This week’s podcast starts off with IBM’s decision to stop selling facial recognition software (we recorded before Amazon made a similar announcement) and then shifts to a discussion on neuromorphic computing. From there we discuss Lutron’s new wooden blinds, turning a Commodore 64 into a home automation system, insights on water use during the pandemic, […]
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The convergence of several technologies has the potential to impact daily lives in a positive way. The post AI, 5G, IoT Combine In The Fifth Wave Of Computing appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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The COVID-19 pandemic is wreaking havoc on sales of automotive power semiconductors, with falling demand for motor vehicles causing global market revenue to decline by 16 percent in 2020. The post COVID-19 Decimates Automotive Power Semiconductor Revenue in 2020 appeared first on Semiconductor Digest.
This week’s show kicks off with a discussion of what’s happening in the U.S. with protests, police brutality, and the role connected tech can play in smart cities, including the role image recognition can and does play. We then tackle the IoT news starting with Nest’s addition of Google’s advanced protection program and a GPS […]
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Rapid growth of machine learning and AI means many new design starts and hundreds of fabless chip startups. The post AI Drives A New Wave For Semiconductors appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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“Fan-out packaging continues to evolve, establishing a new market class, UHD Fan-Out,” asserts Favier Shoo, Technology & Market Analyst at Yole Développement (Yole). “Being actively explored and validated as one of the high performing and multi-die packaging platforms, Fan-Out Packaging is breaking through into new applications in 5G and HPC. In the Fan-Out Packaging: Technologies […]
A new study suggests the coronavirus is both more common and less deadly than it first appeared, NPR’s Jon Hamilton reports. From NPR’s Joel Rose: a shortage of machines to process tests is the latest bottleneck in the pandemic supply chain. Certain countries like New Zealand, Germany and several nations in Asia have been successful […]
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Also, why you should care about edge computing, and do you really need AI? The post ‘Cloud Computing Is Changing Everything About Electronic Design’ appeared first on EETimes.
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SEMICON Southeast Asia 2020 is going virtual as the region’s premiere global electronics manufacturing supply chain exposition and conference continues its rich tradition of gathering industry experts from around the world for critical insights into the semiconductor ecosystem, new business opportunities and collaboration. SEMICON SEA 2020 registration is now open. The post SEMICON Southeast Asia […]
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Providing the highest performance Data Center and 5G Infrastructure Optical ICs Tower Semiconductor the foundry of high value analog semiconductor solutions, announced Infinera’s selection of Tower’s high performance Terabit SiGe BiCMOS platform for use in Infinera’s industry 800G sixth-generation Infinite Capacity Engine (ICE6). ICE6 provides 800 gigabits per second single wavelength with unparalleled performance providing […]
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A leading-edge wafer fab in Arizona could reshuffle the entire semiconductor supply chain. A few weeks ago, there was no question of seeing a 5nm lithography node Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) plant in the United States. Yet the rumor quickly swelled and the news spread. TSMC, the world’s largest contract semiconductor foundry, has announced […]
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On May 15th TSMC “announced its intention to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in the United States with the mutual understanding and commitment to support from the U.S. federal government and the State of Arizona.” The fab will run TSMC’s 5nm technology and have a capacity of 20,000 wafers per month (wpm). Construction… […]
In this SWE Diverse episode, FY20 SWE President Cindy Hoover speaks with Virginia Palacios, 3D Product Management Director at HP. This is the first in a three-part podcast series with HP about social responsibility. Virginia discusses how HP’s equipment saved her dad’s life, her knowledge of 3D Printing and the obstacles she has faced as […]
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Following on from the first installment of her new column covering neuromorphic engineering, intelligent robotics, and AI hardware, Sunny Bains looks at attempts to increase circuit density and improve performance using multiple device layers. The post Building 3D neural structures on a single wafer appeared first on EETimes.
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Why advanced packaging is still so difficult. The post Rising Packaging Complexity appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering.
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TSMC will build a 5nm fab in the U.S. state of Arizona with support from that state and the U.S. federal government. The post TSMC to Build 5nm Fab in Arizona appeared first on EETimes.
We’re taking on industrial automation and AI at the edge in this week’s podcast! First, we take a closer look at a new deep-learning framework developed at UC Santa Cruz that can identify and classify galaxies and stars by analyzing astronomical image data pixel by pixel. Steve Cammish (VP of Edge Solutions, ADLINK) also joins […]
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For more than 40 years, through thick and thin, EET’s leaders have been tirelessly faithful to the news. The post This Is a ‘Trade Pub.’ What Does That Mean? appeared first on EETimes.
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The COVID-19 pandemic (caused by SARS-CoV-2) has disrupted lives around the world more than any other catastrophic event in living memory. The post Don’t Touch that Button: Use Voice Instead appeared first on Semiconductor Digest.
In a Senate committee hearing on Tuesday, Chair Lamar Alexander of Tennessee asked Dr. Anthony Fauci whether coronavirus treatments or a vaccine could be developed in time to allow college students to return to school in the fall. Fauci said that “would be a bridge too far.” There’s a full recap of today’s hearing on […]
