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Category: Semiconductor

Semiconductor/IC

  • Less Back-Talk

    RFID tags are everywhere, but they’re rather primitive as high-tech devices go. They’re programmed to do one thing: repeat a message over and over, like…

  • Synthesizing TLM Models

    Architectural exploration and design implementation all too often are two separate tasks implemented by two completely separate groups. Once a high-level TLM model has been…

  • Inorganic n-Type Thin-Film Transistors

    We’ve seen before that organic approaches to transistors have focused on p-type transistors. While n-type materials have become more available, organic CMOS still isn’t widespread.…

  • What Comes After Silicon?

    It’s the perennial question (or one of them): how long can silicon last? Without giving dates, imec’s Rudy Lauwereins opined that silicon will be replaced…

  • A Conference Presentation Figure of Merit

    In this business, I end up going to a lot of conferences on a lot of different topics. Now, I was trained as an engineer…

  • A Self-Healing Radio on a Chip

    Continuing with the occasional note about interesting ISSCC presentations, there was an interesting talk about a self-healing radio-on-a-chip – in fact, probably the best actual…

  • New lower-power transceivers

    As the number of sensors and autonomous units of various flavors continues to increase, the need for them to communicate with as little power as…

  • Taking the Temperature

    Three of this year’s ISSCC’s sensor papers related to temperature sensors, although with different approaches and goals. The first of them addresses the needs of…

  • Getting Away from Rare Materials

    Every couple months or so it’s not hard to find some mention somewhere in the mainstream media about the industrial world’s vulnerability with respect to…

  • Better VIP Performance

    As SoC designs have ballooned in size and scope, so has the effort required to verify them. A big part of what makes such large…