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Intel Makes New Quantum Chip Available to Research Community

Intel Makes New Quantum Chip Available to Research Community

Tunnel Falls removes barriers to entry for quantum research by leveraging traditional transistor processes for high-yield fabrication.


News Jun 19, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Eliyan Talks First Silicon on ‘Most Efficient’ Chiplet Interconnect

Eliyan Talks First Silicon on ‘Most Efficient’ Chiplet Interconnect

Claiming record time for its first silicon, chiplet interconnect specialist Eliyan lays out its case for how its Nulink UCIe interconnect offers advantages over silicon interposer approaches.


News Jun 19, 2023 by Duane Benson
Analyzing Oscillator Frequency in an LTspice Negative Voltage Charge Pump

Analyzing Oscillator Frequency in an LTspice Negative Voltage Charge Pump

Continuing our in-depth look at a simple SPICE circuit that can generate a negative supply voltage, we’ll consider the effect of oscillator frequency on the system’s performance parameters.


Exclusive Interview: NYU Team Taps ChatGPT to Design Processor From Scratch

Exclusive Interview: NYU Team Taps ChatGPT to Design Processor From Scratch

Using plain English—not a hardware definition language—a group of researchers used generative AI to successfully design a microprocessor.


News Jun 16, 2023 by Jake Hertz
What is an Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)?

What is an Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC)?

Indispensable for modern electrical engineering, application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) form a diverse group of integrated circuits (ICs) that help designers to optimize sophisticated electronic devices.


Photonic Chip Design Rethink Could Cut Data Center Energy Use

Photonic Chip Design Rethink Could Cut Data Center Energy Use

Leveraging novel photonic circuit designs, researchers hope to lower electricity consumption in data centers.


News Jun 02, 2023 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Leveraging its proprietary in-memory compute scheme and RISC-V dataflow technology, Axelera AI seeks to “democratize” artificial intelligence (AI).


News May 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Explore Negative Voltage Using LTspice and a Negative Voltage Generator

Explore Negative Voltage Using LTspice and a Negative Voltage Generator

In this article, we’ll use SPICE simulations to explore the theory and behavior of negative voltages.


Intel Rolls First FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and Compute Express Link

Intel Rolls First FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and Compute Express Link

By embedding PCI Express 5.0 and CXL support, Intel’s new FPGAs seek to tackle high-bandwidth computing workloads.


News May 25, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois
Broadcom to Supply Apple’s 5G Components in the US

Broadcom to Supply Apple’s 5G Components in the US

Despite Apple’s internal efforts, the company still needs to rely on third parties for wireless chips.


News May 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Analyzing a Negative Voltage Charge Pump in LTspice—Source and Load Resistance

Analyzing a Negative Voltage Charge Pump in LTspice—Source and Load Resistance

Learn about using LTspice simulations to provide important insight into the performance of a switched-capacitor voltage-inverting power supply.


From Apple to OpenLight: Silicon Photonics and Integrated Lasers with Dr. Tom Mader

From Apple to OpenLight: Silicon Photonics and Integrated Lasers with Dr. Tom Mader

Dr. Tom Mader is the COO of OpenLight where they are developing an open-foundry ecosystem for silicon photonics with integrated lasers to enable advances in datacom, LiDAR, high-performance computing, AI, and even optical computing.


Semtech Unveils Chip That Eases 5G Mobile Device Compliance

Semtech Unveils Chip That Eases 5G Mobile Device Compliance

A new IC from Semtech hopes to improve 5G device performance in the face of Specific Absorption Rate compliance.


News Apr 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
All About Circuits Connections—Industry Jobs for April 4, 2023

All About Circuits Connections—Industry Jobs for April 4, 2023

Join our light-hearted look at the serious topic of job hunting as All About Circuits looks to help connect the great engineers in our audience with the amazing companies in our industry. If you apply for jobs with any of these companies, please tell them All About Circuits sent you!


News Apr 04, 2023 by Dale Wilson
Synopsys’ Stelios Diamantidis Is Bringing the Magic of AI To Chip Design

Synopsys’ Stelios Diamantidis Is Bringing the Magic of AI To Chip Design

Stelios Diamantidis, a Distinguished Architect at Synopsys, is leading efforts to apply artificial intelligence to integrated circuit design and optimization of the next generation of CPUs, GPUs, and memories.


Can Voltage Be Negative? Understanding Negative Voltage

Can Voltage Be Negative? Understanding Negative Voltage

In addition to explaining the nature of a negative voltage, this article briefly discusses how negative voltages are generated and why they are useful in circuit design.


Synopsys Debuts Full-stack AI-based EDA Tool Suite for IC Engineers

Synopsys Debuts Full-stack AI-based EDA Tool Suite for IC Engineers

At today’s Synopsys Users Group (SNUG) event, Synopsys has unveiled a full-stack suite of AI-based EDA tools.


News Mar 29, 2023 by Jeff Child
Startup Enfabrica’s Accelerated Compute Fabric Addresses AI/ML in the Cloud

Startup Enfabrica’s Accelerated Compute Fabric Addresses AI/ML in the Cloud

The networking silicon and software company emerged from stealth mode today at the inaugural MemCon, where it is introducing new Accelerated Compute Fabric (ACF) devices with the goal of addressing interface bottlenecks and scalability challenges in AI computing.


News Mar 28, 2023 by Dale Wilson
The Story of Silicon Valley Giant Gordon Moore, Father of Moore’s Law

The Story of Silicon Valley Giant Gordon Moore, Father of Moore’s Law

While Gordon Moore is best known for his transistor scaling theory, he also devoted his life to other semiconductor breakthroughs—like the integrated circuit—along with philanthropic pursuits.


News Mar 24, 2023 by Tyler Charboneau
NVIDIA Unveils cuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational Lithography”

NVIDIA Unveils cuLitho: A “Breakthrough in Computational Lithography”

At NVIDIA’s GTC this week, the company lifted the curtain on a software suite that may drastically improve the resolution of existing lithographic systems.


News Mar 22, 2023 by Jake Hertz