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The future of work will not be shaped by technology alone. It will be shaped by whether young people are given the confidence, skills, and guidance to participate in that future. This is why the TSMC Charity Foundation’s “Technical and Vocational Talent Empowerment Program” matters. By connecting schools, industry partners,… Read More The post Driving […]

Synopsys Foundation IP for Intel 18A is a portfolio of semiconductor building blocks designed to help system-on-chip developers build advanced chips with better power, performance, and area, often called PPA. The offering includes embedded memory compilers, standard-cell logic libraries, and input/output libraries for… Read More The post Foundation IP for Intel 18A: Technical Overview and […]

The real promise of AI in EDA is not to replace EDA tools or reinvent design flows, it is to help engineers accomplish existing tasks even more complex design tasks faster, more safely, and with far less tool expertise than was previously required. The webinar explores what a truly effective AI-powered EDA tool should look […]

Chip-level vulnerability is becoming an existential threat for virtually all systems. The time to ensure your chip designs are resistant to these attacks is now. Caspia presented a webinar recently that provides important information on how to build attack-resistant chips. If you missed it, don’t worry. A replay link is coming.… Read More The post […]

Even with advances in AI, automation, and advanced process technology, many semiconductor test operations still rely on reports generated hours after production has occurred. This creates a significant and growing problem. By the time engineers discover a yield excursion, parametric drift, tester issue, or an increase in… Read More The post Why Real-Time Intelligence is […]

Researchers from NIST, University of Maryland, and Johns Hopkins University published a technical paper titled “Effect of Exchange-Correlation Functionals on Schottky Barriers at Si/Metal Interfaces.” Abstract excerpt “Accurate prediction of Schottky barrier heights (SBHs) at metal–semiconductor interfaces is essential for understanding and optimizing charge injection in electronic and optoelectronic devices. However, first-principles calculations of SBHs… […]

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and UCLA published a technical paper titled “AgRefactor: Self-Evolving Agentic Workflow for HLS Compatibility and Performance.” The paper introduces an “LLM-based multi-agent workflow  for refactoring software into HLS-compatible programs” and reports a 6.51× geometric mean speedup over a state-of-the-art pragma tuning tool. Find the technical paper here. June 2026. Zou,… […]

Researchers from University of Notre Dame, Georgia Institute of Technology, and Villanova University published a technical paper titled “Probabilistic Memory for Trustworthy Edge Intelligence.” Summary: The paper introduces p-MEM as “a unified memory primitive” that samples at “the native memory bandwidth.” It reports reductions in instruction count, sampling latency, and energy for Bayesian neural network… […]

S. Korea goes All In on AI; new Dresden power fab; Intel expansion; GM secures memory supply; AI power management funding; mature-node foundry capacity; 300mm fab equipment; McKinsey's map of strategic IC supply; security threats; AI burnout. The post Chip Industry Week In Review appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

The EV revolution relies on battery innovation, while AI data centers need a range of new energy solutions to play nice with the grid. Both sectors are taking notes. The post AI Data Centers And Auto Industry Converge On Same Issues appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

As multimodal AI fuses data from billions of devices, attackers can weaponize detailed digital twins of people or systems. The post Defending Against AI-Enabled Data Fusion appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Addressing a bottleneck in nanometer-scale semiconductor manufacturing. The post Accelerating Computational Lithography With GPU Rasterization appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Centralized compute platforms and OTA updates change a vehicle's risk profile in fundamental ways. The post Securing The Software-Defined Vehicle Starts With Re-Architecting Trust appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

What happens when adoption is limited not by the silicon itself, but the development model around it. The post Three Things DSP Adoption Can Teach Us About Edge AI appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Expanding beyond traditional block-based SSD access with new command sets, broader media support, and improved transport organization. The post NVMe 2.0 Explained: What’s New And Why It Matters appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany says that the District Court Munich (Landgericht München I) has ruled in favor of it in another patent infringement case concerning gallium nitride (GaN) technology between it and China-based Innoscience (Suzhou) Technology Holding Co Ltd (which manufactures GaN-on-silicon power chips on 8” silicon wafers)…

China-based Innoscience (Suzhou) Technology Holding Co Ltd (which manufactures GaN-on-silicon power chips on 8” silicon wafers) says that Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany was forced to remove certain gallium nitride (GaN) products from its exhibition booth at electronica China 2026 in Shanghai after the products were identified by Innoscience as being subject to a […]

Dynex Semiconductor Ltd of Lincoln, UK has developed a 450A, 650V gallium nitride (GaN) half-bridge power module, designed to deliver ultra-fast switching performance, high efficiency, and enhanced thermal management for demanding power conversion applications…

Private rare-earths exploration and process development company US Critical Materials Corp (USCM) of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (which is dedicated to advancing high-grade domestic sources of rare-earth elements and critical minerals essential to US national security, supply chain independence, and advanced manufacturing) has announced several major milestones: the relocation of its corporate headquarters to […]

Keysight Technologies Inc of Santa Rosa, CA, USA and WIN Semiconductors Corp of Taoyuan City, Taiwan — which provides pure-play gallium arsenide (GaAs) and gallium nitride (GaN) wafer foundry services for the wireless, infrastructure and networking markets — have announced a joint monolithic microwave integrated circuit (MMIC) design workflow that enables GaN MMIC design houses […]

In first-quarter 2026, patent activity in silicon carbide (SiC) technology remained particularly dynamic, both upstream in substrates and epitaxial wafers and downstream in power devices and modules, according to technology intelligence and IP strategy consulting company KnowMade in two new patent monitoring services dedicated to SiC technology:…

Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has introduced the EiceDRIVER 2EDL90xG3, a 120V common footprint gate driver designed to enable silicon (Si) and gallium nitride (GaN) power designs on the same PCB…

At the 30th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC 2026) in Tampere, Finland (14-17 June), photonic simulation CAD software developer Photon Design Ltd of Oxford, UK showcased its industry-first, simulation tools for quantum dot lasers and photonic crystal surface-emitting lasers (PCSELs)…

Based on preliminary, unaudited accounting data as of end-May, NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA (a dual-use defense & security integrated platform company focused on non-kinetic effects and directed-energy technologies, electronic warfare and defense mobility programs, software-orchestrated defense systems and advanced manufacturing) expects its stockholders' equity to materially exceed the $4m requirement applicable under the […]

Graphene-based electronic device design, development and manufacturing company Paragraf of Somersham, Cambridgeshire, UK is forming a new Advisory Committee that will include Oreste Donzella, Jean-Michel Richard and Thomas Piliszczuk. Donzella and Richard will also join Paragraf’s board as non-executive directors…