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Measuring Local EUV Resist Blur with Machine Learning

Measuring Local EUV Resist Blur with Machine Learning
by Fred Chen on 03-17-2024 at 10:00 am

Measuring Local EUV Resist Blur with Machine Learning

Resist blur remains a topic that is relatively unexplored in lithography. Blur has the effect of reducing the difference between the maximum and minimum doses in the local region containing the feature. Blur is particularly important for EUV lithography since EUV lithography is prone to stochastic fluctuations and also driven… Read More


Podcast EP212: A View of the RISC-V Landscape with Synopsys’ Matt Gutierrez

Podcast EP212: A View of the RISC-V Landscape with Synopsys’ Matt Gutierrez
by Daniel Nenni on 03-15-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Matt Gutierrez. Matt joined Synopsys in 2000 and is currently Sr. Director of Marketing for Processor & Security IP and Tools. His current responsibilities include the worldwide marketing of ARC Processors and Subsystems, Security IP, and tools for the development of application-specific instruction … Read More


CEO Interview: Patrick T. Bowen of Neurophos

CEO Interview: Patrick T. Bowen of Neurophos
by Daniel Nenni on 03-15-2024 at 6:00 am

Patrick T. Bowen

Patrick is an entrepreneur with a background in physics and metamaterials. Patrick sets the vision for the future of the Neurophos architecture and directs his team in research and development, particularly in metamaterials design. He has a Master’s degree in Micro-Nano systems from ETH Zurich and PhD in Electrical Engineering… Read More


Checking and Fixing Antenna Effects in IC Layouts

Checking and Fixing Antenna Effects in IC Layouts
by Daniel Payne on 03-14-2024 at 10:00 am

Planar CMOS cross-section – antenna DRC

IC layouts go through extensive design rule checking to ensure correctness, before being accepted for fabrication at a foundry or IDM. There’s something called the antenna effect that happens during chip manufacturing where plasma-induced damage (PID) can lower the reliability of MOSFET devices. Layout designers run Design… Read More


Arteris is Unleashing Innovation by Breaking Down the Memory Wall

Arteris is Unleashing Innovation by Breaking Down the Memory Wall
by Mike Gianfagna on 03-14-2024 at 6:00 am

Arteris is Unleashing Innovation by Breaking Down the Memory Wall

There is a lot of discussion about removing barriers to innovation these days. Semiconductor systems are at the heart of unlocking many forms of technical innovation, if only we could address issues such as the slowing of Moore’s Law, reduction of power consumption, enhancement of security and reliability and so on. But there … Read More


2024 Outlook with Elad Alon of Blue Cheetah Analog Design

2024 Outlook with Elad Alon of Blue Cheetah Analog Design
by Daniel Nenni on 03-13-2024 at 10:00 am

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We have been working with Blue Cheetah Analog Design for three years now with great success. With new process nodes coming faster than ever before and with chiplets being pushed to the forefront of technology, the die-to-die interconnect traffic on SemiWiki has never been greater and chiplets is one of our top search terms.

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Automotive Electronics Trends are Shaping System Design Constraints

Automotive Electronics Trends are Shaping System Design Constraints
by Bernard Murphy on 03-13-2024 at 6:00 am

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Something is brewing in automotive electronics. Within a one-month window most of the product announcements and pitches to which I am being invited are on automotive topics. Automotive markets have long been one of the primary targets for suppliers to system designers, but this level of alignment in announcements seems more … Read More


2024 Outlook with Jim Cantele of Altair

2024 Outlook with Jim Cantele of Altair
by Daniel Nenni on 03-12-2024 at 10:00 am

Jim Cantele

Jim Cantele, global SVP of sales and technology at Altair, is an electronics industry veteran with deep knowledge of EDA software and services. Before joining Altair during the acquisition of Runtime Design Automation in 2017, Jim held executive-level management positions at a number of leading EDA and semiconductor companies,… Read More


LIVE WEBINAR: RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture: Enhancing Computing Power

LIVE WEBINAR: RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture: Enhancing Computing Power
by Daniel Nenni on 03-12-2024 at 6:00 am

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In the dynamic landscape of chip design, two trends stand out as game-changers: the rise of the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) and the advent of Software Defined products. Today, we delve into why these trends are not just shaping the industry but propelling companies like Andes and Menta to the forefront of innovation.… Read More


No! TSMC does not Make 90% of Advanced Silicon

No! TSMC does not Make 90% of Advanced Silicon
by Scotten Jones on 03-11-2024 at 2:00 pm

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Throughout the debate on fab incentives and the Chips Act I keep seeing comments like; TSMC makes >90% of all advanced silicon, or sometimes Taiwan make >90% of all advanced silicon. This kind of ill-defined and grossly inaccurate statement drives me crazy. I just saw someone make that same claim in the SemiWiki forums and… Read More