Innovations such as extreme ultraviolet lithography have helped somewhat with the wavelength of light problem. But the cost of this technology limits its use, and the most advanced processes have their own set of counter-intuitive challenges. Something else has happened, however, that is changing ...
The reason why SoCs are increasingly being preferred over simple CPU systems is because despite being almost the same side in regards to the motherboard, an SoC packs twice the power and capability. The CPU will still rely on several other external hardware whereas an SoC has space for all y...
What is Skipper? Well, it seems it’s a penguin in the movie Madagascar. And one of Barbie’s sisters. Who knew? But for Semiwiki readers it’s an integrated chip finishing platform from ICScape. Skipper can read in full-chip layout extremely fast, examine it and manipulate it in variou...