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Webinar: “Navigating our AI Wonderland” … with humans-in-the-Loop?

Webinar: “Navigating our AI Wonderland” … with humans-in-the-Loop?
by Richard Curtin on 12-06-2023 at 8:00 am

AIeverywhere EETimes

AI is here, there, and absolutely everywhere – now and forever.

The electronics industry, and the world at-large, have experienced an overwhelming amount of AI coverage this year, with no letup in store for 2024. Both EE Times and Silicon Catalyst have recently staged events around artificial intelligence:

  • AI Everywhere” delivered
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BEOL Mask Reduction Using Spacer-Defined Vias and Cuts

BEOL Mask Reduction Using Spacer-Defined Vias and Cuts
by Fred Chen on 12-06-2023 at 6:00 am

BEOL Mask Reduction Using Spacer Defined Vias and Cuts

In recent advanced nodes, via and cut patterning have constituted a larger and larger portion of the overall BEOL mask count. The advent of SALELE [1,2] caused mask count to increase for EUV as well, resulting in costs no longer being competitive with DUV down to 3nm [3]. Further development by TEL [4] has shown the possibility for… Read More


Prototyping Chiplets from the Desktop!

Prototyping Chiplets from the Desktop!
by Daniel Nenni on 12-05-2023 at 10:00 am

S2C PLM Mini

S2C has been successfully delivering rapid SoC prototyping solutions since 2003 with over 600 customers, including 6 of the world’s top 10 semiconductor companies. I personally have been involved with the prototyping market for a good part of my career and know S2C intimately.

S2C is the leading independent global supplier… Read More


Building Reliability into Advanced Automotive Electronics

Building Reliability into Advanced Automotive Electronics
by Bernard Murphy on 12-05-2023 at 6:00 am

Automotive reliability min

Those of you who have been in the industry for a little while will remember that the recipe for reliable electronics in cars (and other vehicles) used to be simple. Stick to old (like 10 years old) and well-proven processes and tweak rather than tear up and restart well-proven designs to the greatest extent possible. Because incrementing… Read More


Improving Wafer Quality and Yield with UPW Resistivity and TOC Measurements

Improving Wafer Quality and Yield with UPW Resistivity and TOC Measurements
by Kalar Rajendiran on 12-04-2023 at 10:00 am

MT Group Stock Photo

An earlier SemiWiki post discussed water sustainability in semiconductor manufacturing, related challenges and solutions. Whether first time use or recycled use, water purity needs to meet certain stringent criteria for the processing task on hand. This article will look at it from a wafer quality and yield perspective and… Read More


RISC-V Summit Buzz – Axiomise Accelerates RISC-V Designs with Next Generation formalISA®

RISC-V Summit Buzz – Axiomise Accelerates RISC-V Designs with Next Generation formalISA®
by Mike Gianfagna on 12-04-2023 at 6:00 am

RISC V Summit Buzz – Axiomise Accelerates RISC V Designs with Next Generation formalISA®

If the recent RISC-V Summit proved one thing it’s that open-source hardware design, and particularly the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA) has entered the mainstream. It is a design methodology and architecture to watch closely. Across a broad range of applications from data center, to automotive, to IoT, RISC-V processors… Read More


Podcast EP196: A Look at the Upcoming IEDM Conference with the Publicity Chair and Vice Chair

Podcast EP196: A Look at the Upcoming IEDM Conference with the Publicity Chair and Vice Chair
by Daniel Nenni on 12-01-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Jungwoo Joh, a Process Development Manager at Texas Instruments and Publicity Chair for IEDM 2023. He currently leads gallium nitride technology development for power applications, and has been working on reliability, device characterization & modeling, and process development for various GaN based … Read More


CEO Interview: David Moore of Pragmatic

CEO Interview: David Moore of Pragmatic
by Daniel Nenni on 12-01-2023 at 6:00 am

PIC BY STEWART TURKINGTON www.stphotos.co.uk

David has almost 25 years of leadership experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Pragmatic, he served as Chief Strategy Officer at Micron Technology, Inc. He also spent six years at Intel Corporation in various roles, including General Manager of the Programmable Solutions Group, where he led the multi-billion-dollar… Read More


RISC-V Summit Buzz – Semidynamics Founder and CEO Roger Espasa Introduces Extreme Customization

RISC-V Summit Buzz – Semidynamics Founder and CEO Roger Espasa Introduces Extreme Customization
by Mike Gianfagna on 11-30-2023 at 10:00 am

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Founded in 2016 and based in Barcelona, Spain, Semidynamics™ is the only provider of fully customizable RISC-V processor IP.  The company delivers high bandwidth, high performance cores with vector units and tensor units targeted at machine learning and AI applications. There were some recent announcements from Semidynamics… Read More


Rugged Security Solutions For Evolving Cybersecurity Threats

Rugged Security Solutions For Evolving Cybersecurity Threats
by Kalar Rajendiran on 11-30-2023 at 6:00 am

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Secure-IC is a global leader in end-to-end cybersecurity solutions, specializing in the domain of embedded systems and connected devices. With an unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of security innovation, Secure-IC has established a remarkable track record. Its credentials include active involvement in new… Read More