Semiconductor chips consist of dozens of layers, packing immense computing power into a compact form. They store and retrieve data for signaling and control and are essential in creating central ...

This is a sponsored article brought to you by Siemens. In the world of electronics, integrated circuits (IC) chips are the unseen powerhouse behind progress. Every leap—whether it’s smarter phones, ...

A recent blog post discussed the use of virtual metal fill (VMF) to predict the effects of real metal fill when performing RC extraction on a chip layout. This enables static timing analysis (STA) ...

This week, Google unveiled its AlphaChip reinforcement learning method for designing chip layouts. The AlphaChip AI promises to substantially speed up the design of chip floorplans and make them more ...

Artificial intelligence has raced ahead so quickly that its biggest constraint is no longer clever algorithms but the plumbing that feeds them data. A new generation of 3D chips, built by stacking ...