Maximizing 3DIC Design Productivity with 3DBlox: A Look at TSMC’s Progress and Innovations in 2024

Maximizing 3DIC Design Productivity with 3DBlox: A Look at TSMC’s Progress and Innovations in 2024
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-08-2024 at 10:00 am

3DFabric Silicon Validated Thermal Analysis

At the 2024 TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum, one of the technical talks by TSMC focused on maximizing 3DIC design productivity and rightfully so. With rapid advancements in semiconductor technology, 3DICs have become the next frontier in improving chip performance, energy efficiency, and density. TSMC’s focus on streamlining the… Read More


Collaboration Required to Maximize ASIC Chiplet Value

Collaboration Required to Maximize ASIC Chiplet Value
by Kalar Rajendiran on 09-24-2024 at 10:00 am

Chiplet Alchip

It is a well-known fact that chiplets provide several advantages over traditional monolithic chips. Despite these benefits, the transition to a chiplet-based design paradigm presents challenges that need coordinated efforts across the industry. In essence, collaborative efforts among various players involved are not … Read More


The Impact of UCIe on Chiplet Design: Lowering Barriers and Driving Innovation

The Impact of UCIe on Chiplet Design: Lowering Barriers and Driving Innovation
by Kalar Rajendiran on 08-15-2024 at 6:00 am

Comparative Analysis of Chiplet Interconnect Standards (Physical Layer)

The semiconductor industry is experiencing a significant transformation with the advent of chiplet design, a modular approach that breaks down complex chips into smaller, functional blocks called chiplets. A chiplet-based design approach offers numerous advantages, such as improved performance, reduced development … Read More


Blue Cheetah Advancing Chiplet Interconnectivity #61DAC

Blue Cheetah Advancing Chiplet Interconnectivity #61DAC
by Daniel Payne on 07-18-2024 at 10:00 am

blue cheetah 61dac min

At #61DAC, I love it when an exhibitor booth uses a descriptive tagline to explain what they do, like when the Blue Cheetah booth displayed Advancing Chiplet Interconnectivity. Immediately, I knew that they were an IP provider focusing on chiplets. I learned what sets them apart is how customizable their IP is to support specific… Read More


Keysight EDA at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Keysight EDA at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Payne on 06-17-2024 at 8:00 am

DAC 2024 Banner

DAC starts June 24th and I can already feel the buzz of excitement building up as I receive updates from EDA vendors like Keysight EDA. Talking with Scott Seiden, Director Strategic Marketing, Keysight EDA Portfolio, I learned that they have the largest booth on the first floor, now that’s a statement that caught my attention. This… Read More


Webinar: Multiphysics Simulation of Challenges in 3D IC and Chiplet Designs

Webinar: Multiphysics Simulation of Challenges in 3D IC and Chiplet Designs
by Admin on 05-30-2024 at 4:11 pm

Multiple Sessions – All English Language:

14:00 JST (APAC)

10:00 EDT, 16:00 CET (AMER and EUR)

Stacking multiple dies with 3D ICs offer enhanced functionality, reduced form factor, and improved interconnect density. However, these advancements come with several challenges, including thermal management issues. Multiphysics… Read More


AI System Connectivity for UCIe and Chiplet Interfaces Demand Escalating Bandwidth Needs

AI System Connectivity for UCIe and Chiplet Interfaces Demand Escalating Bandwidth Needs
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-27-2024 at 10:00 am

Alphwave Semi UCIe PHY Support for All Package Types

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize industries, from healthcare and finance to automotive and manufacturing. AI applications, such as machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks, rely on vast amounts of data for training, inference, and decision-making processes. As AI algorithms become … Read More


Alphawave Semi Bridges from Theory to Reality in Chiplet-Based AI

Alphawave Semi Bridges from Theory to Reality in Chiplet-Based AI
by Bernard Murphy on 04-25-2024 at 10:00 am

Alphawave Semi min

GenAI, the most talked-about manifestation of AI these days, imposes two tough constraints on a hardware platform. First, it demands massive memory to serve large language model with billions of parameters. Feasible in principle for a processor plus big DRAM off-chip and perhaps for some inference applications but too slow … Read More


Synopsys & AMD Webinar – Final Frontier: The Next Generation of 3DIC Interposer/InFO Design

Synopsys & AMD Webinar – Final Frontier: The Next Generation of 3DIC Interposer/InFO Design
by Admin on 04-23-2024 at 1:34 pm

In recent years, the semiconductor industry has experienced a breakthrough in the onset of 2.5D and 3D chiplet-based products. These products promise to extend the limits of Moore’s Law while demolishing limitations on speed and capacity for our highest tiers of compute. But for all the adulation we heap upon the 3DIC paradigm,

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