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[WEBINAR] Secure your devices with PUF plus hardware root-of-trust

[WEBINAR] Secure your devices with PUF plus hardware root-of-trust
by Don Dingee on 05-25-2022 at 10:00 am

NVM secret key storage problems

It’s a hostile world we live in, and cybersecurity of connected devices is a big concern. Attacks are rising rapidly, and vulnerabilities get exploited immediately. Supply chains are complex. Regulations are proliferating. Secrets don’t stay secrets for long – in fact, the only secret in a system with open-source algorithms… Read More


Refined Fault Localization through Learning. Innovation in Verification

Refined Fault Localization through Learning. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 05-25-2022 at 6:00 am

Innovation New

This is another look at refining the accuracy of fault localization. Once a bug has been detected, such techniques aim to pin down the most likely code locations for a root cause. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and now Silvaco CTO) and I continue… Read More


3D IC Update from User2User

3D IC Update from User2User
by Daniel Payne on 05-24-2022 at 10:00 am

FO WLP min

Our smart phones, tablets, laptops and desktops are the most common consumer products with advanced 2.5D and 3D IC packaging techniques. I love seeing the product tear down articles to learn how advanced packaging techniques are being used, so at the User2User conference in Santa Clara I attended a presentation from Tarek Ramadan,… Read More


Sensing – Who needs it?

Sensing – Who needs it?
by Dave Bursky on 05-24-2022 at 6:00 am

Analog Bits Sensing SemiWiki

In a simple answer – everyone.  A keynote presentation “Sensing the Unknowns and Managing Power” by Mahesh Tirupattur, the Executive Vice President at Analog Bits at the recent Siemens User2User conference, discussed the need and application of sensors in computing and power applications. Why sense? As Mahesh explains, sensing… Read More


Unlocking PA design with predictive DPD

Unlocking PA design with predictive DPD
by Don Dingee on 05-23-2022 at 10:00 am

Predictive DPD virtual test bench

Next up in this series on modulated signals is an example of multi-dimensional EM design challenges: RF power amplifiers (PAs). Digital pre-distortion (DPD) is a favorite technique for linearizing PA performance. Static effects are easy to model and correct, but PAs are notorious for interrelated dynamic effects spoiling … Read More


Protecting High-Speed Interfaces in Data Centers with Security IP

Protecting High-Speed Interfaces in Data Centers with Security IP
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-23-2022 at 6:00 am

SoCs Have Many Interfaces That Require Security

The never ending appetite for higher bandwidths, faster data interfaces and lower latencies are bringing about changes in how data is processed at data centers. The expansion of cloud to the network edge has introduced broad use of artificial intelligence (AI) techniques for extracting meaning from data. Cloud supercomputing… Read More


Double Diffraction in EUV Masks: Seeing Through The Illusion of Symmetry

Double Diffraction in EUV Masks: Seeing Through The Illusion of Symmetry
by Fred Chen on 05-22-2022 at 7:00 am

Double Diffraction in EUV Masks

At this year’s SPIE Advanced Lithography conference, changes to EUV masks were particularly highlighted, as a better understanding of their behavior is becoming clear. It’s now confirmed that a seemingly symmetric EUV mask absorber pattern does not produce a symmetric image at the wafer, as a conventional DUV … Read More


Take a Leap of Certainty at DAC 2022

Take a Leap of Certainty at DAC 2022
by Daniel Nenni on 05-22-2022 at 6:00 am

Ansys DAC 2022

The live events I have attended thus far this year have been very good. As much as I liked the virtual events, attending in the comfort of my home or sailboat, it is great to be live and networking inside the semiconductor ecosystem, absolutely.

Ansys has been a great supporter of the Design Automation Conference but this year they … Read More


Radiodays Europe: Emotional Keynote

Radiodays Europe: Emotional Keynote
by Roger C. Lanctot on 05-21-2022 at 6:00 am

Radiodays Europe Emotional Keynote

One doesn’t expect to get emotional at the kickoff keynote for an industry event, but Radiodays Europe 22 flipped the script with live music and a bulletin from Ukrainian broadcasters beamed in from a bunker in Ukraine. The bunker broadcast followed speeches from Swedish and Finnish broadcasting executives including … Read More


Podcast EP81: The Future of Neural Processing with Quadric’s Steve Roddy

Podcast EP81: The Future of Neural Processing with Quadric’s Steve Roddy
by Daniel Nenni on 05-20-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Steve Roddy, chief marketing officer of Quadric, a leading processor technology intellectual property (IP) licensor. Roddy brings more than 30 years of marketing and product management expertise across the machine learning (ML), neural network processor (NPU), microprocessor, digital signal processor

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