are the enablers for high-tech solutions, the semiconductor industry was not at the forefront of Cloud adoption. There were many valid concerns behind the slow adoption, a primary reason being the threat to intellectual property (IP) security. IP in this context refers to not just chip building blocks but… Read More
Facing the Quantum Nature of EUV Lithography