Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: June 9


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=438 /] Find more semiconductor research papers here. » read more

Chip Industry Week in Review


Qualcomm announced plans to buy Alphawave Semi for ~$2.4 billion in a deal expected to close in Q1 2026. Qualcomm plans to leverage Alphawave Semi's connectivity products, including chiplets, to develop high-performance, low-power solutions for AI inferencing and customized CPUs in data centers. Qualcomm's traditional targets were mobile phones and edge computing. [Updated 6/9.] Global semic... » read more

Integration of High-Density Polymer Waveguides With Silicon Photonics for CPO (imec, Ghent)


A technical paper titled "Low-Loss Integration of High-Density Polymer Waveguides with Silicon Photonics for Co-Packaged Optics" was published by researchers at imec and Ghent University. Abstract "Co-Packaged Optics applications require scalable and high-yield optical interfacing solutions to silicon photonic chiplets, offering low-loss, broadband, and polarization-independent optical coup... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review


McKinsey issued a new report on the state of the chemical supply chain for semiconductors in the U.S., citing potential shortages of high-purity materials such as tungsten, aluminum and copper, lack of access to CMP slurries and photoresists for EUV, and rising competition for high-k precursors that can fetch higher prices outside of the U.S. CSIS weighed in on the U.S. goverment's recent ... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Feb. 25


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=408 /] Find all technical papers here. » read more

Material Properties of Si/SiGe Multi-layer Stacks For CFETs (Imec, Ghent U, et al.)


A new technical paper titled "Epitaxial Si/SiGe Multi-Stacks: From Stacked Nano-Sheet to Fork-Sheet and CFET Devices" was published by researchers at Imec and Ghent University, et al. Abstract "After a short description of the evolution of metal-oxide-semiconductor device architectures and the corresponding requirements on epitaxial growth processes, the manuscript describes the material pr... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Nov. 25


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=386 /] » read more

Sustainable Hardware Specialization Through Reconfigurable Logic (NUS, Ghent Univ.)


A  new technical paper titled "Sustainable Hardware Specialization" was published by researchers at National University of Singapore and Ghent University. "We explore sustainable hardware specialization through reconfigurable logic that has the potential to drastically reduce the environmental footprint compared to a sea of accelerators by amortizing its embodied footprint across multiple a... » read more

Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Sept. 9


New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: [table id=354 /] More ReadingTechnical Paper Library home » read more

Fano Resonance in a Si PIC Using a Piezoelectrically Driven Mechanism (Ghent, imec)


A new technical paper titled "Piezoelectrically driven Fano resonance in silicon photonics" was published by researchers at Ghent University and imec. Abstract "Piezoelectric optomechanical platforms provide a promising avenue for efficient signal transduction between microwave and optical domains. Lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin film stands out as a compelling choice for building such... » read more

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