Applied Materials Unveils Transistor and Wiring Innovations for Faster AI Chips

New chipmaking systems boost the energy-efficient performance of Gate-All-Around transistors and wiring at 2nm and beyondViva™ pure radical ...
CNET

Single-atom transistor built with precise control

Seeking to keep Moore's Law on pace, researchers have developed a repeatable technique for assembling a single-atom version of the transistor--the building block of semiconductors and computers.
EDN

Taking power analysis to the transistor level for a full chip

Almost every chip being taped out today is mixed-signal in nature. In addition to increased integration of analog and RF blocks, designers are using complex power-management techniques to minimize ...
Design-Reuse

Automated Transistor-Level Optimization in Standard-Cell Based Digital Design

As feature sizes continue to shrink at a breakneck pace, transistor-level analysis and optimization in digital design is becoming a necessity for achieving a solution with the unique combination of ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Transistor-Level Performance Evaluation Based On Wafer-Level Process Modeling

Three years ago, I wrote a blog entitled “Linking Virtual Wafer Fabrication Modeling with Device-level TCAD Simulation,” in which I described the seamless connection between the SEMulator3D virtual ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Setting Vmin With Transistor-Level PDN Telemetry

Curious about how to precisely determine the optimal voltage-regulator setpoints for your System-on-Chip (SoC)? In this video, we dive into how transistor-level Power Delivery Network (PDN) telemetry ...
Electronic Design

GaN Transistors – Drive Control, Thermal Management, and Isolation

This year, several companies are expected to bring 600/650 V Gallium Nitride (GaN) power transistors to market. Almost all will be normally-on (depletion mode) transistors connected in a cascode ...
Nanowerk

Single-Electron Transistors: The Ultimate in Miniaturization and Precision

What is a Single-Electron Transistor? A single-electron transistor (SET) is a nanoscale electronic device that allows the precise control of individual electrons. Unlike conventional transistors that ...
EDN

Transistor level ESD verification in large SoC designs

When it comes to large system-on-chip (SoC) designs, there is a need for a comprehensive electrostatic discharge (ESD) verification flow that can verify both topological and geometrical constructions ...