Tag: Infineon
Big Shifts In Power Electronics Packaging
The power semiconductor market is poised for remarkable growth in the next several years, fueled by the adoption of electric vehicles and renewable energy, but it also [more…]
Understanding Memory Protection Units
Let’s talk about the various security measures we take to protect our homes. We use locks, install security cameras to detect any suspicious activities, etc., all to [more…]
Bug, Flaw, Or Cyberattack?
The lines between counterfeiting, security, and design flaws are becoming increasingly difficult to determine in advanced packages and process nodes, where the number of possible causes of [more…]
The Ultimate Guide To PCB Layout For GaN Transistors
In the ever-evolving landscape of power electronics, the emergence of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors has ignited a revolution by offering unparalleled benefits, including remarkable efficiency and power density enhancements. [more…]
Gearing Up For Level 4 Vehicles
More autonomous features are being added into high-end vehicles, but getting to full autonomy will likely take years more effort, a slew of new technologies — some [more…]
Usage Of Pulse-Edge Transformer In Secondary Controlled Flyback Applications
The pulse-edge transformer (PET) is used as a medium to transmit PWM pulses from a secondary-side controller, such as EZ-PD™ PAGxS, to a primary-side controller, such as [more…]
ReRAM Seeks To Replace NOR
Resistive RAM is gaining renewed attention as demand for faster and cheaper non-volatile memory alternatives continues to grow, particularly in applications such as automotive. Embedded flash has [more…]
Quantum Plus AI Widens Cyberattack Threat Concerns
Quantum computing promises revolutionary changes to the computing paradigm that the semiconductor industry has operated under for decades, but it also raises the prospect of widespread cybersecurity [more…]
Chip Industry Week In Review
By Liz Allan, Jesse Allen, and Karen Heyman Global semiconductor equipment billings dipped 2% year-over-year to US$25.8 billion in Q2, and slipped 4% compared with Q1, according [more…]
The Threat Of Supply Chain Insecurity
Concerns about counterfeit chips are growing as more chips are deployed in safety- and mission-critical applications, prompting better traceability and new and inexpensive solutions that can determine [more…]
Designing Vehicles Virtually
The shift toward software-defined vehicles (SDVs), electric vehicles (EVs), and ultimately autonomous vehicles (AVs) is proving the value and exposing the weaknesses in simulating individual components and [more…]
Power Semis Usher In The Silicon Carbide Era
Silicon carbide production is ramping quickly, driven by end market demand in automotive and price parity with silicon. Many thousands of power semiconductor modules already are in [more…]
Week In Review: Automotive, Security and Pervasive Computing
The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety estimates that between 2021 and 2050, ADAS technologies currently available to U.S. will prevent “approximately 37 million crashes, 14 million injuries, and [more…]
Week In Review: Automotive, Security, Pervasive Computing
Stellantis and Foxconn formed a 50/50 joint venture called SiliconAuto, to be headquartered in the Netherlands. The goal is to close the gap between supply and demand [more…]
LPDDR Flash In Automotive
New automotive architectures are raising challenges for how to utilize memory effectively and efficiently. An LPDDR interface for flash allows different processors to utilize multiple banks of [more…]
Data Leakage Becoming Bigger Issue For Chipmakers
Data leakage is becoming more difficult to stop or even trace as chips become increasingly complex and heterogeneous, and as more data is stored and utilized by [more…]
Blog Review: May 3
Systems & Design AI chips drive design exploration; hierarchy in custom design; power module current density; DPU adoption. Synopsys’ Thomas Andersen considers the requirements of AI-optimized chips [more…]
Options Widen For Optimizing IoT Designs
Creating a successful IoT design requires a deep understanding of the use cases, and a long list of tradeoffs among various components and technologies to provide the [more…]
The Power Of Sensors In Transmission Systems
I have always had a passion for cars. As a child, I used to spend hours playing with toy cars and imagining all sorts of incredible adventures. [more…]
Looking Forward To SPIE, And Beyond
On the eve of this year’s SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning conference, I took a look at the IEEE Devices and Systems Roadmap’s lithography section. It’s especially [more…]
Chip Industry’s Earnings Roundup
Many companies reported revenue growth in the most recent quarter, but the latest round of chip industry earnings releases reflected some major themes: Demand for consumer electronics [more…]