Applied Materials

Shifting to low-carbon generation for electricity would do much to cut the carbon footprint of semiconductor processes according to work shown at this year’s IEDM.

Applied Materials and CEA-Leti have expanded their collaboration with the creation of a joint lab to develop materials useful for sensors, RF communications, and power devices, and with a focus on heterogeneous integration.

Non-volatile alternatives to flash are finally moving out of the lab as Applied Materials launches production tools and Arm starts pushing MRAM.

AI, its system design implications and its impact on EDA tools themselves will be a key theme for ES Design West next month.

IBM, GlobalFoundries, Samsung and SUNY deserve kudos for manufacturing the first 7nm chip but the NREs involved still look frightening.

Panel discusses Moore's law scaling beyond the 14nm node to 5nm, where economic, device, interconnect, materials, lithography and design issues abound