With shrinking dimensions, the classical lithography-based top-down patterning processes are becoming extremely complex and expensive. Therefore, researchers worldwide are investigating alternative processes allowing to build patterns from the bottom. Two promising approaches are directed self-assembly (DSA) and area-selective deposition (ASD).
Deep Learning at the Extreme Edge: A Manifesto
With continuous voltage and frequency scaling, the logic is self-timed, adjusting core voltage and clock frequency automatically, ensuring no timing violation. This allows the chip to always run the most efficient way for a given workload.
The Chip Wars Get Real
There was a lot of big news in the semiconductor industry during the last week as the U.S., China and Taiwan face off in a chip war over Huawei.
U.S. Targets Huawei’s Chip Supply
The U.S. Department of Commerce announced plans to restrict Huawei’s ability to use U.S. technology and software to design and manufacture its semiconductors abroad.
TSMC to Build and Operate an Advanced Fab in the U.S.
TSMC announced its intention to build and operate an advanced semiconductor fab in Arizona.
Illinois RapidVent Emergency Ventilator Developed for COVID-19 patients
The Illinois RapidVent emergency ventilator was developed in less than a week, and preliminary tests show performance equivalent to commercial devices; additional tests ongoing
Medtronic Shares Ventilator Design Specifications
Medtronic is publicly sharing the design specifications for the Puritan Bennett™ 560 (PB 560) to enable participants across industries to evaluate options for rapid ventilator manufacturing.
A Call for Ventilator Collaboration
Wouldn’t it be great if a SEMATECH-like group formed and provided a forum to enable manufacturers to collaborate to quickly get a world-best open source ventilator design approved and make it available to capable equipment manufacturers?
Medtronic Continuing to Increase Ventilator Production to Address COVID-19 Pandemic
Medtronic has increased production by more than 40 percent to date and is on track to more than double its capacity to manufacture and supply ventilators.
MIT-based Team Works on Rapid Deployment of Open-Source, Low-cost Ventilator
Clinical and design considerations will be published online; goal is to support rapid scale-up of device production to alleviate hospital shortages.
