In conjunction with the launch of Enflame’s CloudBlazer T10, Enflame Technology and GLOBALFOUNDRIES® (GF®) today announced a new high-performing deep learning accelerator solution for data center training. Designed to accelerate deep learning deployment, the accelerator’s core Deep Thinking Unit (DTU) is based on GF’s 12LP™ FinFET platform with 2.5D packaging to deliver fast, power-efficient data processing for cloud-based AI training platforms.
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Weebit Moving Towards Commercialisation Ahead of Schedule, with External Technology Verification by XTX
Weebit Nano (ASX: WBT), a developer of next generation memory technology for the global semiconductor industry, is pleased to advise that it is now working with XTX Technology – a Chinese provider of high quality memory solutions for consumer electronics, industrial embedded systems, telecom and networking markets – to enable the adoption of Weebit’s silicon oxide ReRAM technology by XTX.
Lattice Announces New Low Power FPGA Platform
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: LSCC), the low power programmable leader, today announced its new low power FPGA platform, Lattice Nexus™. The platform is architected to deliver power-efficient performance that will benefit developers of a wide range of applications, including AI for IoT, video, hardware security, embedded vision, 5G infrastructure and industrial/automotive automation. Lattice Nexus is built with innovations at every level of design, from solutions, to architecture, to circuit, and delivers higher system performance at significantly reduced power consumption.
Breker Verification Systems Launches Unique RISC-V TrekApp for Automated, High-Coverage System Integration Test Suite Synthesis
Breker Verification Systems, the provider of Test Suite Synthesis tools based on the Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS), today introduced its RISC-V TrekApp, a complete, automated test content generator for RISC-V system integration testing. RISC-V TrekApp, the first solution to address the entire RISC-V system-on-chip (SoC) system integration problem, targets complex verification challenges and increases coverage by executing unpredictable corner-case scenarios without the need for manually developed test content. The TrekApp works with existing universal verification methodology (UVM) and SoC verification environments and does not require the user to learn the PSS language.
Imec Shows Excellent Performance in Ultra-Scaled FETs with 2D-Material Channel
At this year’s IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (Dec 7-11 2019), imec, a world-leading research and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies, reports an in-depth study of scaled transistors with MoS2 and demonstrates best device performance to date for such materials.
Intel Introduces ‘Horse Ridge” to Enable Commercially Viable Quantum Computers
Intel Labs today unveiled what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind cryogenic control chip — code-named “Horse Ridge” — that will speed up development of full-stack quantum computing systems.
Analog Devices Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Xilinx
Analog Devices, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADI), a leading global high-performance analog technology company, today announced that it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Xilinx, Inc. (Nasdaq: XLNX). The lawsuit focuses on the unauthorized use by Xilinx of several important ADI patents relating to converter technology in at least two of Xilinx’s High End Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC products.
Keysight, Marvin Test Solutions Collaborate to Speed Manufacturing of mmWave Semiconductors
Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced that its collaboration with Marvin Test Solutions, Inc. (MTS) – a supplier of functional test solutions – has resulted in the development of a fast and accurate 5G semiconductor manufacturing test platform. The two parties focused on advancing beamformer integrated circuit (IC) test technology to help manufacturers of semiconductors accelerate the production of high performance 5G integrated ICs. Marvin – a trusted provider of globally-deployed test solutions for military, aerospace, and manufacturing organizations – integrated Keysight’s PXIe-based Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) to achieve accurate and fast measurements in its TS-960e-5G mmWave Test System.
Weebit Nano and Leti File Three New Patents for Improved Yield and Reliability of Advanced ReRAM Products
Weebit Nano (ASX: WBT), the next generation memory technology for the global semiconductor industry, and its development partner Leti, the French research institute recognised as a global leader in the field of micro-electronics, have filed three new patents for Weebit’s Silicon Oxide (SiOx) ReRAM
technology. The latest patents from Weebit and Leti use newly developed smart algorithms to increase the reliability and yield of ReRAM memory cells and enable scalable immune ReRAM process improvements. Two patents identify failure modes, in which optimised smart programming algorithms then improve the window margin and array yield. The third patent improves process flows, allowing increased stability at scaled memory cells in geometries of 40nm and below.
NAND Flash to Lead All Others As IC Market Growth Returns in 2020
IC Insights is in the process of revising its forecast and analysis of the IC industry and will present its new findings in The McClean Report 2020, which will be released in January 2020. Among the revisions is a complete update of forecast growth rates of the 33 main product categories classified by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics organization (WSTS) through the year 2024. The top five categories for IC product growth are covered in this bulletin.
