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Perspectives on silicon design, verification, embedded systems, and the engineering decisions behind them.
Mar 25, 2026
In my fifteen years of covering the semiconductor industry, I have seen many “impossible” milestones, but nothing quite compares to the sheer scale of…
Read article EUV High-NA in Mass Production: Lessons from the First Year of the Double-Digit Billion FabMar 24, 2026
In past years of documenting the evolution of silicon, we have seen many milestones, but few are as physically transformative as the shift we…
Read article The Vertical Revolution: Why Backside Power Delivery is the Secret to 2nm SuccessMar 23, 2026
In my fifteen years of covering the semiconductor industry, I have watched us squeeze every possible drop of performance out of silicon. We have…
Read article Why Glass Core Substrates are the New Foundation for 2026 AI SiliconMar 22, 2026
The US CHIPS Act channels federal incentives towards domestic fabrication, aiming to rebuild American semiconductor manufacturing and reduce reliance on overseas supply.
Read article The US CHIPS Act: Domestic Fab Buildout ExplainedMar 21, 2026
In the race to build a fault-tolerant quantum computer, the industry has moved beyond the era of single-qubit experiments. We are now designing systems…
Read article Cryogenic CMOS for Quantum Scaling: Designing the Interface Inside the Dilution RefrigeratorMar 20, 2026
In the traditional semiconductor lifecycle, the “tape-out” was a point of no return. Once the design was sent to the foundry and the masks…
Read article Software-Defined Hardware: How 2026 SoCs Adapt to AI Evolution Post-Tape-OutMar 19, 2026
An analysis of why leading global outsourced semiconductor assembly and test providers are increasingly considering India as a location for new capacity.
Read article Why Global OSAT Players Are Betting on IndiaMar 19, 2026
For more than half a century, the architectural blueprint of the integrated circuit followed a singular, logical path. Transistors were built on the silicon…
Read article The Vertical Revolution: Why Backside Power Delivery is the Defining Shift for 2nm SiliconMar 18, 2026
For the past few years, the semiconductor industry has been buzzing about AI “copilots.” These tools were designed to sit beside an engineer, offering…
Read article EDA 2.0: The Shift from Copilots to Agents and the Dawn of Autonomous Silicon DesignMar 17, 2026
For the past several years, the semiconductor industry has been locked in a race to optimize for Large Language Models (LLMs). We built specialized…
Read article The Rise of LAMs on Silicon: Moving Beyond Thinking to Doing with VLA ModelsMar 16, 2026
Design for test, scan chains and ATPG let manufactured chips check themselves for defects. This beginner guide explains how testability is built into silicon.
Read article DFT, Scan and ATPG: How Chips Test ThemselvesMar 16, 2026
For decades, the semiconductor industry was synonymous with silicon. It was the reliable, abundant material that powered everything from the first microprocessors to the…
Read article The Power Transition: How GaN and SiC are Driving the 2026 EV Surge and Grid Modernization
