With the continued, explosive demand for AI-specific chips, the semiconductor industry is being faced with increasingly high expectations and challenges. It’s also speeding up design cycles across the board.
Semiconductors

Twisting Atomically Thin Materials Could Advance Quantum Computers
Placing two layers of special 2D materials together and turning them at large angles creates artificial atoms with intriguing optical properties.
Qolab Secures Investment from Applied Ventures
Qolab, Inc., an innovator in quantum computing hardware, today announced an investment from Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc.
onsemi Launches Silicon Carbide-Based Intelligent Power Modules
Today, onsemi introduced the first generation of its 1200V silicon carbide (SiC) metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) based SPM 31 intelligent power modules (IPMs).

IEDM Researchers Tout Energy Efficiency
The industry has “an insatiable appetite” for high performance.

Bringing AI to Optical Inspection: Using Deep Learning to Solve High-Value Problems in Advanced Node Manufacturing
Novel Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence detection and filtering algorithms are rapidly adopted by advanced node manufacturers to address the ever-increasing challenge of separating yield-killing and nuisance defects.
InPsytech Joins Intel Foundry Accelerator IP Alliance
InPsytech, Inc., a provider of high-performance semiconductor intellectual property (IP) solutions under Egis Group, announced its participation in the Intel Foundry Accelerator IP Alliance.

NoMIS Power Achieves Major Breakthrough in SiC Short-Circuit Withstand Time
NoMIS Power, a leader in advanced silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor technology, has announced a major breakthrough in improving the short-circuit withstand time (SCWT) of SiC MOSFETs.
Intel Appoints Lip-Bu Tan as Chief Executive Officer
Intel Corporation today announced that its board of directors has appointed Lip-Bu Tan, an accomplished technology leader with deep semiconductor industry experience, as chief executive officer, effective March 18.
Keysight Enables Dynamic Test on a Wide-Bandgap Power Semiconductor Bare Chip
Keysight Technologies, Inc. has enhanced its double-pulse test portfolio enabling customers to benefit from accurate and easy measurement of the dynamic characteristics of Wide-Bandgap (WBG) power semiconductor bare chips.