Quick Error Detection. Innovation in Verification - Semiwiki
Can we detect bugs in post- and pre-silicon testing where…
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Introduction To Test Data Formats
The parts that make up a complete and fully compatible STDF or ATDF file.
Wafer Capacity by Feature Size Shows Strongest Growth at
IC capacity for leading-edge (
Don’t Forget About Associative Memories
Artificial neural networks and deep learning have taken center stage as the tools of choice for many contemporary machine learning practitioners and researchers. But there are many cases where you need something more powerful than basic statistical analysis, yet not as complex…
Explainer on Packaging: Interposers, Bridges and Chiplets
The IC industry is renewing its focus on advanced packaging. Chiplets may be the least mature option, but it is also one of the most widely promising. A conversation with Intel's Ramune Nagisetty.
Chip-Package Co-Analysis Using Ansys RedHawk-CPA
How an integrated chip–package co-analysis can quickly and accurately model package layout for inclusion in on-chip power integrity simulations.
TSMC and Google push chipmaking boundaries with 3D 'stacking'
Taiwanese chip titan testing new production tech to boost computing power
New CXL interconnect promises to move data faster, more efficiently at 32 G
The Computer Express Link interconnect builds on PCI Express 5.0 to enable memory coherency and low latency between host processors and accelerators.
FinFETs Give Way to Gate-All-Around | Lam Research
When they were first commercialized at the 22 nm node, finFETs represented a revolutionary change to the way we build transistors, the tiny switches in the “brains” of a chip. As compared to...
The Elmore Delay Model in VLSI Design
In this article, we'll discuss the Elmore delay model, which provides a simplistic delay analysis that avoids time-consuming numerical integration/differential equations of an RC network.
176 Steps Closer To The Mythical All-Flash Datacenter
We have nothing against disk drives. Seriously. And in fact, we are amazed at the amount of innovation that continues to go into the last
Introduction to CMOS Image Sensors
In this article, you'll learn the basics of the CMOS image sensor, including its core components, its block diagram, its strengths and weaknesses, and its applications.
New And Innovative Supply Chain Threats Emerging
But so are better approaches to deal with thorny counterfeiting issues.
Techniques to Reduce Timing Violations using Clock Tree Optimizations in Synopsys IC Compiler II - Semiwiki
The semiconductor industry growth is increasing exponentially with high speed…
Making Full Memory IP Robust During Design - Semiwiki
Looking at a typical SoC design today it's likely to…
Why Data Format Slows Chip Manufacturing Progress
Adoption of new format will take time, but it also will add consistency into data as volume grows.
How Debuggers Work: Getting and Setting x86 Registers
In this article, I would like to shortly describe the methods used to dump and restore the different kinds of registers on 32-bit and 64-bit x86 CPUs. The first part will focus on General Purpose Registers, Debug Registers and Floating-Point Registers up to the XMM registers…
Neural Networks Without Matrix Math
A different approach to speeding up AI and improving efficiency.
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Chip Industry: Events
Here are the upcoming events in the semiconductor industry.
DDR4 Makes Headway Even with DDR5 Modules on Its Heels
With no definitive release date for DDR5, DDR4 is making significant strides.
Performance analysis & tuning on modern CPU - DEV Community ????
They say "performance is king'... It was true a decade ago and it certainly is now. With more and mor...
Verification Of Multi-Cycle Paths And False Paths
Single-clock design is not always as easy as it seems.
What’s WAT? An Overview Of WAT/PCM Data?
More about the data that the fab makes available to the fabless customer when the wafer is ready to ship.
100 Shielding Tips and Tricks
The principle of shielding is creating a conductive layer completely surrounding the object you want to shield. This was invented by Michael Faraday and this system is known as a Faraday cage.
LDM: My Favorite ARM Instruction
While CPUs and GPUs Work Harder in Data Centers, DPUs Work Smarter
As next-gen data centers amp up processing and speed, they're going to need processing units that can handle the heft of AI and machine learning.
