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Modelling results for 3D DRAM
Modelling results for 3D DRAM
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Neo Semiconductor in the US has released the latest simulations of its 3D X-DRAM multilevel memory technology. The 3D…
Rohm adds SiC, IGBT models to LTSpice
Rohm adds SiC, IGBT models to LTSpice
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Rohm has expanded its library of SPICE models for silicon carbide and IGBT devices to its LTspice circuit simulator. In…
€2.6bn for IPCEI projects on European cloud technologies
€2.6bn for IPCEI projects on European cloud technologies
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The European Commission has approved the first Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) for cloud and edge computing technologies.
Agile Analog, SureCore team for quantum chips
Agile Analog, SureCore team for quantum chips
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Low power memory developer SureCore is working with Agile Analog in Cambridge on IP for chips for quantum computing sampling…

AI boost for more accurate digital twin development
AI boost for more accurate digital twin development
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Siemens Digital Industries Software has developed an AI-based Simulation Predictor and Reduced Order Modeling software to boost the development of digital twin technology. The HEEDS AI Simulation Predictor uses machine…
Reports: NXP was hacked by China for years
Reports: NXP was hacked by China for years
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A Chinese hacker group known as Chimera stole intellectual property from the internal computer networks of NXP Semiconductors NV (Eindhoven, The Netherlands) from late 2017 to early 2020, according to…
AI-EDA startup Astrus raises seed funding
AI-EDA startup Astrus raises seed funding
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Astrus Inc. (Toronto, Canada), a well-connected startup developing AI-based EDA tools for analog circuit layout, has raised a US$2.4 million seed funding round. The round was led by Khosla Ventures…
DVcon Europe looks to open source EDA challenges
DVcon Europe looks to open source EDA challenges
Feature articles |
Over 300 of Europe’s leading semiconductor engineers came together in Munich last week for the DVcon Europe conference. The annual DVCon Europe conference, now in its tenth year, saw a…
EDA standards for AI, China
EDA standards for AI, China
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The Accellera EDA standards organisation is exploring the need for standards for AI frameworks as more software and Chinese companies join the group. This is raising key questions on the…
ASIC platform targets automotive chiplets
ASIC platform targets automotive chiplets
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Alchip Technologies in Taiwan has launched an ASIC and chiplet platform that targets the specialist needs of automotive. The Automotive platform streamlines the ASIC process for chip, chiplet and module…
Agile Analog hires VP sales from GUC Europe
Agile Analog hires VP sales from GUC Europe
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UK IP startup Agile Analog has hired the former president of GUC Europe as its new VP of Sales. Christelle Faucon has over 25 years’ experience of working across the global…
Tenstorrent partners with Rapidus to develop edge AI cores
Tenstorrent partners with Rapidus to develop edge AI cores
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Tenstorrent Inc. (Toronto, Canada) has agreed to work with Japan’s nascent advanced logic foundry Rapidus Corp. to develop semiconductor IP for edge AI processing, based on a 2nm manufacturing process.
Keysight EDA boosts simulation support for Tower RF
Keysight EDA boosts simulation support for Tower RF
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Keysight Technologies has expanded the simulation capabilities in its Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software suite to include electro-thermal simulation for the Tower Semiconductor SiGe Power Amplifier (PA) process. Together with…
Siemens buys EDA firm to improve design for reliability
Siemens buys EDA firm to improve design for reliability
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Siemens Digital Industries Software group has acquired Insight EDA Inc. (Millbrae, Calif.) for an undisclosed sum of money. Insight EDA was founded in 2007 by Jesse Newcomb and has been…
Synopsys taps OpenAI for generative AI copilot in the cloud
Synopsys taps OpenAI for generative AI copilot in the cloud
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Synopsys is working with Microsoft to develop a generative AI copilot tool for chip design. The Synopsys.ai Copilot, being used by early customers, runs on the Azure OpenAI Service to…
Imagination prepares to cut 20% of staff
Imagination prepares to cut 20% of staff
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Processor IP licensor Imagination Technologies Ltd is preparing to lay off 20 percent of its employees, according to Reuters. The decision to cut back has been taken due to challenging…
Open source PDK for SkyWater 130nm process
Open source PDK for SkyWater 130nm process
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Cadence Design Systems has created an open source process design kit (PDK) for the 130nm process from SkyWater Technology. The open source PDK for the 130nm process is intended to…
Infineon backs Synopsys RISC-V processor IP launch
Infineon backs Synopsys RISC-V processor IP launch
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Synopsys has launched three families of 32bit and 64bit processor cores using the RISC-V open instruction set architecture alongside its ARC cores. The Synopsys ARC-V cores range from the 32bit…
High performance GPU cores for cloud gaming with RISC-V
High performance GPU cores for cloud gaming with RISC-V
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Imagination Technologies in the UK has launched a line of high-performance GPU IP with support for DirectX for cloud-based streaming gaming systems The IMG DXD includes a hardware-based implementation of DirectX…
Report urges boost to Europe’s open source silicon
Report urges boost to Europe’s open source silicon
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An EU project has published a roadmap to accelerate the adoption of open source silicon in the region along with recommendations. The key recommendation in the report from the Free…
First Generative AI tool for power integrity sign off
First Generative AI tool for power integrity sign off
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Cadence Design Systems has developed the industry’s first generative AI-driven technology to predict, root cause and resolve IR drop issues early in the design process. The Voltus InsightAI technology uses…
Imperas to provide model of Tenstorrent Ascalon RISC-V core
Imperas to provide model of Tenstorrent Ascalon RISC-V core
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Imperas Software has developed a model of the Tenstorrent Ascalon processor core based around the RISC-V instruction set. As with other areas of abstraction during the complex SoC design process,…
SiFive lays off 20% of staff, re-aligns business
SiFive lays off 20% of staff, re-aligns business
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RISC-V processor architecture pioneer SiFive Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) has laid off about 20 percent of its staff and is “re-aligning” its business. Reportedly the 20 percent…
India plans IMEC-like research center with US$8 billion budget
India plans IMEC-like research center with US$8 billion budget
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India’s Semiconductor R&D Committee has submitted a report recommending the creation of the India Semiconductor Research Center (ISRC) at a cost of US$8 billion over the next five years. The…
French AI chiplet boost for open source Nvidia accelerator
French AI chiplet boost for open source Nvidia accelerator
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French startup Neurxcore has launched a Neural Processor Units (NPU) AI chiplet built on an enhanced version of the open source Nvidia Deep Learning Accelerator technology. The SNVDLA IP series…
ARM edges closer to full 2nm chip designs with Total Design
ARM edges closer to full 2nm chip designs with Total Design
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ARM has launched the next step in its move to supplying complete 2nm chip and chiplet designs through an ecosystem of partners. The ARM Total Design aims for ‘frictionless delivery’…
TSMC looks to standardise chiplet protocols in ‘world changing’ move
TSMC looks to standardise chiplet protocols in ‘world changing’ move
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TSMC is looking to develop a standard data format for chiplet designs that would be used by all the EDA design tool and assembly and test providers. This is part…
TSMC looks to boost European University programme
TSMC looks to boost European University programme
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Europe is at risk of falling behind in leading edge semiconductor design technology says TSMC as it looks to expand its university programme in the region to make leading edge…


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