Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, Calif., reaches scale for AI-driven chip designs as major semiconductor customers register the first 100 commercial tape-outs with the company’s award-winning Synopsys DSO.ai autonomous design system. Recent customers, including STMicroelectronics and SK hynix, have all seen significant uplifts in productivity and PPA, and are now charting a new design course using […]
Award winning adaptive measurement templates speed up identification of deformed components
Leading software provider Volume Graphics, Germany, received a 2023 industry award for their Adaptive Measurement Template application that automatically compares original CAD intent against scan-based visualizations of parts, made with almost any material or manufacturing method, to assess quality and robustness. Volume Graphics’ Adaptive Measurement Templates has been named as one of the ten most […]
Veeco acquires Epiluvac AB to accelerate penetration into high growth silicon carbide epitaxy equipment market
Veeco Instruments Inc., Plainview, NY, acquired Epiluvac AB, Sweden, a privately held manufacturer of chemical vapor deposition (CVD) epitaxy systems that enable advanced silicon carbide (SiC) applications in the electric vehicle market. Epiluvac’s technology platform combined with Veeco’s global go-to-market capabilities create a significant long-term growth driver for Veeco. The desire for clean, efficient, and […]
Electronic bridge allows rapid energy sharing between semiconductors
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), Berkeley, Calif., discover that electrons play a surprising role in heat transfer between layers of semiconductors, with implications for next-generation electronic devices. As semiconductor devices become ever smaller, researchers are exploring two-dimensional (2D) materials for potential applications in transistors and optoelectronics. Controlling the […]
Stacking LEDs instead of placing them side by side could enable fully immersive virtual reality displays
MIT engineers, Boston, Mass., have developed a new way to make sharper, defect-free displays, stacking the diodes to create vertical, multicolored pixels. Each stacked pixel can generate the full commercial range of colors and measures about 4 microns wide. The microscopic pixels, or micro-LEDs, can be packed to a density of 5,000 pixels per inch. […]