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IROC at the TSMC Open Innovation Ecosystem Platform

IROC at the TSMC Open Innovation Ecosystem Platform
by Daniel Nenni on 11-09-2023 at 6:00 am

TSMC OIP IROC

Radiation is everywhere. Radiation contributes to Single Event Effects (SEE) in semiconductor circuits and packaging. As chips get larger, containing more functions, and using lower voltage to reduce power, SEEs have become more significant to product reliability, Failures In Time rates (FIT), and meantime between failures… Read More


Are you Aware about Risks Related to Soft Errors?

Are you Aware about Risks Related to Soft Errors?
by Minji LEE on 07-10-2023 at 6:00 am

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Soft errors change stored data and cause temporal malfunctions in electronic systems. This mainly occurs when radiation particles collide with semiconductor devices. Soft errors are a concern in all environments, whether in the atmosphere, in space, or on the ground.

Soft errors are critical in high-reliability applications… Read More


CEO Interview: Issam Nofal of IROC Technologies

CEO Interview: Issam Nofal of IROC Technologies
by Daniel Nenni on 05-24-2023 at 6:00 am

Dr.Issam AL ZAHER NOUFAL (1)

Issam Nofal is the CEO of IROC Technologies and has held various positions with the company for over 23 years as Product Manager, Project Leader, and R&D Engineer. He has authored several papers on test and reliability of Integrated Circuits. He holds a PhD in Microelectronics from Grenoble INP.

What is IROC Technologies’
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IC to Systems Era

IC to Systems Era
by Daniel Nenni on 05-16-2019 at 12:00 pm

One of my favorite EDA disruptions is the Siemens acquisition of Mentor, pure genius. Joe Sawicki now runs the Mentor IC EDA business for Siemens so we will be seeing him at more conferences and events than ever before. Joe did a very nice keynote at the recent U2U conference that I would like to talk about before we head to the 56thDAC… Read More


TSMC OIP: Soft Error Rate Analysis

TSMC OIP: Soft Error Rate Analysis
by Paul McLellan on 09-09-2013 at 1:34 pm

Increasingly, end users in some markets are requiring soft error rate (SER) data. This is a measure of how resistant the design (library, chip, system) is to single event effects (SEE). These manifest themselves as SEU (upset), SET (transient), SEL (latch-up), SEFI (functional interrupt).

There are two main sources that cause… Read More


How Resistant to Neutrons Are Your Storage Elements?

How Resistant to Neutrons Are Your Storage Elements?
by Paul McLellan on 08-13-2013 at 1:01 pm

There are two ways to see how resistant your designs are to single-event errors (SEE). One is to take the chip or even the entire system and put it in a neutron beam and measure how many problems occur in this extreme environment. While that may be a necessary part of qualification in some very high reliability situations, it is also … Read More


System Reliability Audits

System Reliability Audits
by Paul McLellan on 07-25-2013 at 12:09 pm

How reliable is your cell-phone? Actually, you don’t really care. It will crash from time to time due to software bugs and you’ll throw it away after two or three years. If a few phones also crash due to stray neutrons from outer space or stray alpha particles from the solder balls used in the flip-chip bonding then nobody… Read More


Increase Your Chip Reliability with iROC Tech

Increase Your Chip Reliability with iROC Tech
by Pawan Fangaria on 06-12-2013 at 9:00 pm

As we have moved towards extremely low process nodes with very high chip density, the cost of mask preparation also has become exorbitantly high. It has become essential to know about the failure rates and mitigate the same at the design time before chip fabrication, and also to make sure about chip reliability over time as it is constantly… Read More


IROC Technologies CEO on Semiconductor Reliability

IROC Technologies CEO on Semiconductor Reliability
by Daniel Nenni on 05-26-2013 at 8:10 pm

One of the best things about being part of SemiWiki is the exposure to new technologies and the people behind them. SemiWiki now works with more than 35 companies and I get to spend time with each and every one of them. Much like I do, IROC Technologies works closely with the foundries and the top semiconductor companies so it was a pleasure… Read More


Do You Need to Worry About Soft Errors?

Do You Need to Worry About Soft Errors?
by Paul McLellan on 05-22-2013 at 6:51 pm

As we get down to smaller and smaller process nodes, the problem of soft errors becomes increasingly important. These soft errors are caused by neutrons from cosmic rays, alpha particles from materials used in manufacture and other sources. For chips that go into systems with high reliability this is not something that can be ignored.… Read More