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Cut Defects, Not Yield: Outlier Detection with ML Precision

Cut Defects, Not Yield: Outlier Detection with ML Precision
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-20-2025 at 10:00 am

Part Average Testing

How much perfectly good silicon is being discarded in the quest for reliability? During high-volume chip manufacturing, aggressive testing with strict thresholds may ensure quality but reduces yield, discarding marginal chips that could function flawlessly. On the other hand, prioritizing yield risks allowing defective… Read More


Variable Cell Height Track Pitch Scaling Beyond Lithography

Variable Cell Height Track Pitch Scaling Beyond Lithography
by Fred Chen on 03-20-2025 at 6:00 am

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Two approaches compared

With half-pitch approaching 10 nm, EUV patterning is heavily impacted by stochastic effects, which are aggravated from reduced image contrast from electron blur [1]. A two-mask (“LELE”: Litho-Etch-Litho-Etch) approach was proposed to pattern core features for self-aligned double patterning (SADP)… Read More


2025 Outlook with James Cannings QPT Limited

2025 Outlook with James Cannings QPT Limited
by Daniel Nenni on 03-19-2025 at 10:00 am

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Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
I’m James Cannings, the Executive Chairman of QPT. QPT is a power electronics start-up with a vision to reduce global electricity consumption by 5%, saving billions and moving the needle on the Net Zero challenge. Electric motors use up to 50% of the world’s electricity and our… Read More


Compute and Communications Perspectives on Automotive Trends

Compute and Communications Perspectives on Automotive Trends
by Bernard Murphy on 03-19-2025 at 6:00 am

Automotive Growth Pillars min

Automotive electronics is a fast-moving space, especially around sensing and distilling intelligence from that sensing. This serves three main pillars: autonomy, electrification and advances in the car cockpit. Autonomy at multiple levels remains an important goal and continues to advance, technically and geographically.… Read More


CEO Interview with Dr. Thang Tran of Simplex Micro

CEO Interview with Dr. Thang Tran of Simplex Micro
by Daniel Nenni on 03-18-2025 at 10:00 am

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Dr. Thang Tran is an innovator in modern computing, drawing inspiration from pioneers like Seymour Cray, Thornton, and Tomasulo. His work leverages the simplicity of the RISC-V ISA to advance microprocessor efficiency, integrating vector processing and scoreboarding principles foundational to early supercomputing. Thang… Read More


Semidynamics adds NoC partner and ONNX for RISC-V AI applications

Semidynamics adds NoC partner and ONNX for RISC-V AI applications
by Don Dingee on 03-18-2025 at 6:00 am

Baya x Semidynamics teaming up on RISC-V AI applications

When Semidynamics added support for int4 and fp8 data types to their RISC-V processors, it clearly indicated their intent to target AI inference with hundreds or perhaps thousands of concurrent threads running in their advanced caching and pipelining scheme. Two recent announcements around Embedded World 2025 reinforce their… Read More


Intel has a new Billionaire CEO!

Intel has a new Billionaire CEO!
by Daniel Nenni on 03-17-2025 at 10:00 am

Lip Bu Tan was appointed chief executive officer of Intel Corpor

Great news last week as Intel fills the CEO slot for the 9th time in 56 years with industry legend Lip-Bu Tan. From what I hear, Intel employees, and the entire industry for that matter, are overjoyed. I’m sure there are one or two competing companies that are concerned but overall it is an absolute love fest.

If you look at education… Read More


How FD-SOI Powers the Future of AI in Automobiles

How FD-SOI Powers the Future of AI in Automobiles
by Mike Gianfagna on 03-17-2025 at 6:00 am

How FD SOI Powers the Future of AI in Automobiles

We are witnessing a significant revolution in automotive design. The software-defined vehicle is taking center stage as disruptive technologies are integrated into mass production. Areas such as autonomous driving, lighting, radar, and other camera-based sensors are all part of this revolution. AI is at the center of many… Read More


Video EP2: A Detailed Look at the Most Effective Way to Conquer Clock Jitter with Samia Rashid

Video EP2: A Detailed Look at the Most Effective Way to Conquer Clock Jitter with Samia Rashid
by Daniel Nenni on 03-14-2025 at 10:00 am

In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Samia Rashid, co-founder and president of Infinisim. Samia provides detailed background on clock jitter – what it is, what causes it and the various methods to address the problem. Samia describes the unique clock analysis technology developed… Read More


Cutting Through the Fog: Hype versus Reality in Emerging Technologies

Cutting Through the Fog: Hype versus Reality in Emerging Technologies
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-14-2025 at 8:00 am

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Silicon Catalyst is an organization that supports early-stage semiconductor startups with an ecosystem that provides tools and resources needed to design, create, and market semiconductor solutions. It is the only incubator + accelerator focused on the Global Semiconductor Industry and operates with the motto “It’s about… Read More