RRAM to sniff out hydrogen from fuel cells
Panasonic and AIST have turned a resistive memory (RRAM) into a hydrogen sensor that they claim works at much lower energy than existing designs.
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Micron sees NAND powering on as DRAM struggles
Despite the intense R&D going into storage-class and other novel forms of non-volatile memories, flash is set to continue as the bulk memory of choice, Micron executive claims in VLSI Symposia keynote.
SAR-VCO combo tunes RF receiver power on 16nm
Researchers from the UC Berkeley and Intel teamed up to develop an energy-tuneable RF front-end on a digital finFET process with no need for analog process options.
Holistic verification change needed for self-driving cars
Verification of the coming generation of highly autonomous vehicles needs says Peter Davies, director of security concepts at Thales.
Switch to orbit mode boosts MRAM on 300mm wafers
Imec will at this week’s VLSI Symposia describe how it fabricated a form of magnetic memory suitable for use as a non-volatile cache onto 300mm wafers using CMOS-compatible processes.
Accellera signs off on SystemC control standard
Accellera has published version 1.0 of the SystemC Configuration, Control and Inspection (CCI) standard.
Pillar transistor points to smaller SRAMs at 5nm
Imec and Unisantis Electronics have developed a process flow based on a vertical transistor with a gate on all sides they claim will lead to denser memories on a 5nm node.
Arm Cortex-A processor team focuses on formal
Arm is on the way to making formal a fundamental part of its verification strategy for ARM Cortex-A processors.
IEDM 2018 aims to span quantum, neuromorphic and CMOS devices
IEDM has issued a call for papers for its 2018 conference, expecting to cover devices and circuit interactions in neuromorphic, quantum and conventional computing.
Mixed-signal circuits push scaled CMOS at VLSI
The circuits sessions at mid-June's VLSI Symposia in Honolulu feature a number of papers that improve the performance of scaled mixed-signal processes.