With the stagnation of Moore’s Law and system-level enterprises beginning to attempt to create their own chips, EDA and IP vendors seem to know that their spring has arrived—because their customer base has expanded. However, for EDA/IP vendors, there remains a massive obstacle in front of them: the complexity and high threshold of chip design … Read more
Integrated Chips are technologies that integrate several chiplets through semiconductor micro-nano processes to create chips and systems with higher integration and richer functions than single chips. As the development of Moore’s Law gradually slows, integrated chips and chiplet technologies are playing an increasingly important role in the manufacturing and design of high-performance chips, serving as … Read more
Source: Wangcai Chip Original Author: Milly This article introduces the principle of chip tape-out and the success of the first ultra-large-scale asynchronous circuit chip tape-out. What Is Chip Tape-Out Chip tape-out is the process of manufacturing chips through a series of process steps, much like an assembly line. Tape-out: In English, Tape Out. In the … Read more
The chip design industry is a typical high-investment, high-reward industry, but it is also a very risky one. If the designed chip does not meet expectations, the huge investment goes down the drain. Below, we will discuss the cost structure of a chip and how the price of a chip is defined. The cost of … Read more
This article is authorized for reprint from the public account “Semiconductor Industry Observation”, ID: icbank, Author: Gong Jiajia How many steps does it take to put an elephant in a refrigerator? Three steps: open the refrigerator door, put in the elephant, and finally close the door. So how many steps does it take to create … Read more
The chip is a pinnacle of human technology, embodying vast amounts of wisdom. The chip supply chain is extremely complex; spending a hundred million may buy a luxury apartment, but it may not necessarily support a chip from design to mass production. This is especially true for chips that use advanced processes, where the costs … Read more
The global semiconductor industry has entered a super cycle. China-U.S. technology friction. China’s integrated circuit industry support policies are strengthening, etc. Multiple factors overlap. The outlook for the chip industry is promising. First, let’s clarify the concepts and differences between “semiconductor,” “chip,” and “integrated circuit”, in general, semiconductor, integrated circuit, and chip can be considered … Read more
A chip is a way to miniaturize circuits in electronics, mainly including semiconductor devices and passive components, and is usually manufactured on the surface of semiconductor wafers. The aforementioned integrated circuits manufactured on the surface of semiconductor chips are also known as thin-film integrated circuits; another type of thick-film hybrid integrated circuit is composed of … Read more
Source: Semika Original Author: Semika Introduces common semiconductor-related terms used in the manufacturing, design, testing, and packaging processes. Manufacturing TAPEOUT (TO):Tape Out, refers to submitting the final GDSII file to the foundry for processing. FULL MASK:Full Mask, means that all masks in the manufacturing process serve a specific design. MPW (Multi Project Wafer):Multi Project Wafer, … Read more
This issue’s terminology: Integrated Chips Integrated Chips (Integrated Chips) Authors: Liu Ming, Sun Ninghui, Han Yinhe, Liu Qi InfoBox: Chinese Name: Integrated Chips Foreign Name: Integrated Chips Discipline: Integrated Circuits, Computer Architecture, Microelectronics, Semiconductor Technology and Manufacturing Substance: First, integrate transistors to manufacture chiplets with specific functions, then integrate these chiplets into chips based on … Read more