America must act to secure its ‘legacy chips’ from China and other competitors
As demand for connected devices and digital technologies continues to increase, so does the need for trusted and secure chips ...
EU approves $35B Synopsys and Ansys merger, subject to divestment conditions
The European Commission (EC) has given the greenlight for Synopsys to acquire Ansys, though the companies must sell-off various software products as part of the proposed remedies. Chip design software ...
Semiconductor Engineering3d
Tackling Reliability In Early IC Design
To tackle these reliability challenges, IC designers are increasingly embracing a “shift-left” mindset, where reliability ...
Everything you need to know about modulation, from Leslie speakers to vibrato, chorus and BBD chips
Modulation effects are one of our pedalboard’s essentials. But where do they come from and what do they do? We explore the history of modulation, from amps and studio hardware to compact stompboxes ...
RS-NEWS5d
Chip Design: AI Cuts Weeks to Hours and Outperforms Engineers
A particular advantage of AI designs is their versatility. The resulting chips can be more energy efficient or operate over a ...
Semiconductor Engineering5d
What’s Next For Through-Silicon Vias
Fab tools are being fine-tuned for TSV processes as demand ramps for everything from HBM to integrated RF, power, and MEMS in ...
Electronic Design5d
So...The CMOS Circuits in Our Texts Go Back to 1963?
Mostly-Analog editor Andy Turudic takes a look at the original 1963 ISSCC paper that described the world’s first CMOS process ...