The ambitious United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), from reducing food waste to enhancing global healthcare access, hinge on a connected world where every object whispers valuable data. As technology strives to address environmental challenges, healthcare needs, and promote responsible consumption, traditional… Read More
Author: Kalar Rajendiran
Sustainable Development: Connected Devices and the Role of Flexible Semiconductors
Cryogenic Semiconductor Designs for Quantum Computing
Over the last few years, there has been an increase in news about quantum computing. Much of this news coverage has been around computing supremacy, potential threats to information security and quantum cryptography. While the field of quantum computing is still in its early stages, there are several companies who have already… Read More
Synopsys Geared for Next Era’s Opportunity and Growth
As semiconductor industry folks know, Synopsys is a behemoth of a company. At $5.84B in FY2023 revenue (FY Nov-Oct), approximately 20,000 employees and a market cap of about $74B, it leads the silicon-to-systems design solutions space within the industry. From humble beginnings in 1986 as a disruptive startup, the company has… Read More
The Transformation Model for IP-Centric Design
Semiconductor designs have been progressing over time to address wider product varieties and designs with increasing complexity. Organizations have been addressing intense time-to-market pressures by leveraging globally dispersed team resources. The project-centric design methodology, which once worked well with … Read More
Fail-Safe Electronics For Automotive
The automotive industry is on the brink of a revolutionary transformation, where predictive maintenance and monitoring are taking center stage. In a recent webinar panel session, industry experts delved into the challenges, current approaches, and future innovations surrounding the guarantee and extension of mission profiles.… Read More
ReRAM Integration in BCD Process Revolutionizes Power Management Semiconductor Design
Weebit Nano, a leading developer of advanced memory technologies, recently announced a significant collaboration with DB HiTek, one of the top ten foundries of the world. The collaboration is designed to enable integration of Weebit’s Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM) into DB HiTek’s 130nm Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS… Read More
Unleashing the 1.6T Ecosystem: Alphawave Semi’s 200G Interconnect Technologies for Powering AI Data Infrastructure
In the rapidly evolving landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) and data-intensive applications, the demand for high-performance interconnect technologies has never been more critical. Even the 100G Interconnect is already not fast enough for infrastructure applications. AI applications, with their massive datasets… Read More
Automated Constraints Promotion Methodology for IP to Complex SoC Designs
In the world of semiconductor design, constraints are essentially specifications and requirements that guide the implementation of a specific hardware or software component within a larger system. They dictate timing, area, power, performance, and of course functionality of a design, playing a crucial role in ensuring that… Read More
UCIe InterOp Testchip Unleashes Growth of Open Chiplet Ecosystem
Intel recently made headlines when CEO Pat Gelsinger unveiled the world’s first UCIe interoperability test chip demo at Innovation 2023. The test chip built using advanced packaging technology is codenamed Pike Creek and is used to demonstrate interoperability across chiplets designed by Intel and Synopsys. More details … Read More
Improving Wafer Quality and Yield with UPW Resistivity and TOC Measurements
An earlier SemiWiki post discussed water sustainability in semiconductor manufacturing, related challenges and solutions. Whether first time use or recycled use, water purity needs to meet certain stringent criteria for the processing task on hand. This article will look at it from a wafer quality and yield perspective and… Read More
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