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Impact of Varying Electron Blur and Yield on Stochastic Fluctuations in EUV Resist

Impact of Varying Electron Blur and Yield on Stochastic Fluctuations in EUV Resist
by Fred Chen on 05-03-2025 at 4:00 pm

P30 stochastics vs attenuation length

A comprehensive update to the EUV stochastic image model

In extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, photoelectron/secondary electron blur and secondary electron yield are known to drive stochastic fluctuations in the resist [1-3], leading to the formation of random defects and the degradation of pattern fidelity at advanced

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Executive Interview with Koji Motomori, Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development at Numem

Executive Interview with Koji Motomori, Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development at Numem
by Daniel Nenni on 05-03-2025 at 2:00 pm

Koji Motomori

Koji Motomori is a seasoned business leader and technologist with 30+ years of experience in semiconductors, AI, embedded systems, data centers, mobile, and memory solutions, backed by an engineering background. Over 26 years at Intel, he drove strategic growth initiatives, securing $2B+ in contracts with OEMs and partners.… Read More


Video EP3: A Discussion of Challenges and Strategies for Heterogeneous 3D Integration with Anna Fontanelli

Video EP3: A Discussion of Challenges and Strategies for Heterogeneous 3D Integration with Anna Fontanelli
by Daniel Nenni on 05-02-2025 at 10:00 am

In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Anna Fontanelli, founder and CEO of MZ Technologies. Anna explains some of the substantial challenges associated with heterogeneous 3D integration. Dan then begins to explore some of the capabilities of GenioEVO, the first integrated chiplet/package… Read More


CEO Interview with Richard Hegberg of Caspia Technologies

CEO Interview with Richard Hegberg of Caspia Technologies
by Daniel Nenni on 05-02-2025 at 6:00 am

Richard Hegberg

Rick has a long and diverse career in the semiconductor industry. He began as VP of sales at Lucent Microelectronics. He has held executive roles at several high-profile companies and participated in several acquisitions along the way. These include NetApp, SanDisk/WD, Atheros/Qualcomm, Numonyx/Micron, ATI/AMD, and VLSI… Read More


TSMC Describes Technology Innovation Beyond A14

TSMC Describes Technology Innovation Beyond A14
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-01-2025 at 10:00 am

Device Architecture Outlook

The inaugural event for the 2025 TSMC Technology Symposium recently concluded in Santa Clara, California. This will be followed by events around the world over the next two months. We have summarized information from this event regarding process technology innovation and advanced packaging innovation. Overall, the A14 process… Read More


SNUG 2025: A Watershed Moment for EDA – Part 2

SNUG 2025: A Watershed Moment for EDA – Part 2
by Lauro Rizzatti on 05-01-2025 at 6:00 am

SNUG 2025 Scaling Compute for the Age of Intelligence Figure 1

At this year’s SNUG (Synopsys Users Group) conference, Richard Ho, Head of Hardware, OpenAI, delivered the second keynote, titled “Scaling Compute for the Age of Intelligence.” In his presentation, Richard guided the audience through the transformative trends and implications of the intelligence era now unfolding before… Read More


Emerging NVM Technologies: ReRAM Gains Visibility in 2024 Industry Survey

Emerging NVM Technologies: ReRAM Gains Visibility in 2024 Industry Survey
by Daniel Nenni on 04-30-2025 at 11:00 am

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A recent survey of more than 120 anonymous semiconductor professionals offers a grounded view of how the industry is evaluating non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies—and where things may be heading next.

The 2024 NVM Survey, run in late 2024 and promoted through various semiconductor-related platforms and portals including… Read More


Feeding the Beast: The Real Cost of Speculative Execution in AI Data Centers

Feeding the Beast: The Real Cost of Speculative Execution in AI Data Centers
by Jonah McLeod on 04-30-2025 at 10:00 am

Per Module Cost Breakdown RISCV

For decades, speculative execution was a brilliant solution to a fundamental bottleneck: CPUs were fast, but memory access was slow. Rather than wait idly, processors guessed the next instruction or data fetch and executed it ‘just in case.’ Speculative execution traces its lineage back to Robert Tomasulo’s work… Read More


LLMs Raise Game in Assertion Gen. Innovation in Verification

LLMs Raise Game in Assertion Gen. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 04-30-2025 at 6:00 am

Innovation New

LLMs are already simplifying assertion generation but still depend on human-generated natural language prompts. Can LLMs go further, drawing semantic guidance from the RTL and domain-specific training? Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO… Read More


Automotive Functional Safety (FuSa) Challenges

Automotive Functional Safety (FuSa) Challenges
by Daniel Payne on 04-29-2025 at 10:00 am

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Modern vehicles have become quite sophisticated, like a supercomputer on wheels. They integrate a vast number of electronic components, including thousands of chips, to deliver advanced functionalities ranging from infotainment to critical safety systems. This increasing complexity necessitates a robust approach to … Read More