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5nm Vs. 3nm
Foundry vendors are readying the next wave of advanced processes, but their customers will face a myriad of confusing options—including whether to develop chips at 5nm, wait until 3nm, or opt for...
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Will Open-Source EDA Work?
Open-source EDA is back on the semiconductor industry’s agenda, spurred by growing interest in open-source hardware. But whether the industry embraces the idea with enough enthusiasm to make it...
View ArticleAI Design Forum: The Future of Computing–from Materials to Systems
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EUV, Deep Learning Issues In Mask Making
Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, photomask technologies and machine learning issues with Emily Gallagher, principal member of the technical staff at...
View ArticleApplied Buys Kokusai For $2.2B
Applied Materials has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion in cash from investment firm KKR. For years, Kokusai Electric was a subsidiary of Hitachi. It sells...
View ArticleBlog Review: July 3
Cadence’s Paul McLellan digs into 5G with a two-part post explaining the basics of the technology, what makes it so different from 4G, and the challenges ahead including the limitations of mmWave....
View ArticleWeek In Review: Manufacturing, Test
Fab tools and materials Applied Materials has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Kokusai Electric for $2.2 billion in cash from investment firm KKR. With the acquisition of Kokusai’s...
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Big Shifts In Big Data
The big data market is in a state of upheaval as companies begin shifting their data strategies from “nothing” or “everything” in the cloud to a strategic mix, squeezing out middle-market players and...
View ArticleDebate Over Health Of Moore’s Law Continues
Semicon West 2019 was kicked off by the ‘AI Design Forum’ and featured a panel of CEOs that debated if Moore’s Law was still making power, performance and area optimization possible in the same way as...
View ArticleManufacturing Bits: July 10
Semicon West It’s Semicon West time again. Here’s the first wave of announcements at the event: Applied Materials has unveiled a pair of tools aimed at accelerating the industry adoption for new...
View ArticleWeek In Review: Manufacturing, Test
Semi takeover targets Semiconductor M&A activity is heating up again. So who is next? “Within our coverage universe, we believe AMBA (Ambarella) and SLAB (Silicon Labs) represent the most likely...
View ArticleWide Band Gap—The Revolution In Power Semiconductors
New government regulations and industry standards are leading companies to adopt wide bandgap (WBG) power solutions, both to reduce their carbon footprint and to meet increasing demand for higher power...
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Process Control For Next-Generation Memories
The Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are driving the need for higher speeds and more power-efficient computing. The industry is responding by bringing new memory...
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200mm Cools Off, But Not For Long
After years of acute shortages, 200mm fab capacity is finally loosening up, but the supply/demand picture could soon change with several challenges on the horizon. 200mm fabs are older facilities with...
View ArticleBlog Review: July 24
Synopsys’ Taylor Armerding notes that while two Florida cities may have saved taxpayers millions by paying ransomware demands, doing so is likely setting up a ransomware tsunami that threatens other...
View ArticleNode Within A Node
Enough margin exists in manufacturing processes to carve out the equivalent of a full node of scaling, but shrinking that margin will require a collective push across the entire semiconductor...
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Semicon West Debrief
AI vs. energy. Quantum for everyone. Biofabrication of human organs on a mass scale. Slowing advancements from Moore’s law. In the midst of a market dip, optimism reigned as keynote and AI Design Forum...
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Week In Review: Manufacturing, Test
Deals Apple will pay $1 billion to buy Intel’s smartphone modem unit. Under the terms of the agreement, Apple will hire 2,200 Intel employees and acquire Intel’s IP and equipment. The deal, expected to...
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Cloudy Outlook Seen For IC Biz
After a slowdown in the first half of 2019, chipmakers and equipment vendors face a cloudy outlook for the second half of this year, with a possible recovery in 2020. Generally, the semiconductor...
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Trade wars Talks between the United States and China continue to stall and the two nations are still embroiled in a trade war. So this week, U.S. President Donald Trump has imposed a 10% tariff on the...
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