Readers of SemiWiki will be well aware of the challenges the industry has faced in photolithography in moving to new nodes, which drove the development of new EUV light sources as well as new masking techniques. Plasma etching is another key step in chip manufacturing that has also seen new challenges in the development of new sub-10nm… Read More
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0.55 High-NA Lithography Update
At the recent SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning Conference, Mark Phillips from Intel gave an insightful update on the status of the introduction of the 0.55 high numerical aperture extreme ultraviolet lithography technology. Mark went so far as to assert that the development progress toward high-NA EUV would support … Read More
Improving IP Quality For Compliance
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Establishing traceability is critical for many organizations — and a must for those who need to prove compliance. Using a platform approach, you can create end-to-end verification traceability for your designs, if you have the right tools.
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Three Perspectives on the Hardware/Software Interface – Who’s Right?
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The hardware/software interface, or HSI is the critical piece of technology that allows software to communicate with the hardware it’s controlling. With all the dedicated processors in most designs today, this is a very important part of the architecture.
How to add a NIST-Certified Random Number Generator to any IoT device?
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Researchers from Bishop Fox recently identified a new critical vulnerability of IoT devices. Their study showed that random number generators (RNGs) used in billions of IoT devices fail to provide sufficient entropy. Insufficient entropy causes predictable instead of random numbers, which severely
Bridging Analog and Digital worlds at high speed with the JESD204 serial interface (Live Webinar)
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In this live webinar, we will take a look at the history and revisions of JESD204 to provide an understanding of the standard, the use cases, and its future, followed by an overview of the key features of the standard, useful for system architects and system integration engineers. We will also touch on a few… Read More
Optimal circuit sizing strategies for performance, low power, and high yield of analog and full-custom IP
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Semiconductor companies designing ICs for smart phones, automotive and industrial applications, CPUs, GPUs and memory components all employ teams of custom IC designers to create the highest performance chips at the lowest costs. Efficient design for yield is a key capability … Read More
Are We Headed for a Semiconductor Crash?
COVID was certainly a black swan event but semiconductors have seen similar events over the past 50 years, some of which I have experienced personally. The Dot-com bubble comes to mind but there were others. The question is will history repeat itself and the answer, according to Malcolm Penn of Future Horizons, is yes.
Malcolm is… Read More
Podcast EP57: A Perspective of 2021 and 2022 with Malcolm Penn
Dan is joined by Malcolm Penn, long-term semiconductor industry veteran and founder of Future Horizons, Dan and Malcolm review their last discussion on 2021 forecasts, which produced aggressive numbers many said were too optimistic. Their predictions turned out to be on the mark.
They also explore the topic of 2022 -what … Read More
Podcast EP55: A New Year’s Perspective with Dan and Mike
Dan and Mike take some time to review 2021 – the events that led to growth, opportunities and challenges and a discussion of what lies ahead.
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