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Arteris IP Acquires Semifore!

Arteris IP Acquires Semifore!
by Daniel Nenni on 01-10-2023 at 5:45 am

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The semiconductor ecosystem consolidation continues with an interesting acquisition of an EDA company by an IP company. Having worked with both Arteris and Semifore over the past few years I can tell you by personal experience that this is one of those 1+1=3 types of acquisitions, absolutely.

Semifore was founded in 2006 by a team… Read More


Secondary Electron Blur Randomness as the Origin of EUV Stochastic Defects

Secondary Electron Blur Randomness as the Origin of EUV Stochastic Defects
by Fred Chen on 01-09-2023 at 10:00 am

Secondary Electron Blur Randomness as the Origin of EUV Stochastic Defects

Stochastic defects in EUV lithography have been studied over the last few years. For years, the Poisson noise from the low photon density of EUV had been suspected [1,2]. EUV distinguishes itself from DUV lithography with secondary electrons functioning as intermediary agents in generating reactions in the resist. Therefore,… Read More


Samsung Ugly as Expected Profits off 69% Winning a Game of CAPEX Chicken

Samsung Ugly as Expected Profits off 69% Winning a Game of CAPEX Chicken
by Robert Maire on 01-09-2023 at 6:00 am

Samsung 2022

-Samsung off the same chip cliff as Micron- “No skid marks”
-Samsung may be winning at a game of “Capex Chicken”
-No expectation of recovery any time soon – Consumers weak
-2023 a write off- Recovery will be delayed if spending isn’t

Samsungs worst quarter in 8 years no surprise

Samsung pre… Read More


Podcast EP135: Democratizing HPC & AI

Podcast EP135: Democratizing HPC & AI
by Daniel Nenni on 01-06-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Doug Norton, VP of Business Development for Inspire Semiconductor, an Austin-based high performance computing chip design company.  He is also the President of the Society of HPC Professionals, a vendor neutral, non-profit organization educating and connecting the High Performance Computing user community.… Read More


CEO Interview: Dr. Chris Eliasmith and Peter Suma, of Applied Brain Research Inc.

CEO Interview: Dr. Chris Eliasmith and Peter Suma, of Applied Brain Research Inc.
by Daniel Nenni on 01-06-2023 at 6:00 am

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Professor Chris Eliasmith (right side) is co-CEO and President of Applied Brain Research Inc. Chris is also the co-inventor of the Neural Engineering Framework (NEF), the Nengo neural development environment, and the Semantic Pointer Architecture, all of which are dedicated to leveraging our understanding of the brain to … Read More


The Smartphone Snitch in Your Pocket

The Smartphone Snitch in Your Pocket
by Roger C. Lanctot on 01-05-2023 at 6:00 am

The Smartphone Snitch in Your Pocket

The story in the New York Times came with a sensational headline: “Couple in Car Survive 300-foot Fall into a Canyon.” The canyon in question was Monkey Canyon in the Angeles National Forest outside Los Angeles and the couple survived, so the story goes, thanks to their satellite-connectivity-enhanced iPhone.

This is the kind… Read More


Formal Datapath Verification for ML Accelerators

Formal Datapath Verification for ML Accelerators
by Bernard Murphy on 01-04-2023 at 10:00 am

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Formal methods for digital verification have advanced enormously over the last couple of decades, mostly in support of verification in control and data transport logic. The popular view had been that datapath logic was not amenable to such techniques. Control/transport proofs depend on property verification; if a proof is … Read More


How to Efficiently and Effectively Secure SoC Interfaces for Data Protection

How to Efficiently and Effectively Secure SoC Interfaces for Data Protection
by Kalar Rajendiran on 01-04-2023 at 6:00 am

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Before the advent of the digitized society and computer chips, things that needed protection were mostly hard assets such as jewelry, coins, real estate, etc. Administering security was simple and depended on strong guards who provided security through physical means. Then came the safety box services offered by financial … Read More


9 Trends of IoT in 2023

9 Trends of IoT in 2023
by Ahmed Banafa on 01-03-2023 at 6:00 am

9 Trends of IoT in 2023

The year 2023 will hit all 4 components of IoT Model:

  • Sensors,
  • Networks (Communications),
  • Analytics (Cloud)
  • Applications

With different degrees of impact.

 IoT Trend 1: Growth in Data and Devices with More Human-Device Interaction

By the end of 2019 there were around 3.6 billion devices that are actively connected to the Internet… Read More


IEDM 2022 – TSMC 3nm

IEDM 2022 – TSMC 3nm
by Scotten Jones on 01-02-2023 at 6:00 am

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TSMC presented two papers on 3nm at the 2022 IEDM; “Critical Process features Enabling Aggressive Contacted Gate Pitch Scaling for 3nm CMOS Technology and Beyond” and “A 3nm CMOS FinFlexTM Platform Technology with Enhanced Power Efficiency and Performance for Mobile SOC and High Performance Computing Applications”.

When … Read More