Consumer, Med Tech Mushrooms As Quantum Closes In
Bio-inspired medical devices can gather more data than ever before, and HPC/quantum will massively speed up discovery rates; consumer self-testing will be slower.
Major developments are occurring in the bio-medical space, where new types of devices made of unusual materials & gels can measure tiny lab-grown brain cells, & sensors can measure every environmental & bodily function, from blood to heart & everything in between
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Semiconductor Engineering's latest Test, Measurement and Analytics newsletter
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Why Move To 2nm?
Leading-edge chipmakers are starting to look at process node scaling very differently.
Power, performance, and area/cost are still the key metrics for chipmakers, yet how those metrics are weighted and implemented can vary significantly.
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04.02.2026 17:06 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Multi-Die Assemblies Require More Detailed Test Plan Earlier
Understanding connectivity issues and interactions are only part of the problem; ECOs can cause unexpected problems in other areas.
Multi-die assemblies are forcing engineering teams to map out how the various components will function and interact much earlier in the design process, and to develop a detailed plan for how they will be verified and tested. semiengineering.com/multi-die-as...
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03.02.2026 16:57 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Does Your RISC-V Core Meet The Standard?
Verifying an extensible processor is more than a one-step process, especially when software compatibility is important.
Multiple disciplines are associated with verification, each important and each becoming increasingly complex. RISC-V adds another one — architectural conformance — which until recently has been tackled behind closed doors by just a few companies.
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Special Report:
AI’s Impact On Engineering Jobs May Be Different Than Expected:
Workflows & the addition of new capabilities are happening much faster than with previous technologies, & new grads may be vital in that transition
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29.01.2026 16:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Latest Semiconductor Engineering newsletter:
Manufacturing, Packaging and Materials semiengineering.com/newsletter/m...
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28.01.2026 16:38 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
An Explosion In Interconnect Complexity
The chip industry has gone from two routing platforms to five. That's a lot.
For decades, electronics offered 2 levels of routing structure to manage signals that originate or terminate in an IC. Recently, that number has risen to 5, bringing greater complexity and design decisions
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26.01.2026 16:38 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Big Changes Ahead For Semiconductor Manufacturing
Inside Chips Podcast: PDF Solutions' CEO discusses AI in chip manufacturing, 3D-ICs, and shorter cycle times.
John Kibarian, CEO of PDF Solutions, talks with SE’s Ed Sperling about the growing role of AI in chip manufacturing, the impact of 3D-ICs on the supply chain, and how to shorten cycle time to get leading-edge chips and multi-die assemblies to market more quickly.
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21.01.2026 16:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Startup Funding: Q4 2025
More and bigger funding rounds for AI chips and AI for making chips; 75 companies raise $3 billion.
Always an interesting quarterly report to peruse. Here's where the investments are going. Don't miss the chart at the end semiengineering.com/startup-fund...
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19.01.2026 16:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
How And Why To Optimize NPUs
PPA constraints need to be paired with real workloads, but they also need to be flexible to account for future changes.
AI/ML are driving a steep ramp in neural processing unit (NPU) design activity for everything from data centers to edge devices such as PCs and smartphones.
6 experts discuss how and why to optimize NPUs.
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18.01.2026 17:41 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Liquid Cooling Gains Traction In Data Centers
There are numerous ways to remove heat from chips, and more are on the way.
With the rise in AI, data-center power density has grown to the point where liquid cooling is now seeing a larger buildout. Single-phase cooling predominates currently, but 2-phase & immersion cooling are also growing as options.
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15.01.2026 17:05 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library:
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