My good friend Matthew Burns develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon-to-Silicon solutions. Over the course of 25 years, he has been a leader in design, applications engineering, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries. Matt holds a B.S. in Electrical… Read More
2025 Outlook with Christelle Faucon of Agile Analog
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
I was born in France, but I have been living in the Netherlands for two decades. I have worked in the global semiconductor industry for over 25 years. After my Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering, I started my career as a Design Engineer. Since then I have held senior product… Read More
Stanford showcases the first 60 GHz GaN IMPATT Oscillator at IEDM 2024
Key takeaways
- IMPATT (Impact Ionization Avalanche Transit Time) sources operating at millimeter-wave and sub-THz frequencies using GaN technology have the potential to become some of the most powerful high-frequency (RF) generators.
- At this year’s IEDM, a major breakthrough was reported: a GaN IMPATT RF oscillator achieving
Stochastic Effects Blur the Resolution Limit of EUV Lithography
Conventionally, the resolution limit of a lithography system with wavelength l and numerical aperture NA is given by half-pitch = 0.25 wavelength/NA. With the use of EUV lithography, however, electron blur needs to be added [1]. The impact of this blur is to reduce the contrast [2]. Blur reduces the modulation amplitude by a factor… Read More
Semiconductor Industry Update Webinar – Registration Now Open
At first glance, the headline annualized semiconductor market growth numbers remain strong, with HBM Memory leading the way and AI GPUs continuing to sell in a frenzy. However, a deeper dive into the details reveals a much bleaker picture. Inventory levels remain stubbornly high, and mainstream capacity utilization rates are… Read More
ML and Multiphysics Corral 3D and HBM
3D design with high-bandwidth memory stacks (HBM) has become essential for leading edge semiconductor systems in multiple applications. Hyperscalers depend on large AI accelerator cores supported by 100GB or more of in-package HBM to handle trillion parameter AI models. Autonomous Drive (AD) vehicles may handle smaller … Read More
CES 2025 and all things Cycling
CES 2025 was held from January 7-10, once again in Las Vegas, so I attended virtually to gather together all of the tech and trends related to cycling, which is becoming more electrified each year. E-bikes return as the biggest category and from my cycling rides I can see how popular these bikes are becoming in Oregon for commuters … Read More
Can LELE Multipatterning Help Against EUV Stochastics?
Previously, I had indicated how detrimental stochastic effects at pitches below 50 nm should lead to reconsidering the practical resolution limit for EUV lithography [1]. This is no exaggeration, as stochastic effects have been observed for 24 nm half-pitch several years ago [2,3]. This then leads to the question of whether … Read More
WEBINAR: 2025 Semiconductor Year in Preview
TechInsights has been in the semiconductor analysis business for more than 35 years and is THE most trusted source of semiconductor information. TechInsights started as a reverse engineering and IP analysis company but has grown into much more. I remember waiting for the teardown reports before buying electronics to make sure… Read More
Accelerating Automotive SoC Design with Chiplets
The automotive industry is evolving rapidly with the increasing demand for intelligent, connected, and autonomous vehicles. Central to this transformation are System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, which integrate multiple processing units into a single chip for managing everything from safety systems to in-car entertainment.… Read More
Will 50% of New High Performance Computing (HPC) Chip Designs be Multi-Die in 2025?