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MBIST Power Creates Lurking Danger for SOCs

MBIST Power Creates Lurking Danger for SOCs
by Tom Simon on 01-25-2022 at 10:00 am

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The old phrase that the cure is worse than the disease is apropos when discussing MBIST for large SOCs where running many MBIST tests in parallel can exceed power distribution network (PDN) capabilities. Memory Built-In Self-Test (MBIST) usually runs automatically during power on events. Due to the desire to speed up test and … Read More


Business Considerations in Traceability

Business Considerations in Traceability
by Bernard Murphy on 01-25-2022 at 6:00 am

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Traceability as an emerging debate around hardware is gaining a lot of traction. As a reminder, traceability is the need to support a disciplined ability to trace from initial OEM requirements down through the value chain to implementation support and confirmed verification in software and hardware. Demand for traceability… Read More


How System Companies are Re-shaping the Requirements for EDA

How System Companies are Re-shaping the Requirements for EDA
by Kalar Rajendiran on 01-24-2022 at 10:00 am

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As the oldest and largest EDA conference, the Design Automation Conference (DAC) brings the best minds together to present, discuss, showcase and debate the latest and greatest advances in EDA. It accomplishes this in the form of technical papers, talks, company booths, product pavilions and panel discussions.

A key aspect … Read More


LIVE Webinar: Bridging Analog and Digital worlds at high speed with the JESD204 serial interface

LIVE Webinar: Bridging Analog and Digital worlds at high speed with the JESD204 serial interface
by Daniel Nenni on 01-24-2022 at 6:00 am

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To meet the increased demand for converter speed and resolution, JEDEC proposed the JESD204 standard describing a new efficient serial interface to handle data converters. In 2006, the JESD204 standard offered support for multiple data converters over a single lane with the following standard revisions; A, B, and C successively… Read More


How France’s Largest Semiconductor Company Got Stolen in Plain Sight

How France’s Largest Semiconductor Company Got Stolen in Plain Sight
by Doug O'Laughlin on 01-23-2022 at 10:00 am

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Originally published on Fabricated Knowledge

Soitec is a semiconductor materials company known for its smart cut and Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technologies, which are critical in 5G, Silicon Photonics, and Silicon Carbide (EV) end-markets.

Yesterday, they announced that current CEO Paul Boudre will retire and be replaced… Read More


Musk: Colossus of Roads, with Achilles’​ Heel

Musk: Colossus of Roads, with Achilles’​ Heel
by Roger C. Lanctot on 01-23-2022 at 8:00 am

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For Tesla, 2021 was an amazing year. A blindspot looms in 2022.

Critics cheered the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for opening multiple investigations into fatal and near fatal Tesla crashes.  Legislators decried the de facto beta testing of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta on public roads. And in December,… Read More


ASML Too Much Demand Plus Intel and High NA

ASML Too Much Demand Plus Intel and High NA
by Robert Maire on 01-23-2022 at 6:00 am

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Too much demand- A “good” problem-Managing supply & capacity-Intel & Hi NA

ASML great Q4 results-Demand off charts-Supply constrained
-Dealing with chain issues, putting out fires, expediting
-Looking forward to next gen High NA in 2024/2025
-Intel’s order doesn’t give advantage,… Read More


Podcast EP58: A look at 2021 and 2022 with Wally Rhines

Podcast EP58: A look at 2021 and 2022 with Wally Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 01-21-2022 at 10:00 am

Daniel Nenni is joined by popular podcast guest Wally Rhines. Dan and Wally explore 2021, some of the expected results and some of the surprises. COVID, supply chains, chip shortages and international trade are just a few of the topics.

Wally and Dan then turn their attention to 2022. What kind of year will it be? What will be the … Read More


The 5G Rollout Safety Controversy

The 5G Rollout Safety Controversy
by Matt Commens on 01-21-2022 at 6:00 am

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There has been a lot of attention in the news recently about AT&T and Verizon rolling out their first implementations of sub-6GHz 5G radio access networks (RAN). Notably, the FAA and airline industries have voiced serious concerns about potential safety issues for aircraft autopilot and landing systems. As a result of these… Read More


TSMC Earnings – The Handoff from Mobile to HPC

TSMC Earnings – The Handoff from Mobile to HPC
by Doug O'Laughlin on 01-20-2022 at 10:00 am

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Hello! The most important semiconductor company in the world reported earnings last night. It’s been something of a tradition to post Taiwan Semiconductor Company (TSMC) earnings posts not behind my paywall, and I think that I’m going to continue that to kickoff each earnings season.

There are so many threads in the TSMC call that… Read More