News: Adani and Tower fab in India; New panel-level package center; global semi sales; Russian weapons with U.S. semis; Nvidia-Microsoft lawsuit; Hot Chips AI processors architectures; Intel’s 18A; Phil Kaufman winner; apprenticeships. semiengineering.com/chip-industry-… #semiconductor

Customization and adaptability are essential for software-defined vehicles, but there’s a price to pay for that flexibility. semiengineering.com/balancing-prog… #SDVs #automotive

SemiEngineering's latest Systems and Design Newsletter semiengineering.com/newsletter/sys… #semiEDA #chiplets #processors #AIchips #semiconductor

A variety of approaches can be applied to inexpensive devices without significantly affecting the bottom line semiengineering.com/security-impro… #hardwaresecurity #cybersecurity National Institute of Standards and Technology Cyber Threat Alliance #cryptography #RootOfTrust ULSolutions

Reducing defects on the wafer edge, bevel & backside is becoming essential as the complexity of developing leading-edge chips continue to increase semiengineering.com/defect-challen… #semiconductor #hybridbonding #3DNAND #advancedpackaging #defects #inspection

Test costs may be reduced, but how much depends on a whole bunch of factors. semiengineering.com/promises-and-p… #semiconductor #semiconductortest #paralleltest #ATE

More efficient designs can save a lot of power, but in the past those savings have been co-opted for higher performance. Part 3 of DAC panel w/4 experts from Tenstorrent Siemens Movellus Empowersemi semiengineering.com/striking-a-bal… #semiconductor #voltagedroop #backsidepowerdelivery

Data movement is a bigger problem at advanced nodes & in advanced packaging due to denser circuitry, more physical effects & a big increase in data from AI/ML semiengineering.com/higher-density… #semiconductor #AI #ML #PPA #datamovement #lowpower #advancedpackaging

Power, performance, and area/cost have been the three optimization targets for decades, but are they pertinent for today’s complex systems?semiengineering.com/is-ppa-relevan… #PPA #semiconductor #semiEDA #lowpower

News: Infineon’s 300mm power GaN; SIA’s state of the industry; India’s ICs buzz; AI reporting; defect challenges at the wafer’s edge; AI chip bottlenecks; PPA’s; secure space chips semiengineering.com/chip-industry-… #semiconductor #GaN #VNAND enfabrica Positron AI Xiphera Ltd. SIA

Safety and energy density are prime motivators as researchers seek to improve lithium batteries. semiengineering.com/the-challenges… #lithiumbatteries #batteries #electricvehicles

CXL Thriving As Memory Link Adoption of Compute Express Link protocol spreads as way to connect memories. semiengineering.com/cxl-thriving-a… #CXL #PCIe #semiconductor #NVLink #semiconductor

IEEE P2427 is poised to be the cornerstone in the testing and validation of AMS designs; full industry support is still developing. semiengineering.com/standardizing-… #AMS #IEEEP2427 #analog #mixedsignal #semiconductortest

SE's latest eBook: Memory Fundamentals For Engineers semiengineering.com/memory-fundame… #DRAM #SRAM #HBM #CXL #3DNAND #RRAM #computermemory #semiconductor #VLSI

What Comes After HBM For Chiplets: Part 2 of DAC expert panel discussion semiengineering.com/what-comes-aft… #chiplets #HBM #advancedpackaging #semiconductor Marvell Technology Samsung Electronics Baya Systems Synopsys #BlueCheetah DAC, The Chips to Systems Conference

How Die Dimensions Challenge Assembly Processes: Chiplet-based products must accommodate small differences in die size and bump pitch, placing new demands on manufacturing tools. semiengineering.com/how-die-dimens… #semiconductor #chiplets #advancedpackaging

Controlling interference in today’s SoCs and advanced packaging requires a combination of innovative techniques, but new challenges emerge. semiengineering.com/managing-emi-i… #EMI #semiconductor #advancedpackaging

Chip Industry Week In Review semiengineering.com/chip-industry-… Synopsys’ sale to Keysight; Intel’s turnaround plan; $3B Secure Enclave funding; ADI/Tata alliance; imec’s solid-state li batteries; CXL; memory fundamentals; $3B for advanced batteries & .. #semiconductor #semiEDA #batteries

New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library semiengineering.com/chip-industry-… #semiconductor #AFM #deeplearning #analog #3DIC #processors #graphene #semiEDA