EDN

Six ways to improve speed of digital logic in IC design

When designing a chip, a designer needs to consider many tradeoffs before developing the logic. For example, if a chip is being developed for mobile applications, power becomes a very important factor ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Successful 3D-IC Design, Verification, And Analysis Requires An Integrated Approach

3D-IC designs enable improvements in performance, power, footprint, and costs that cannot be attained in system-on-chip (SoC) and IC design. However, the leap from traditional SoC/IC design to 3D-IC ...
EDN

Mastering multi-physics effects in 3D IC design

The semiconductor industry is at a pivotal moment as the limits of Moore’s Law motivate a transition to three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D IC) technology. By vertically integrating multiple ...
Digi Times

IC Design White Paper (5): China's semiconductor strategy and development trends

China has had a long history of supporting its semiconductor development with industrial policies. The "Outline for advancing the national IC industry" announced in 2014 upgraded semiconductors from a ...
Digi Times

Major Taiwan IC design houses vary strategies amid slowdown

Major Taiwan-based IC design houses such as MediaTek, Novatek Microelectronics, Realtek Semiconductor, Elan Microelectronics, Parade Technologies, and Global Mixed-mode Technology (GMT) are responding ...