silicon photonics


October 25, 2023

Image sensors shrink at IEDM

This year’s IEDM features a number of papers that seek to drive down the size and boost the performance of image sensors.
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January 25, 2022

Silicon Photonics verification case study from UC-Davis and Texas A&M

Silicon Photonics 3D integration posed LVS challenges in this fast emerging technical space. A case study describes how the two institutions overcame them.
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December 21, 2020

Plasmonics may point way to faster interchip comms

Work by the University of Toronto and Arm presented at IEDM indicates plasmonics could be a viable contender for high-speed chip-chip communications.
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October 14, 2019

Integration forms highlights of upcoming IEDM

Different forms of heterogeneous integration take center stage at the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) in December this year.
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March 18, 2019

PCI may provide key to OCP chiplet standard

The ODSA Workgroup formed by Netronome and others is looking to adopt the PIPE standard for interconnecting chiplets as it starts work on a proof-of-concept module.
March 6, 2019

MACOM to use GlobalFoundries 300mm SOI for PICs

MACOM has decided to use GlobalFoundries' 90nm SOI process on 300mm wafers to build higher-integration optical-switching devices for servers.
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January 31, 2019

Creating a $4B market for silicon photonics

It's been a long time coming, but silicon photonics is now entering commercial design for networking and grabbing attention in autonomous driving and sensors.
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September 12, 2018

Mentor automates silicon photonics layout

The LightSuite Compiler produces designs based on Python descriptions and certifies them DRC-clean through hooks into the market-leading Calibre DFM suite.
February 13, 2017

SPIE Advanced Lithography preview: Mentor Graphics

The major West Coast technical conference for lithography is just two weeks away and offers a packed agenda.

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