Designing and Simulating EMC Filters with LTspice
In this article, we will review the different types of noise that are present in a circuit. We will also discuss how to perform an accurate simulation of an EMC filter with LTspice.
https://semianalysis.com/apples-a14-packs-134-million-transistors-mm2-but-falls-far-short-of-tsmcs-density-claims/
An ex-ARM engineer critiques RISC-V
RISC-V.md · GitHub
New AI Inferencing Records - IEEE Spectrum
Nvidia tops MLPerf records again, consortium adds benchmarks to measure mobile
https://semianalysis.com/qualcomm-lost-the-iphone-12-mmwave-antenna-module-contract-to-a-chinese-company/
FreeCAD/FreeCAD: This is the official source code of FreeCAD, a free and op
This is the official source code of FreeCAD, a free and opensource multiplatform 3D parametric modeler. - FreeCAD/FreeCAD
Linux Developers Discussing Possible Kernel Driver for Intel CPU Undervolti
While the Intel Extreme Tuning Utility (XTU) on Windows allows for undervolting laptop processors, currently on Linux there isn't any Intel-endorsed way for undervolting your CPU should you be interested in better thermal/power efficiency and other factors
Machine Learning Enabled High-Sigma Verification Of Memory Designs
Variation-aware memory verification with brute force Monte Carlo accuracy in much less time.
There’s a Hole in Your SoC: Glitching the MediaTek BootROM
Intel Networking: Not Just A Bag Of Parts
What is the hardest job at Intel, excepting whoever is in charge of the development of chip etching processes and the foundries that implement it? We
Marvell Technology, Inc. | Essential technology, done right
Designed for your current needs and future ambitions, Marvell delivers the data infrastructure technology transforming tomorrow’s enterprise, cloud, automotive, and carrier architectures for the better.
How Micron’s GDDR6X memory is the secret to unlocking 4K on Nvidia’s RTX 30
Micron's GDDR6X is one of the star components in Nvidia's RTX 3070, 3080, and 3080 video cards. It's so fast it should boost gaming past the 4K barrier.
Qualcomm Doubles Range of mmWave 5G to 2.36 Miles
Qualcomm says mmWave could get better soon, as it's completed a test that doubles the theoretical range of mmWave to 2.36 miles (3.8 kilometers).
An Analog IC Design Book Draft
[Jean-Francois Debroux] spent 35 years designing analog ASICs. He’s started a book and while it isn’t finished — indeed he says it may never be — the 180 pages he posted on …
2023 Interposers: TSMC Hints at 3400mm2 12x HBM in one Package
‘Better Yield on 5nm than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rates for N5
CXMT scaling up 19nm DRAM output with better yield rates
China-based DRAM chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies (CXMT) is scaling up its 19nm chip output with better yield rates, with the monthly production likely to top 70,000 wafers by the end of 2020, according to industry sources.
Photonics startup Lightmatter details P1, its AI optical accelerator chip
Ahead of the Hot Chips 2020 conference this week, photonics chip startup Lightmatter detailed its forthcoming test chip accelerator hardware.
Micron Spills on GDDR6X: PAM4 Signaling For Higher Rates, Coming to NVIDIA’
Optimizing 128-bit Division
When it comes to hashing, sometimes 64 bit is not enough, for example, because of birthday paradox — the hacker can iterate through random $latex 2^{32}$ entities and it can be proven that wi…
Launching the #CPUOverload Project: Testing Every x86 Desktop Processor sin
Design an Open-Source SoC with Google SkyWater PDK, Get It Manufactured for Free - CNX Software
Tim Ansell of Google has announced the open-source SkyWater PDK, and plans to manufacture 40 open-source SoC projects for free by 2021.
Beyond-Line-Of-Sight Troposcatter Communications Primer
Hardware solutions that mitigate the design challenges and meet requirements of the latest tropospheric scatter applications.