January 15, 2021
The metal has done sterling service for 20 years but the time is approaching to find a replacement for copper as problems with parasitics continue to build up, work presented at last month’s IEDM shows. But it's not an obvious switch.
December 21, 2020
Work by the University of Toronto and Arm presented at IEDM indicates plasmonics could be a viable contender for high-speed chip-chip communications.
December 18, 2020
Work presented at IEDM 2020 shows taking advantage of the IC backside for power and ground for the additional area can deliver further benefits for IR drop and security.
December 18, 2020
Computational storage devices are posing a new raft of challenges that is being addressed using a powerful pre-silicon methodology.
December 17, 2020
Arm is pushing more work onto Arm servers in the AWS cloud as it encourages EDA vendors to port their tools to the architecture.
December 17, 2020
At IEDM this year, Macronix showed how a 3D architecture may bring back NOR flash, which stopped scaling a decade ago.
December 15, 2020
Imec's senior vice president of CMOS outlined future directions for the technology over the coming decade.
December 14, 2020
Mentor, a Siemens business, has rebranded as Siemens EDA, almost almost four years after the EDA company was acquired.
December 11, 2020
Aldec updates tools to add support for the latest release of the VHDL verification methodology.
December 4, 2020
Study may point to new challenges in more bidirectional AMS implementations on SoC-class designs, though formal and emulation help keep respin count in check.