Category: Semiconductor

Semiconductor/IC

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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,”…

  • 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…

  • 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…