3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (278+ words) Semiconductor manufacturing generates enormous volumes of data, yet only a fraction of it is analyzed. To quote a recent article from an industry analyst: “Beneath this growth lies a structural shift. Manufacturing complexity is rising faster than the industry’s ability…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (139+ words) semiengineering.com But in recent years, the conversation has started to change. Today, companies and countries alike are asking different questions. What happens when efficiency conflicts with resilience? What happens when supply chains become strategic? And what happens when interdependency…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (302+ words) Cost per token is causing EDA design budgets to balloon; what comes next isn’t entirely clear yet. SE: When design teams consider the return on investment for using agentic AI tools, or give customers an estimate for design costs, they…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (142+ words) How natural language processing will fundamentally change the way humans interface with machines. The post The Intersection Of AI And Voice At The Edge appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering. Increasingly capable natural language processing is changing how audio systems are…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1623+ words) Google, Amazon, and now OpenAI have competitive offerings and are gaining share. GPUs are 70% of installed worldwide AI compute capacity by manufacturer (see figure 1), with custom silicon accounting for 30%, primarily Google and Amazon. Fig. 1: Current installed worldwide AI compute capacity…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (130+ words) Just because a chip is deemed good doesn't mean it will work as expected. The post Smart Outlier Detection appeared first on Semiconductor Engineering. Nearly all leading-edge designs today are multi-die assemblies, which means that one defective die can render…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (612+ words) Security and safety are inseparable in physical systems. By Dana Neustadter and Ilya Tolchinsky Artificial intelligence is moving beyond digital experiences and into systems that interact directly with the physical world. This emerging category of physical AI spans autonomous vehicles…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (632+ words) Security controls are increasingly implemented in ways that can limit access to information required for an investigation. Digital forensic investigations often depend on access to information stored on or processed by electronic devices. Depending on the case and the type…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (343+ words) Exploding compute demand is exposing new gaps across the hardware supply chain, from chip identity and firmware integrity to post-quantum readiness. Securing the entire data center supply chain is a monumental task, and the stakes keep rising as the value…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (974+ words) Modern electronic systems are expected to deliver more performance, more connectivity, and greater efficiency than ever before. Interfaces such as DDR, PCIe, Ethernet, and other high-speed SerDes technologies continue to increase data rates while simultaneously reducing available design margins. At…...