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Category: Semiconductor

Semiconductor/IC

  • A New 3D IC Approach

    While 3D ICs have been sexy for a while, actually building them has been a bit more of a stately process than simply talking about…

  • Virtualizer and HAPS Shake Hands

    Numerous systems tend to get used for verifying SoCs, and, with software now in the picture, the range is extended even further. We’ve talked before…

  • A Place to Dry Your Nanoclothes

    The next thing after MEMS is… OK, time’s up… NEMS. Of course. From micro to nano. One of the materials that seems inextricably linked to…

  • Cadence Supports NVMe

    Last year, a new standard was overlaid on PCI Express (PCIe) to reset the way non-volatile memory (NVM) is accessed. To date, solid-state disk (SSD)…

  • Graphene Quilts

    A while back we looked at wide bandgap materials like GaN when used for power devices, but, along with power comes heat and the need…

  • Powering Up Power Analysis

    Apache has just released their latest RedHawk version, RedHawk-3DX. In it they’ve focused on areas of growing importance for power: 3D ICs, working at the…

  • High-Sigma Simulations

    We’ve noted before that the meaning of “corners” is much less obvious for analog circuits than it is for digital. Solido noted in a recent…

  • Brighter LEDs

    Cree has been manufacturing press releases on brighter LEDs almost as fast as they are (presumably) making the LEDs themselves. And, in one release, they…

  • New Emulator Help

    Emulators are becoming more important for chip verification. While they used to be valued for in-circuit emulation (ICE) – real-worldish implementations of pre-mask hardware, the…

  • 14 nm Waking Up

    Even as we talk about the Common Platform Alliance’s 14-nm plans, others are also out there putting 14 nm into play. In March, imec announced…