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CEO Interview: Aleksandr Timofeev of POLYN Technology

CEO Interview: Aleksandr Timofeev of POLYN Technology
by Daniel Nenni on 10-21-2022 at 6:00 am

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Aleksandr Timofeev is CEO and Founder of POLYN Technology, an innovative provider of ultra-low-power high-performance NASP (Neuromorphic Analog Signal Processing) technology. Alexander is a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years in the high-tech industry. Prior POLYN, he founded iGlass Technology, a company that … Read More


Clock Aging Issues at Sub-10nm Nodes

Clock Aging Issues at Sub-10nm Nodes
by Daniel Payne on 10-20-2022 at 10:00 am

IC failure rate chart, clock aging

Semiconductor chips are all tested prior to shipment in order to weed out early failures, however there are some more subtle reliability effects that only appear in the longer term, like clock aging. There’s even a classic chart that shows the “bathtub curve” of failure rates over time:

If reality and expectations… Read More


NIST Standardizes PQShield Algorithms for International Post-Quantum Cryptography

NIST Standardizes PQShield Algorithms for International Post-Quantum Cryptography
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-20-2022 at 6:00 am

Signature Schemes Standardization Process

News of cyberattacks is routine these days in spite of the security mechanisms built into widely used electronics systems. It is not surprising that entities involved with ensuring safe and secure systems are continually working on enhancing encryption/decryptions mechanisms. Recently NIST standardized cryptography algorithms… Read More


Continued Electronics Decline

Continued Electronics Decline
by Bill Jewell on 10-19-2022 at 2:00 pm

Continued electronics decline 2022

Third quarter 2022 data on PC and smartphone shipments shows a continuing year-to-year decline. IDC estimates PC units in 3Q 2022 were down 15% from a year earlier, matching the 2Q 2022 decline. IDC’s September forecast for PC units was a 12.8% decline for the year 2022, which is in line with the latest quarterly data. Canalys estimates… Read More


Podcast EP114: The Power of the Alchip Business Model, Today and Tomorrow

Podcast EP114: The Power of the Alchip Business Model, Today and Tomorrow
by Daniel Nenni on 10-19-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Charmien Cheng, Director, Business Development, Alchip Technologies North America. She chairs the company’s investment committee and is responsible for strategic IP alliances, supply chain partnerships, and downstream customer relationship management.  She also leads the marketing team and is responsible… Read More


The Increasing Gap between Semiconductor Companies and their Customers

The Increasing Gap between Semiconductor Companies and their Customers
by Rahul Razdan on 10-19-2022 at 6:00 am

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Semiconductors sit at the heart of the electronics revolution, and the scaling enabled by Moore’s law has had a transformational impact on electronics as well as society.   Traditionally, the relationship between semiconductor companies and their customers has been a function of the volume driven by the customer.  In very … Read More


CEVA’s LE Audio/Auracast Solution

CEVA’s LE Audio/Auracast Solution
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-18-2022 at 10:00 am

Bluebud Turnkey Bluetooth Audio IP Platform

CEVA announced that its RivieraWaves Bluetooth® 5.3 IP family now supports Auracast™ broadcast audio. The technology behind Auracast is LE Audio broadcasting and Auracast is expected to transform the shared audio experience.  With Auracast, an audio stream is broadcast over the air by means of Bluetooth Broadcast Isochronous… Read More


Balancing Analog Layout Parasitics in MOSFET Differential Pairs

Balancing Analog Layout Parasitics in MOSFET Differential Pairs
by Daniel Nenni on 10-18-2022 at 6:00 am

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This article is an abstract of Paul Clewes’ webinar you can find here.

Differential amplifiers apply gain not to one input signal but to the difference between two input signals. This means that a differential amplifier naturally eliminates noise or interference that is present in both input signals. Differential amplification… Read More


A Perspective on Semiconductor Manufacturing Initiatives & Strategies

A Perspective on Semiconductor Manufacturing Initiatives & Strategies
by Sagar Pushpala on 10-17-2022 at 10:00 am

A Perspective on Semiconductor Manufacturing Initiatives

My name is Sagar, and I’ve been a long-time executive in the semiconductor manufacturing world — holding key positions at large multi-nationals, a leading semiconductor foundry, and partnering with many of the top-tier foundries and OSATs. Since “retiring”, I’ve also spent time advising and investing in start-ups through Read More


STOP Writing RTL for Registers

STOP Writing RTL for Registers
by Steve Walters on 10-17-2022 at 6:00 am

Semifore EDA Software

After almost three decades in the EDA business, it is beyond my comprehension to understand why chip designers still hand-write RTL for complex register maps – chip designs with hundreds of registers and thousands of register fields.  In today’s silicon world where software is the key to chip-based product success, it is the register… Read More