Entries for March 2019
Power Budgets At 3nm And Beyond
posted on March 20, 2019 12:05
There is high confidence that digital logic will continue to shrink at least to 3nm, and possibly down to 1.5nm. Each of those will require significant changes in how design teams approach power.
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How quantum computers work
posted on March 20, 2019 12:04
Quantum computing promises immense computational power beyond the fastest supercomputer available today.
Scientists hope to harness this power to solve problems that are difficult for traditional digital computers, like simulating molecules and proteins to create new materials and drugs, or crunching big data sets to supercharge artificial intelligence.
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Samsung starts mass producing DRAM chip for foldable smartphones
posted on March 20, 2019 12:03
Samsung Electronics said March 14 that it has begun mass producing the world’s highest-capacity mobile DRAM chip tailored for premium mobile devices, such as foldable smartphones.
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AI: Where’s The Money?
posted on March 20, 2019 12:02
A one-time technology outcast, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has come a long way. Now there’s groundswell of interest and investments in products and technologies to deliver high performance visual recognition, matching or besting human skills.
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New EUV Source Can Aid Next-Gen Photolithography
posted on March 20, 2019 12:01
Extreme ultraviolet photolithography, a potential savior of Moore’s Law, has been a long time coming. A dozen years ago, roadmaps called for EUV to arrive in 2011. Not until last year did it finally get up and running.
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In-memory vs. Near-memory computing
posted on March 01, 2019 08:05
New memory-centric chip technologies are emerging that promise to solve the bandwidth bottleneck issues in today’s systems.
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Creating Higher Density 3D NAND Structures
posted on March 01, 2019 08:04
3D NAND flash memory has enabled a new generation of non-volatile solid-state storage useful in nearly every electronic device imaginable.
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IoT Was Interesting, But Follow the Money to AI Chips
posted on March 01, 2019 08:03
A few years ago there was a lot of buzz about IoT, and indeed it continues to serve a role, but looking out to 2025 the real dollar growth for the semiconductor industry is in algorithm-specific ASICs, ASSPs, SoCs, and accelerators for Artificial Intelligence (AI), from the data center to the edge.
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Taiwan maintains largest share of global IC wafer fab capacity
posted on March 01, 2019 08:02
IC Insights recently released its new Global Wafer Capacity 2019-2023 report that provides in-depth detail, analyses, and forecasts for IC industry capacity by wafer size, process geometry, region, and product type through 2023.
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Britain does not support total Huawei network ban: sources
posted on March 01, 2019 08:01
(Reuters) - British security officials do not support a full ban of Huawei from national telecoms networks despite U.S. allegations the Chinese firm and its products could be used by Beijing for spying, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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