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Podcast EP84: MegaChips and Their Launch in the US with Doug Fairbairn

Podcast EP84: MegaChips and Their Launch in the US with Doug Fairbairn
by Daniel Nenni on 06-08-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by semiconductor and EDA industry veteran Douglas Fairbairn. Doug provides details about MegaChips, where he currently heads business development. MegaChips is a large, successful 30-year old semiconductor company based in Japan.

Doug is helping MegaChips launch in the US with a focus on ASIC design and delivery.… Read More


Closing the Communication Chasms in the SoC Design and Manufacturing Supply Chain

Closing the Communication Chasms in the SoC Design and Manufacturing Supply Chain
by Kalar Rajendiran on 06-08-2022 at 6:00 am

Sondrel Soup to Nuts

In sports, we’re all familiar with how even a team with the best individual players for every role needs to be coordinated as a team to win a championship. In healthcare, a patient is better served with a well-trained primary physician to coordinate with the various medical specialists. The field of semiconductors involves a series… Read More


RISC-V embedded software gets teams coding faster

RISC-V embedded software gets teams coding faster
by Don Dingee on 06-07-2022 at 10:00 am

Nucleus RTOS

RISC-V processor IP is abundant. Open-source code for RISC-V is also widely available, but typically project-based code solves one specific problem. Using only pieces of code, it’s often up to a development team integrate a complete application-ready stack for creating an embedded device. A commercial embedded software development… Read More


Advanced Packaging Analysis at DesignCon

Advanced Packaging Analysis at DesignCon
by Tom Dillinger on 06-07-2022 at 10:00 am

meshing

The slogan for the DesignCon conference has been “where the chip meets the board”.  Traditionally, the conference has provided a breadth of technical presentations covering the design and analysis of high-speed communication interfaces and power integrity evaluations between chip, board, and system.

The recent DesignCon… Read More


The Electron Spread Function in EUV Lithography

The Electron Spread Function in EUV Lithography
by Fred Chen on 06-07-2022 at 6:00 am

Electron Spread EUV

To the general public, EUV lithography’s resolution can be traced back to its short wavelengths (13.2-13.8 nm), but the true printed resolution has always been affected by the stochastic behavior of the electrons released by EUV absorption [1-5].

A 0.33 NA EUV system is expected to have a diffraction-limited point spread… Read More


DesignDash: ML-Driven Big Data Analytics Technology for Smarter SoC Design

DesignDash: ML-Driven Big Data Analytics Technology for Smarter SoC Design
by Kalar Rajendiran on 06-06-2022 at 10:00 am

DesignDash Better Decisions Faster

With time-to-market pressures ever increasing, companies are continually seeking enhanced designer productivity, faster design closure and improved project management efficiency. To accomplish these, organizations invest a lot in implementing both standardized approaches and proprietary techniques. With ever increasing… Read More


An Update on In-Line Wafer Inspection Technology

An Update on In-Line Wafer Inspection Technology
by Tom Dillinger on 06-06-2022 at 6:00 am

inspection overview

From initial process technology development (TD) to high volume manufacturing (HVM) status for a new node, one of the key support functions to improve and maintain yield is the in-line wafer inspection technology.  Actually, there are multiple inspection technologies commonly employed, with tradeoffs in pixel resolution,… Read More


Ecomotion: Engendering Change in Transportation

Ecomotion: Engendering Change in Transportation
by Roger C. Lanctot on 06-05-2022 at 6:00 am

Engendering Change in Transportation

Prioritizing gender-related behavior in the analysis of transportation patterns may change planning priorities and accelerate a transition to more sustainable mobility solutions. That is the finding of a report compiled by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in Tel Aviv, Israel and shared at the Women in Mobility summit… Read More


Podcast EP83: The ESD Alliance and SEMI – Mission and Strategy with Bob Smith

Podcast EP83: The ESD Alliance and SEMI – Mission and Strategy with Bob Smith
by Daniel Nenni on 06-03-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Bob Smith, executive director of the ESD Alliance, a SEMI technology community. The ESD Alliance represents the electronic system and semiconductor design ecosystems. It is the first design-oriented community in SEMI.

Bob explores the mission of the ESD Alliance and how the organization leverages the worldwide… Read More


Leveraging Simulation to Accelerate the Design of Plasma Reactors for Semiconductor Etching Processes

Leveraging Simulation to Accelerate the Design of Plasma Reactors for Semiconductor Etching Processes
by Kalar Rajendiran on 06-03-2022 at 6:00 am

Etching Processes

There is no shortage of reporting on the many technological advances happening within the semiconductor industry. But sometimes it feels like we hear less in the area of semiconductor manufacturing equipment than in the design and product arenas. That doesn’t mean that there is less happening there or what is happening there … Read More