Category: Semiconductor
Semiconductor/IC
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Analog Roosters Taking Digital Drinks
It’s tough not being a domain specialist at times. You get hit by scary-sounding jargon that you mostly hope you can evade without having to…
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Go Wide
Last week Cadence announced a new wide-I/O memory controller IP block, ostensibly the first of its kind. This actually represents a risk start based on…
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Dude, That’s So Random
Many of us grew up knowing that you can’t have truly random numbers in your algorithms or circuits. The best you can do is “pseudo-random,”…
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28-nm NVM Lives
A couple years ago we looked at the possibility that non-volatile memory (NVM) might have a limited future. Given that the main physical mechanism of concern…
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TSMC Going for the Whole Package
It looks like the chip packaging industry may be getting a new competitor. I spent a few minutes with TSMC’s Sr. VP for R&D Shang-yi…