As the core of the semiconductor industry, integrated circuits account for 83% of the market share. Due to their technical complexity, the industry structure is highly specialized. With the rapid expansion of the industry scale, competition intensifies, and the division of labor becomes more refined.Currently, the market industry chain consists of IC design, IC manufacturing, … Read more
With the rise of artificial intelligence, smart driving, and smart healthcare, the term “chip” has gradually entered people’s view. However, faced with the uneven content online, many people are unclear about the vocabulary related to chips. What are semiconductors? What are integrated circuits? What are chips? What is the relationship between them? In this article, … Read more
Author: Majeed Ahmad Original Content from EET Electronic Engineering Magazine Recently, a new job title has been emerging in the semiconductor industry, known as “System Architect.” European IC design service consultancy Sondrel admits that there is an increasing need for system architects to coordinate every aspect of SoC design projects, including ensuring that SoC projects … Read more
As the design progresses and approaches the final product, the cost of correcting a design flaw becomes increasingly high. Cost of correcting design flaws at different design stages 1. Overview of Functional Verification In the field of IC design and manufacturing, the terms verification and testing refer to two different processes. Verification Confirming the correctness … Read more
Domestic IC Industry Chain IC Design Companies: HiSilicon, ZTE Microelectronics, Unisoc, Allwinner Technology, BGI Semiconductor, Datang Semiconductor, Zhixin Microelectronics, Silan Microelectronics, Guowei Technology, Zhongxing Microelectronics, Unigroup Guoxin, Guomin Technology, Obit, Zhongying Electronics, Lattice Semiconductor, Beidou Star, Beijing Junzheng, Zhaoyi Innovation, Geke Microelectronics, China Electronics, Weier Semiconductor, Tongchuang Guoxin, Fudan Microelectronics, Aipai Microelectronics, Goodix Technology, MediaTek, … Read more
Click the “Read Original” at the bottom of the article to watch selected IC design courses for free! ASIC Design Process 1. Define Project Requirements 1. Determine the specific indicators of the chip: Physical Implementation Manufacturing process (foundry and process size); Die area (DIE size, affected by power consumption, cost, digital/analog area); Packaging (larger packaging … Read more
PMIC Seminar The seminar is a regular activity of the Power and Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Laboratory, held once a month, hosted by the heads of various research directions in the lab, aimed at enhancing communication and integration among research groups, sharing cutting-edge research dynamics, and summarizing stage achievements. In the last seminar, Senior Brother Yuan … Read more
Instruction Register (IR) 指令寄存器 The purpose of the Instruction Register (IR) is to shift in instructions via the TDI signal. Additionally, the instruction register can hold the current instruction until the new instruction is completely shifted in. Generally, an IR consists of two registers as shown in Figure 1. The Hold register stores the previous … Read more
Introduction: Makefile scripting language greatly enhances productivity, allowing us to focus more on the design itself. This article introduces the Makefile scripts for commonly used VCS and Verdi software in IC design/verification, along with the source code, hoping to be of help to everyone. If you don’t have the relevant operating environment, try replying hidden … Read more
Low-power mechanisms are crucial for processors. This article provides an overview of low-power technologies for processors. For processors, while we pay great attention to their clock frequency and performance, one undeniable fact is that processors spend the vast majority of their time in standby or sleep mode. For example, the smartphones we use daily are … Read more