Trump whacking CHIPS Act? When you hold the checkbook, you make up the new rules

Trump whacking CHIPS Act? When you hold the checkbook, you make up the new rules
by Robert Maire on 02-16-2025 at 10:00 am

Robert Maire Semiconductor Advisors
  • News reports that Trump will change CHIPS Act to suit his views
  • We specifically predicted this months ago as deals closed 11th hour
  • Blue states, enemies list & foreign entities likely to get cut
  • Big changes/cuts likely to a program Trump roundly criticized

Reuters: Exclusive: Trump prepares to change US CHIPS Act conditions,Read More


IEDM 2025 – TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does it Measure Up?

IEDM 2025 – TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does it Measure Up?
by Scotten Jones on 02-10-2025 at 6:00 am

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Initial thoughts

At IEDM held in December 2024, TSMC presented: “2nm Platform Technology featuring Energy-efficient Nanosheet Transistors and Interconnects co-optimized with 3DIC for AI, HPC and Mobile SoC Applications,” the authors are:

Geoffrey Yeap, S.S. Lin, H.L. Shang, H.C. Lin, Y.C. Peng, M. Wang, PW Wang, CP Lin, KF… Read More


WEBINAR: 2025 Semiconductor Year in Preview

WEBINAR: 2025 Semiconductor Year in Preview
by Daniel Nenni on 01-03-2025 at 6:00 am

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


The Intel Common Platform Foundry Alliance

The Intel Common Platform Foundry Alliance
by Daniel Nenni on 12-27-2024 at 6:00 am

Common Platform Alliance

When I do a root cause analysis of Intel’s problem it is very simple. If Intel wants to continue to be a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturer, they need to fill their fabs, all of their fabs. Clearly several things need to happen in order to do that but the one that most interests me is on the foundry side.

I think we can all agree that… Read More


What would you do if you were the CEO of Intel?

What would you do if you were the CEO of Intel?
by Daniel Nenni on 12-24-2024 at 10:00 am

Intel BSPD Power Via

One of the most enduring threads in the SemiWiki forum is What would you do if you are the Intel CEO? There are currently 128 responses and more than 45,000 views. It was originally posted March 13th, 2015, after Brain Krzanich was given the CEO position. A different time for sure but an interesting read and the responses keep on coming.… Read More


Intel – Everyone’s Favourite Second Source?

Intel – Everyone’s Favourite Second Source?
by Peter Bennet on 12-17-2024 at 10:00 am

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A response to Daniel Nenni’s “What’s Wrong with Intel?” article, which invited alternative views.

At the risk of calling down the forecast universal opprobrium, I’m going to disagree with Dan’s take on the centrality of Intel.

I don’t agree that Intel is too big/important to fail or that the US can’t succeed in semiconductors without… Read More


What is Wrong with Intel?

What is Wrong with Intel?
by Daniel Nenni on 12-09-2024 at 10:00 am

Intel Inside

One of the most popular topics on the SemiWiki forum is Intel, which I understand. Many of us grew up with Intel, some of us have worked there, and I can say that the vast majority of us want Intel to succeed. The latest Intel PR debacle is the abrupt departure of CEO Pat Gelsinger. To me this confirms the answer to the question, “What is … Read More


Podcast EP265: The History of Moore’s Law and What Lies Ahead with Intel’s Mr. Transistor

Podcast EP265: The History of Moore’s Law and What Lies Ahead with Intel’s Mr. Transistor
by Daniel Nenni on 12-08-2024 at 6:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Tahir Ghani, Intel senior fellow and director of process pathfinding in Intel’s Technology Research Group. Tahir has a 30-year career at Intel working on many innovations, including strained silicon, high-K metal gate devices, FinFETs, RibbonFETs, and backside power delivery (BSPD), among others. He has… Read More


Analog IC Migration using AI

Analog IC Migration using AI
by Daniel Payne on 11-14-2024 at 10:00 am

Analog Migration with virtuoso studio

My first job out of college was migrating a DRAM chip from one process node to a newer node, and it was a 100% manual process that required many months of effort. That need to migrate semiconductor IP to newer nodes is still with us today, and much automation has been applied to digital circuits, however migrating analog IP has proven… Read More


PDF Solutions AI Executive Conference

PDF Solutions AI Executive Conference
by Admin on 11-12-2024 at 10:51 pm

Explore the power of ai to transform semiconductor design & manufacturing.

This one-day Executive Conference will feature presentations from PDF Solutions executives, industry thought leaders, solutions partners and customers on the state of art and best practices to design, deploy, scale, and manage trusted AI / ML … Read More