In recent years, the artificial intelligence industry has developed rapidly. McKinsey predicts that AI could contribute 1.2 percentage points to global GDP growth over the next decade, adding $13 trillion in value to global economic activity, comparable to the introduction of transformative technologies like the steam engine during the first Industrial Revolution. From an industry … Read more
The first thing to focus on when designing a chip is its PPA (Performance, Power, Area). This article discusses the second P, Power consumption, and how to achieve low power design in RTL, which is crucial for the battery life of mobile devices. Don’t let your chip unnecessarily increase power consumption. Data Path Register Sampling … Read more
Recently, I have been reading “The Art of Hardware Architecture”, and this blog post is also derived from the content in the book. With the advancement of technology, low-power design has become increasingly important.As a digital front-end designer, let’s take a look at how to reduce power consumption at the RTL level. In large-scale ASIC … Read more
👆If you wish to meet often, feel free to star 🌟 and bookmark it! Source: Contentcompiled by Semiconductor Industry Observation (ID: icbank) from allaboutcircuits, thank you. Red Semiconductor announced the launch of a multifunctional intrinsic structured computing (VISC) architecture for RISC-V. VISC is an extension of RISC-V IP that accelerates complex algorithms and adds parallel … Read more
In the previous article, Xiaozhao introduced CPU and GPU. Today, I will continue to introduce two other main characters in the field of computing chips—ASIC and FPGA.█ ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) As mentioned earlier, GPUs have strong parallel computing capabilities, but they also have disadvantages, such as high power consumption, large size, and high … Read more
Comparison of Mainstream Architecture Solutions: Three Mainstream Architectures The current mainstream AI chips can be mainly divided into three categories: GPU, FPGA, and ASIC. Both GPU and FPGA are relatively mature chip architectures in the early stage and belong to general-purpose chips. ASIC is a chip customized for specific AI scenarios. It has been confirmed … Read more
Source: Content from Liu Yishou on Finance, thank you! The global technology war has already begun, with every country striving to excel. The US Secretary of Commerce has revealed that the US has developed two strategic responses to competition from China in the chip sector: one is an offensive strategy, and the other is a … Read more
1. Development Process of PET Digital Technology In the initial PET systems, energy, position, and time information were converted into digital signals using photomultiplier tubes (PMT), front-end analog circuits, and subsequent analog-to-digital converters (ADC/TDC) for event matching and image reconstruction. Due to the relatively backward chip technology at that time, the analog-to-digital conversion unit could … Read more
Classification of Semiconductor Products Semiconductors have conductivity properties that lie between conductors and insulators. Although semiconductors were recognized by academia only in the 1930s, with the rapid advancements in science and technology, they are now closely related to our lives, such as in computers, mobile phones, lighting, refrigerators, air conditioners, and power converters, all of … Read more
Modern vehicles are increasingly equipped with electronic devices, necessitating good design practices to meet the requirements of major electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) standards. The rising levels of integration have also led automotive designers to urgently seek Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and Application-Specific Standard Products (ASSPs) that can replace multiple discrete components. This article discusses some of … Read more