Multi-Project Wafer (MPW) runs are often described as a low-cost way to get first silicon. That’s true — but only if you understand what the MPW fee actually includes and, just as importantly, what it ...

The global semiconductor industry is experiencing one of the strongest expansion periods in its history, with artificial ...

Keysight Technologies, Inc. today announced that AttoTude Inc. has expanded its use of Keysight EDA software to manage its full IC design workflow. As a result, AttoTude has reduced its design cycles ...

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Interview with Lana Lazareva, Business Developer, MinDCet<br /> <br /> GaN power devices offer fast switching and high efficiency, but the gate-driver circuitry that controls them must operate ...

IC Insights recently released its new Global Wafer Capacity 2019-2023 report that provides in-depth detail, analyses, and forecasts for IC industry capacity by wafer size, process geometry, region, ...

With the prospects of large 450mm wafers going nowhere, IC manufacturers are increasing efforts to maximize fabrication plants using 300mm and 200mm diameter silicon substrates. The number of 300mm ...

Micron Technology has unveiled Micron Research Labs, a new U.S.-based research organization backed by a planned $10 billion investment over the next decade, as the memory manufacturer increases its ...

Process Lots (or corner lots) are special-modified-wafers that help verifying chip design robustness to accommodate process variations that statistically occur in wafer production over the years. One ...

In addition to the main process nodes, some foundries develop half-nodes. For example 55nm process is called half-node because it’s between 65nm and 45nm.

This is a guest post by Naman Gupta, a Static Timing Analysis (STA) engineer at a leading semiconductor company in India. Lock-Up Latches are important elements for STA engineer while closing timing ...

As technologies advance, the semiconductor industry and its traditional business model face a myriad of ongoing complexities demanding an ever accelerating state of operational agility. The ...