Deficit-Financed Debt Hits 926 Trillion Won - There are calls to use additional tax revenues, such as higher-than-expected corporate and income taxes driven by the semiconductor boom, to reduce deficit-financed debt.
A Century-Old Belief About Diamond Has Just Been Overturned - Researchers have uncovered an unexpected electrical response in ultrathin diamond membranes, challenging a century-old assumption about the material. Diamond is renowned for resisting pressure, heat, chemicals, and wear. But researchers have now shown that, when made thin enough, it can also generate...
Verifying Networks On Chip - Challenges increase significantly with chiplets and coherency. The post Verifying Networks On Chip appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering .
Ep 184: Earnings TSMC/ASML/AEHR, State of AI Semis - In this episode, Ben and Jay analyze the latest developments in the semiconductor industry, focusing on TSMC, ASML, Air, and the broader market implications of AI and chip manufacturing advancements. They explore how these trends impact supply chains, CapEx, and future growth prospects. Key Topics: TSMC's...
CEO Interview with Dr. Il Park of Primemas - Dr. Il Park is the Founder and CEO of Primemas Inc. Prior to founding Primemas, he was Vice President at SK hynix where he led memory solutions, design innovation, and CAE. Prior to that he was the head of the SOC architecture development and engineering team at Samsung Electronics. Earlier in his career,...
NbAs Nanowires Show Lower Resistivity as Interconnect Dimensions Shrink (Cornell, NYCU, IBM et al.) - Researchers at Cornell University, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, IBM Research, Johns Hopkins University, et al. published a technical paper titled “Surface-dominant transport in Weyl semimetal NbAs nanowires for next-generation interconnects.” Abstract Excerpt: “ We report the synthesis...
Post-Quantum Cryptography Incorporated into SoCs via eFPGA - Unlike hard-wired security engines, PQC algorithm mapped into eFPGA fabric claims to avoid costly silicon re-spins. The post Post-Quantum Cryptography Incorporated into SoCs via eFPGA appeared first on EE Times .
LLVM Divination of GFX1251’s Differences ... - Hello you fine Internet folks, this article is a sequel to the Scrying the AMD GFX1250 LLVM Tea Leaves article where we are going to look at the differences between GFX1250 and GFX1251. ...
Kospi Drops 3.4% Amid Chinese AI Shock - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced better-than-expected results, but the market interpreted the expansion of capital expenditure as an increase in supply, leading to selling pressure
[News] TSMC’s $265B U.S. Bet: “No Food Left on the Table” Despite 4-5x Higher Fab Construction Costs - As Intel reportedly moves to bring 80–90% of Nova Lake compute tile production back in-house on its 18A process, TSMC is stepping up its U.S. expansion with advanced nodes including 2nm and beyond. The foundry giant added US$100 billion to its investment plan last week, raising its total U.S. comm......
Harvard Scientists Turned a Silicon Chip Into a DNA Factory - Harvard scientists have built a silicon chip that writes DNA using electricity and water, pointing toward a cleaner future for DNA manufacturing and biotechnology. Silicon chips have driven the computing revolution for more than 50 years. Now, researchers are finding new ways to use them in biology, including...
Novel Layered Crystal for High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Energy Conversion - Embedding atomically thin materials within bulk crystals enables both a high thermoelectric power factor and exceptionally low thermal conductivity. The post Novel Layered Crystal for High-Efficiency Thermoelectric Energy Conversion appeared first on Semiconductor Digest .
Precision in motion: The engineering value of LVDTs - How linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs) operate, why they define precision sensing, and what are their key applications. The post Precision in motion: The engineering value of LVDTs appeared first on EDN .
Micron's 10-year deal with GlobalWafers signals tighter 12-inch supply - Rising demand for AI data centers and high-bandwidth memory (HBM) is pushing semiconductor competition further upstream into silicon wafers and critical materials. Micron and GlobalWafers recently announced a 10-year agreement, with Micron also providing US$500 million in support, marking the longest...
Scrying the AMD GFX1250 LLVM Tea Leaves ... - In just a few short days, AMD will be showing off their brand new MI400 series of Datacenter Accelerators at their Advancing AI event but before that event comes, we thought it would be fun to attempt to scry the tea leaves that are LLVM commits to see what we can ascertain about this next generation...
