Silicon, the raw material used in chips, became harder to come by for producers during the pandemic, according to Federgruen, because it is necessary for vaccine manufacturing. "In addition, there was the shutdown or temporary shutdown of [semiconductor] manuf...
Some “silicon-proven” IPs are IPs extracted from production chips, or used by other licensees in successful production, which have endured real-world, high-volume tests under all sorts of conditions. These IPs certainly have credibility in their quality. However, these IPs...
imec identifies three key elements in 3D integration technology: Through-Silicon Via (TSV), die-to-die and die-to-wafer stacking and interconnection, and wafer-to-wafer bonding technology. Beyne points out that TSV miniaturization technology continues to evolve. However, regarding “inte...
Apple's custom silicon is expected to leap to 3nm, a next-generation manufacturing technique, later this year, but what exactly does the enhanced process mean for the company's next-generation chips? Semiconductor fabrication is the process used to make chips. The "node" of the process is, ...
But materials science’s most important role is yet to come. Its true potential will be to take us—and AI—beyond silicon into new frontiers and the realms of science fiction by harnessing the building blocks of biology. EMD Electronics is the Electronics business o...
I however, prefer to listen to the manufacturers, trusting that they have their consumers best interests at heart, despite consumers being marginalised by most of silicon valley currently.So my questions to you are as follows: 1: Give...
Thus an important field of application for SiC semiconductors is power electronics, the conversion of electricity into a usable form for a device. For a laptop, for instance, up until now silicon semiconductors have primarily been used for this, but they emit a lot of energy as heat. With...
2. I am not a chip expert, but believe chips are not like machined parts, capable of being the exactly the same to a very close tolerance. You are right to admit you are not an expert. If there is anything on this Earth that should be identical, it is the speed of two of the...
One thing is for sure: Innovations in AI chip architecture will continue to abound, and Synopsys will have a front-row seat and a hand in them as we help our customers design next-generation AI chips in an array of industries. Synopsys.ai: AI-Driven EDA Optimize silicon performance, acce...
Not every inch of a wafer can be used to form chips. During the production of the wafers, defects spread along the surface of the silicon disk, an unwanted side effect of the fabrication process. Because of these defects, manufacturers get around 70% to 90% yield. A thing to note here ...