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  • David has almost 25 years of leadership experience in the semiconductor industry. Prior to joining Pragmatic, he served as Chief Strategy Officer at Micron Technology, Inc. He also spent six years at Intel Corporation in various roles, including General Manager of the Programmable Solutions Group, where he led the multi-billion-dollar… Read More The post CEO […]
  • Founded in 2016 and based in Barcelona, Spain, Semidynamics™ is the only provider of fully customizable RISC-V processor IP.  The company delivers high bandwidth, high performance cores with vector units and tensor units targeted at machine learning and AI applications. There were some recent announcements from Semidynamics… Read More The post RISC-V Summit Buzz – […]
  • Secure-IC is a global leader in end-to-end cybersecurity solutions, specializing in the domain of embedded systems and connected devices. With an unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of security innovation, Secure-IC has established a remarkable track record. Its credentials include active involvement in new… Read More The post Rugged Security Solutions For Evolving Cybersecurity Threats […]
  • SystemVerilog came to life in 2005 as a superset of Verilog-2005. The last IEEE technical committee revision of the SystemVerilog LRM was completed in 2016 and published as IEEE 1800-2017. Have the last seven years revealed any changes or enhancements that maintain SystemVerilog’s relevance and efficaciousness in the face … Read More The post SystemVerilog […]
  • Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) are the foundation of modern electronics, and designing them efficiently is complex. Design automation and advanced PCB routing have transformed the process, making it faster and more reliable. Design automation streamlines tasks, reduces errors, and ensures consistency. Advanced PCB routing… Read More The post A Complete Guidebook for PCB Design Automation […]
  • Amkor to invest $2B in Arizona packaging/test plant; Synopsys to add GenAI across full stack; fast-tracking U.S. chip patents; AMD's Indian 3D-IC design center; EV issues; digital payment ring. The post Chip Industry Week In Review appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
  • A new technical paper titled “A Comprehensive Technique Based on Machine Learning for Device and Circuit Modeling of Gate-All-Around Nanosheet Transistors” was published by researchers at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University. Abstract (excerpt) “Machine learning (ML) is poised to play an important part in advancing the predicting capability in semiconductor device compact modeling domain…. […]
  • A new technical paper titled “DCRA: A Distributed Chiplet-based Reconfigurable Architecture for Irregular Applications” was published by researchers at Princeton University. Abstract “In recent years, the growing demand to process large graphs and sparse datasets has led to increased research efforts to develop hardware- and software-based architectural solutions to accelerate them. While some of these… […]
  • A new technical paper titled “Extending Memory Capacity in Modern Consumer Systems With Emerging Non-Volatile Memory: Experimental Analysis and Characterization Using the Intel Optane SSD” was published by researchers at ETH Zurich, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Google, and Rivos. Abstract Excerpt “DRAM scalability is becoming a limiting factor to the available memory capacity in consumer… […]
  • Working in an industry during its infancy was an amazing experience, but it had some different challenges. The post The Good Old Days Of EDA appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
  • The state of a system is fundamental for performing many analysis and debug tasks, but understanding it and its context is a growing challenge. The post System State Challenges Widen appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
  • AI is both evolutionary and revolutionary, making it difficult to assess where and how it will be used, and what problems may crop up. The post EDA Pushes Deeper Into AI appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
  • Advanced packaging has evolved from expensive custom solutions to those ready for more widespread adoption. The post 3D-ICs May Be The Least-Cost Option appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
  • Semiconductor chiplet technology promises to extend the Moore's Law benefits of performance and cost. The post Nascent Chiplet Tech Gaining Attention In Defense and Commercial Industries appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
  • The generative AI model that is a critical test for NPU design. The post Considerations For Accelerating On-Device Stable Diffusion Models appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
  • ROHM has launched the RLD90QZW8 high-power laser diode, suitable for industrial equipment and consumer applications requiring distance measurement and spatial recognition…
  • Spirox Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan, in collaboration with its subsidiary Southport Corp, has jointly launched the industry-first JadeSiC-NK non-destructive defect inspection system, which uses non-linear optical technology for whole wafer scanning of SiC substrates, identifying killer defects within the substrate. By replacing the existing high-cost, destructive KOH (potassium hydroxide) etching detection method, it leads to […]
  • Discrete device designer and manufacturer Nexperia B.V. of Nijmegen, The Netherlands (a subsidiary of Wingtech Technology Co Ltd) has announced its first silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFETs with the release of two 1200V discrete devices in 3-pin TO-247 packaging with RDS(on) values of 40mΩ and 80mΩ…
  • For third-quarter 2023, NUBURU Inc of Centennial, CO, USA — which was founded in 2015 and develops and manufactures high-power industrial blue lasers — has reported revenue of $0.187m, down 78% on $0.868m a year ago, due mainly to a decrease in the number of laser system sales…
  • Epiwafer and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK has appointed veteran semiconductor industry leaders Bamdad (Bami) Bastani and Maria Marced to its board of directors as independent non-executive directors, effective from 1 January 2024, when Sir Derek Jones KCB will step down from the board…
  • IC and integrated module supplier Sivers Semiconductors AB of Kista, Sweden says that its subsidiary Sivers Photonics of Glasgow, Scotland, UK has received new orders worth $1m (about SEK10m) for advanced optical sensing products from three customers across light detection & ranging (LiDAR), medical and industrial sectors…
  • For its fiscal second-quarter 2024 (to end-September 2023), Transphorm Inc of Goleta, near Santa Barbara, CA, USA — which designs and manufactures JEDEC- and AEC-Q101-qualified gallium nitride (GaN) field-effect transistors (FETs) for high-voltage power conversion — has reported revenue of revenue of $5.01m, down 15% on $5.883m last quarter but up 36.5% on $3.67m a […]
  • EV Group of St Florian, Austria – a supplier of wafer bonding and lithography equipment for semiconductor, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) and nanotechnology applications – has completed construction work for the next expansion phase of its corporate headquarters. The new ‘Manufacturing V’ facility, which is now open and serves as the manufacturing department for EVG equipment […]
  • For third-quarter 2023, gallium nitride (GaN) power IC and silicon carbide (SiC) technology firm Navitas Semiconductor Corp of Torrance, CA, USA has reported revenue of $22m, up 22% on $18.1m last quarter. This is also up 115% on $10.2m a year ago, aided somewhat by the acquisition in August 2022 of silicon carbide power semiconductor […]
  • Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult has been awarded £4m from UK Government agency Innovate UK (which provides funding and support for business innovation as part of UK Research and Innovation) to help deliver a resilient and energy-efficient future telecoms network for the UK…