TSMC A16 Backside Power at VLSI 2026

TSMC A16 Backside Power at VLSI 2026
by Daniel Nenni on 07-10-2026 at 6:00 am

TSMC A16 Backside Power at VLSI 2026

TSMC’s A16 technology, presented as Paper T1.5 at the June 2026 IEEE/JSAP VLSI Symposium, marks the company’s first angstrom-class CMOS platform combining enhanced nanosheet gate-all-around transistors with backside power delivery. The key integration feature is Super Power Rail, or SPR, which TSMC describes as a backside… 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