Selected Semiconductor Articles - May'20

Device Architectures, 5nm and beyond (Nadine Collaert, Semicon Taiwan 2016)
Intro
Beyond FinFETs
High Mobility Materials
New Switching Mechanisms
Summary
Power Management via Reinforcement Learning (DAC 2011)
Intro
Theory (semi-Markov decision process = SMDP)
System Model
Results
Conclusion
Power Management via Reinforcement Learning (DAC 2011)
Intro
Soft-Edge Flip Flop (SEFF) Pipelines
Near-Threshold Regime
Optimization
Experimental Results
Conclusion
Performance: 7nm FinFETs vs Conventional Bulk CMOS
Intro
7nm FinFET Technology Description
Standard Cell Library Characterization
Power Consumption
Synthesis Results
Conclusion