Semiconductor Engineering

How Advanced Packaging Is Reshaping Inspection: Next-generation optical inspection is about more than just sensitivity. It’s about reliably seeing through complexity. semiengineering.com/how-advanced-p… #semiconductor #advancedpackaging #inspection

Four key areas where chips can help manage AI’s insatiable power consumption. semiengineering.com/crisis-ahead-p… #datacenters #Ai #powerconsumption #semiconductor

Chip Industry Week in Review: China’s AI capacity glut; Intel’s rebound plan; ST to buy MEMS/sensor biz; CUDA for RISC-V; US AI policy; global equipment $; top 13 tech trends; copper concerns; EUV free electron laser; CFETs .. semiengineering.com/chip-industry-… #semiconductor #semiEDA #AI

Special Report: imec’s 3D platform upends the way devices are built. Focus shifts from transistors to systems. semiengineering.com/cmos-2-0-layer… @imec_int #semiconductor #hybridbonding #BacksidePowerDelivery #BPD #CMOS20 #CFETs

How, why, and where LLMs can make a difference in chip manufacturing equipment. semiengineering.com/ai-in-the-ic-e… #LLMs #AI #semiconductor

A chiplet ecosystem is under development, but many barriers must be overcome before a thriving marketplace can exist. 5 industry experts weigh in semiengineering.com/when-can-i-buy… #chiplet @MarvellTech @alphawavesemi @Keysight @Cadence @Synopsys

Chip Industry Week in Review: AI chip sales to China; TSMC accelerates production; Synopsys-Ansys; Chinese spying; Nikon’s new litho; SiC, GaN; GPU rowhammer attack; Q2 startup funding; new TSV glass substrate... semiengineering.com/chip-industry-… #semiEDA #semiconductor #lithography #AI

SemiEngineering's latest Test, Measurement & Analytics newsletter semiengineering.com/newsletter/tes… #semiconductor #semiconductortest #ATE #burnin #advancedpackaging #waferdefects #inspection #scanchains

Silent Data Corruption What it is, what to do about it, and why should you care. youtu.be/L6x49gZLYHw?fe… #SilentDataCorruption #SDC @ProteanTecs #semiconductor #aging #reliability

Can Today’s Processor Architectures Be More Efficient? The low-hanging fruit of processor optimization may be gone, but new technologies are emerging. semiengineering.com/can-todays-pro… #processors #architecture #CPO #parallelism #OOE #branchprediction #lowpower #semiconductor #AI

A new technical paper titled “GPUHammer: Rowhammer Attacks on GPU Memories are Practical” was published by researchers at University of Toronto. semiengineering.com/rowhammer-atta…

Panel of 5 experts talk about what’s needed to effectively leverage AI, who benefits from it, and where software-defined hardware works best [Part 3] semiengineering.com/ai-in-chip-des… #semiEDA @ANSYS @siemenssoftware @Keysight @Cadence @Synopsys #AI #chipdesign

Employing more stress testing at the wafer level improves quality while reducing burn-in time and cost. So why isn’t it happening? semiengineering.com/easing-the-str… #semiconductor

New architectures and manufacturing methods draw investors; 75 startups raise $1.9B semiengineering.com/startup-fundin… #startups #startupfunding #semiconductor @vsora_dsp @edgecortix @Cognichip @allspice_io @ForgeNano @lidrotec @Speedata1 @SnowcapCompute @QuantWareHQ @zeroRISCinc

Chip Industry Week In Review semiengineering.com/chip-industry-… SIA’s state of the industry report; TSMC’s liquid cooling; copper supply risks; EU’s new AI rules; GF acquires; LPDDR6 standard; memory market reports; GPU threat; quantum; advanced packaging inspection and more #semiconductor

Defects that manifest as slips, scratches, and micro-cracks continue to bedevil the prevalent optical inspection methods. semiengineering.com/detecting-slip… #semiconductor #inspection #waferdefects

AI: A New Tool For Hackers, And For Preventing Attacks: 7 experts discuss HW security challenges, including new threat models from AI-based attacks semiengineering.com/ai-a-new-tool-… #AIattacks #cybersecurity #hardwaresecurity #AImodels #GenAI #semiconductor