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Chiplets: A Solution For The Shortage Of Chips – SemiEngineering

May 13, 2021 | SemiEngineering

While high-volume chips are expected to recover from recent shortages relatively quickly, small and medium-sized IC orders face a rocky path. The post Chiplets: A Solution For The Shortage Of Chips appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

The Chip Shortage Wake-up Call – Semiconductor Digest

May 13, 2021 | Semiconductor Digest

An extreme hypothetical scenario of complete disruption of Taiwanese foundries for one year could cause the global electronics supply chain to come to a halt. The post The Chip Shortage Wake-up Call appeared first on Semiconductor Digest.

IBM Unveils World’s First 2 nm Chip Technology – Semiconductor Digest

May 06, 2021 | Semiconductor Digest

IBM announced a breakthrough in semiconductor design and process with the development of the world’s first chip announced with 2 nm nanosheet technology. The new design is projected to achieve 45 percent higher performance and 75 percent lower energy use than today’s 7 nm chips. It will likely not be in production until 2024. The […]

Toyota Subsidiary Acquires Lyft’s Level 5 Division – iMicronews

Apr 29, 2021 | I-Micronews

Mobility app developer Lyft has signed an agreement with Woven Planet Holdings, a subsidiary of Toyota Motor Corporation, for the acquisition of Lyft’s self-driving vehicle division, Level 5. The transaction also includes multi-year non-exclusive commercial agreements between Lyft and Woven Planet to accelerate the development and enhance the safety of automated driving technology. “Announcement launches […]

Lam Research performing like a Lion – SemiWiki

Apr 29, 2021 | SemiWiki.com

– Business is about as good as it gets- $75B WFE in 2021? – China remains strong at 32% despite SMIC lack of license – NAND remains 48% of revs versus 31% foundry – DRAM steady @ 14% – Service was record $1.3B Strong results in a strong market Lam reported revenues of $3.85B and […]

Enabling Next Generation Silicon In Package Products – SemiWiki

Apr 15, 2021 | SemiWiki.com

In early April, Gabriele Saucier kicked off Design & Reuse’s IPSoC Silicon Valley 2021 Conference. IPSoC conference as the name suggests is dedicated to semiconductor intellectual property (IP) and IP-based electronic systems. There were a number of excellent presentations at the conference. The presentations had been… Read More The post Enabling Next Generation Silicon In […]

Is E-Waste Declining? The Rest of the Story – SemiWiki

Apr 07, 2021 | SemiWiki.com

Recently,  there have been a number of articles with titles such as “Study shows residential electronic scrap generation is declining”  or “E-scrap generation on the decline, study finds.”  or “E-Waste Is Declining, Government Needs To Change Laws To Keep Up – And Get Out Of The Recycling Business.”     As a veteran of … Read More […]

How Mentor became Siemens EDA – SemiWiki

Apr 06, 2021 | SemiWiki.com

When I started in EDA the big three were Daisy, Mentor and Valid (DMV as we called them). Then came Synopsys in 1986 followed by Cadence, which was a clever merger between ECAD (Dracula DRC) and Solomon Design. Daisey and Valid were pushed aside and then there were, “Three dogs hovering over one bowl of […]

Intel 2.0 – EE Times

Mar 31, 2021 | EE Times

The business agility invoked by Intel’s new CEO, including the creation of ISF, is new and based on sound reasoning. The post Intel 2.0 appeared first on EETimes.

EP 120: SWE Research – The State of Women in Engineering 2021 – SWE Podcast

Mar 25, 2021

Get a sneak peak into SWE Magazine’s State of Women in Engineering issue in this SWE Diverse episode with Roberta Rincon, SWE’s associate director of research, and Anne Perusek, SWE’s director of editorial and publications. Listen along as Roberta and Anne discuss SWE’s upcoming research issue (to be published in April 2021), with a large […]

Stuck In A Rut – SemiEngineering

Mar 25, 2021 | SemiEngineering

Has EDA failed to innovate, or has the semiconductor industry shown an unwillingness to adopt new tools and methodologies? As always, the answer is somewhere in between. The post Stuck In A Rut appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.

Fire Destroys Part of Renesas Fab – iMicronews

Mar 25, 2021 | I-Micronews

More woes for the global automotive manufacturing industry.  A serious fire at Renesas’ chip making plant in Ibaraki Prefecture will, according to the company, have “a very large impact” on its ability to supply devices to the sector, as well as some other sectors. The fire destroyed a significant portion of the huge facility, including […]