We all know the signal integrity and power integrity challenges of high-performance system design. It used to be enough to design a robust chip. Now, the interaction between the chip, the substrate/package and the PCB all matter. If your design is 2.5D, as many are these days, the problems just gets worse. Chiplets are becoming… Read More
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Si Photonics in a 300mm Fab – This is Getting Serious!
Greater demand for more data exchange within data centers is being driven by mobile computing and the Internet-of-Everything. In 2011, it was estimated that over 1 Zettabytes (ZB) of data was pushed through the internet. That’s 1×10[SUP]21[/SUP] bytes of data. And, that amount has been doubling every 3 years since. Given… Read More
Channel Operating Margin (COM) — A Standard for SI Analysis
There’s an old adage, attributed to renowned computer scientist Andrew Tannenbaum, one that perhaps only engineers find amusing: “The nice thing about standards is that you have so many to choose from.” Nevertheless, IEEE standards arise from customer requirements in the electronics industry. Many relate… Read More