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Moving Space to Earth: Perseverance Tech for Earth Applications

Moving Space to Earth: Perseverance Tech for Earth Applications

Space technology is a testbed for promising, new technologies, not only for space but for Earth applications as well. How are recent advances in space affecting Earth?


News May 21, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
Will Panasonic Hit Roadblocks Producing Tesla’s Tabless Battery Cells?

Will Panasonic Hit Roadblocks Producing Tesla’s Tabless Battery Cells?

While Elon Musk's proposed "tabless battery cell" was once only a theory, Panasonic is now teaming with Tesla to scale the 4680 for production. What challenges lie ahead?


News Apr 22, 2021 by Luke James
Why Physical Verification Is Only Getting Tougher With Advanced Nodes

Why Physical Verification Is Only Getting Tougher With Advanced Nodes

In the nanometer era, IC complexity grows faster than die areas. EDA companies are stepping up with tools to streamline physical verification.


Reevaluating the Toxicity of Semiconductor Manufacturing

Reevaluating the Toxicity of Semiconductor Manufacturing

The safety of semiconductor manufacturing employees is a top priority. Still, these facilities handle toxic materials that can pose a hazard to human health.


News Apr 13, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
New Fabs Crop Up Globally in 2021 as Chip Crisis Continues

New Fabs Crop Up Globally in 2021 as Chip Crisis Continues

GlobalFoundries, SK Hynix, and Intel have all announced plans to either break ground on new manufacturing plants or expand existing operations.


News Apr 04, 2021 by Luke James
Texas Power Outages Illustrate the State’s Importance to the Semi Industry

Texas Power Outages Illustrate the State’s Importance to the Semi Industry

The outages last month marked yet another setback to an industry that was already having serious trouble with meeting demand from automakers.


News Mar 28, 2021 by Luke James
Micron Jumps Ship on Once-heralded 3D XPoint Memory, Selling Utah Chip Factory

Micron Jumps Ship on Once-heralded 3D XPoint Memory, Selling Utah Chip Factory

Micron has announced the sale of its Utah chip factory as it ceases production of a once "revolutionary" memory chip developed in partnership with Intel.


News Mar 23, 2021 by Luke James
Scaling Down to 3nm Will Require Advances in Fabrication Technology

Scaling Down to 3nm Will Require Advances in Fabrication Technology

Keeping up with Moore's law at semiconductor fabs is not only an economic struggle. It's an issue of process control technology, too.


News Mar 17, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Why Are Semiconductor Fabs Dotting Arizona, the “Silicon Desert?”

Why Are Semiconductor Fabs Dotting Arizona, the “Silicon Desert?”

Forget Silicon Valley—here’s how Arizona could become the "Silicon Desert" with more semiconductor titans considering the move.


News Feb 24, 2021 by Luke James
Increased Funds Could Catalyze TSMC’s 3D IC Research

Increased Funds Could Catalyze TSMC’s 3D IC Research

The world’s biggest contract chipmaker recently reported its best-ever quarterly financials along with its goals for delving into 3D IC research.


News Feb 22, 2021 by Luke James
iRel40: The European Initiative Determined to Improve Component Reliability

iRel40: The European Initiative Determined to Improve Component Reliability

Europe-wide research initiative Intelligent Reliability 4.0 (iRel40), coordinated by Infineon, brings together 75 science, tech, and engineering partners from across 13 countries who are sharing resources to achieve this goal.


News Feb 17, 2021 by Luke James
New PMOS Devices Take a Note on the Low On-Resistance of NMOS

New PMOS Devices Take a Note on the Low On-Resistance of NMOS

Many current P-channel MOSFETs don't cut it for high-voltage applications. To meet the challenge, a new family of PMOS is claimed to feature 62% lower RDS(on) than comparable devices.


News Feb 12, 2021 by Jake Hertz
From Labs to Fabs: New Manufacturing Method Shows Promise in Scaling Quantum Computing

From Labs to Fabs: New Manufacturing Method Shows Promise in Scaling Quantum Computing

Using transistors as qubits, researchers have achieved single-electron operation in foundry-fabricated silicon—a potential breakthrough in quantum computing manufacturing.


News Jan 20, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Integrated Laser-on-Silicon Photonics Gets a Boost from DARPA

Integrated Laser-on-Silicon Photonics Gets a Boost from DARPA

Partially funded by DARPA, Tower Semiconductor is creating a new foundry process for integrated-laser-on-silicon photonics.


News Jan 12, 2021 by Luke James
Efforts to Bring Chip Manufacturing to U.S. Soil Will Continue in 2021

Efforts to Bring Chip Manufacturing to U.S. Soil Will Continue in 2021

The U.S. government has made big pushes for domestic chip manufacturing in 2020. What does this trajectory look like for 2021?


News Dec 30, 2020 by Luke James
A New Manufacturing Method May Pull Nanowires From the Research Realm to Market

A New Manufacturing Method May Pull Nanowires From the Research Realm to Market

Nanowires are seeing drastic advances in academia, emphasizing the promise that they offer the optoelectronics industry.


News Dec 30, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Figures of Merit in Power Design: A Reliable Benchmark or an Evolving Standard?

Figures of Merit in Power Design: A Reliable Benchmark or an Evolving Standard?

Design teams, especially in the power sector, may be increasingly asked to benchmark performance with Figures of Merit. What is this standard and how might it be evolving alongside component innovation?


Department of Defense Backs New Secure Electron Beam Lithography Initiative

Department of Defense Backs New Secure Electron Beam Lithography Initiative

U.S. Department of Defense-backed secure fab SkyWater is set to adopt Multibeam’s Multicolumn Electron-Beam Lithography system in its 45 nm process.


News Nov 28, 2020 by Luke James
How Ethernet Switches are Branching Into Industries Far Beyond IT

How Ethernet Switches are Branching Into Industries Far Beyond IT

While Ethernet switches were once solely associated with IT applications, today they are staples in industries from military to rail communications.


News Nov 25, 2020 by Luke James
Security IC Solutions: Build or Buy?

Security IC Solutions: Build or Buy?

Depending on the project, designers have a number of options to either etch security at the silicon level or buy a pre-fabricated and pre-programmed security IC.