Samsung Foundry Accelerates 2nm Production, Faces Challenges in Advanced Node Deployment - Samsung Foundry is accelerating its efforts to establish mass production capabilities for its 2nm process technology, according to industry sources. The company is actively equipping its “S3” foundry line at the Hwaseong plant, aiming for a monthly capacity of 7,000 wafers by Q1 2024. Further expansion...
The Ultimate Guide to QFP Package - Introduction In semiconductor technology, packaging with compact size and high performance is in high demand. Among several discovered semiconductor packaging technologies, Quad Flat Pack (QFP) has been vibrant in electronics packaging, as the some of its stages presented in Figure 1. QFP is a mature...
Rowhammer Protection By Addressing Root Cause (Georgia Tech) - A new technical paper titled “Preventing Rowhammer Exploits via Low-Cost Domain-Aware Memory Allocation” was published by researchers at Georgia Tech. Abstract “Rowhammer is a hardware security vulnerability at the heart of every system with modern DRAM-based memory. Despite its discovery a decade...
Open-Source Library ZLUDA Makes a Comeback, Now Working On Multi-GPU Compatibility For AI Workloads - ZLUDA, the famous "code porting" library, has now seen its revival and is now being developed to support "multi-GPU" compatibility, especially for AI workloads. ZLUDA Is Now Being Developed Under An "Anonymous" Sponsor, Likely To Take AI Compute To a New Level For those unaware, the ZLUDA library made...
Podcast EP251: An Overview of DVCon Europe with Jakob Engblom - Dan is joined by Jakob Engblom this year’s vice chair and keynote chair for DVCon Europe. He’s been in the virtual platforms field since 2002, most recently as director of simulation technology ecosystem at Intel. His interests include simulation technologies, software and hardware testing and validation,...
Chips sales set new August record - Global semiconductor sales reached 53.1 billion dollars in August, an increase of 3.5 percent sequentially and 20.6 percent year-to-year.
Intel Core Ultra 5 235 “Arrow Lake” CPU Spotted & Benchmarked: 14 Cores, Up To 5 GHz - Intel's Core Ultra 5 235, an entry-level Arrow Lake CPU, has been spotted at Geekbench with a total of 14 cores & up to 5 GHz clock speed. Intel Core Ultra 5 235 Leads Over The Core i5-14600 In Single-Core Perf, Matches In Multi-Threaded Tests With Just 14 Cores at 5 GHz Intel has several SKUs in the...
Boeing plans quantum satellite - Boeing is planning to launch a quantum network satellite following successful lab tests. The Q4S quantum satellite is internally funded…
A Guide to BCD, CMOS, FinFET, SOI, GaN and SiC - Introduction to Semiconductor Semiconductors have a small energy gap between the conduction and valance bands, and their conductivity is between insulators and conductors. At absolute zero temperature, semiconductor materials are pure insulators and gradually increase with temperature. Temperature and...
Next-Gen Optical Interposers To Connect Multiple Chiplets Together With Low Latency - As the chip industry navigates into the "multi-chiplet" segment, new research has presented an interesting solution for chipset-interconnect, utilizing silicon photonics such as optical interposers. Multi-Chiplet Designs Might See Wider Adoption Through The Concept of Active Optical Interposers, Fueling...
Viscous terahertz photoconductivity of hydrodynamic electrons in graphene - Terahertz absorption reduces the viscosity of the hydrodynamic electron fluid in graphene and thereby enables easier flow of electrons. This results in a drop in resistance within graphene constrictions under terahertz radiation, facilitating fast and sensitive terahertz detection.
200A SMD fuse for PCBs - Littelfuse has created a 200A surface mount fuse for data centre PCBs. The 12 x 13.3mm device is one of two members of the 871 fuse series, the other is rated at 150A. The full part numbers are: 0871200.UR 200A, 240mΩ, 90mV nominal voltage drop 0871150.UR 150A, 300mΩ, 75mV nominal voltage drop These...
Samsung's strategic cost-cutting: its next move to restore global competitiveness - Samsung Electronics, facing difficulties in its wafer foundry business, has implemented cost-cutting measures, including the cancellation of on-site events and a slowdown in investment. Experts suggest that for Samsung to regain its competitive edge in the semiconductor market, it needs to restructure...
From Agile to Radical: organizational culture - Organizational culture is a fuzzy topic that requires leadership to work with, especially during times of significant change. Structuring culture in artifacts, espoused values and underlying assumptions can help.
Paper-based sensor offers rapid cardiac diagnostics in 15 minutes - In a significant advancement for point-of-care medical diagnostics, a team of researchers from UCLA has introduced a deep learning-enhanced, paper-based vertical flow assay (VFA) capable of detecting cardiac troponin I (cTnI) ...
NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang Is Now Worth More Than “All Of Intel” Combined - NVIDIA's CEO Jensen Huang is now worth more than Team Green's arch-rival Intel, reaching a net worth of $109 billion, marking an impressive milestone. NVIDIA Has Added Almost "20x Intel" In Terms Of Market Capitalization In 12 Months, Showing Shocking Progress With CEO Jensen Now Valued More Than Intel...
