Circuits are being pushed harder and longer, particularly with AI, speeding up the aging of data paths. Photonics adds its ...

A new technical paper titled “Customizing a Large Language Model for VHDL Design of High-Performance Microprocessors” was ...

A new technical paper titled “Coherent EUV scatterometry of 2D periodic structure profiles with mathematically optimal experimental design” was published by researchers at University of Colorado, NIST ...

Exploiting CPU Cache Side-Channels to Leak Tokens from Large Language Models” was published by researchers at MITRE and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Abstract “Side-channel attacks on shared ...

Chip smuggling prevention; AI export controls and deals; OSAT revenue up; AI PC memory chipsets; big fundings and buybacks; ...

Two standards — Bunch of Wires (BoW) and UCIe — compete with proprietary designs. Today, the latter predominates, since ...

Chiplets offer a huge leap in semiconductor functionality and productivity, just like soft IP did 40 years ago, but a lot has ...

Chiplets will be a key enabler for customizing designs at every level, from edge devices to the cloud. AI is a key driver, ...

Supply chain vulnerabilities, hardware attacks, and communications hacks are rife. Autonomous technology poses extra threats.

Rooting out the causes of silent data corruption errors will require testing improvements and much more. Silent data errors ...

High-voltage PCB spacing; HBM4; AI changes engineering teams; ion beam etching; wafer market and raw materials.

Benchmarking 3D-IC cooling; rad-hard flip-flops; high-speed data error correction. Researchers from Massachusetts Institute ...