Noise has always been a core concern for communication experts, but it is now rapidly becoming a tricky problem that every semiconductor designer must face—— Some chips are already experiencing performance degradation issues. Noise can be defined as any interference that deviates from the ideal state and may affect the expected functionality. In the semiconductor … Read more
Part One: What is “Chip Fabrication”? We can understand it as “the first trial print of constructing an ultra-complex skyscraper”. Imagine you want to build a special skyscraper—it is a microchip with billions of “rooms” (transistors), and the design is extremely complex. If you start construction directly and make a design error, the entire “building” … Read more
India’s Successful 3nm Automotive Chip Tape-Out: A Technological Breakthrough or a Strategic Play? The New Global Chip Landscape Revealed “India can make 3nm chips now? Is this going to take away China’s semiconductor jobs?” Recently, India’s announcement of the “successful tape-out of 3nm automotive chips” has raised many questions in the industry. As a chip … Read more
1. Overview Managing chip voltage drop is crucial for ensuring the stable operation of integrated circuits (IC), involving multiple levels such as the printed circuit board (PCB), packaging, and within the chip itself. Specific recommended metrics vary based on application domain, process node, chip type, etc., but here are some general guidelines and reference metrics: … Read more
Company Overview and Industry Background OmniVision Technologies (formerly known as Will Semiconductor, renamed in 2025) is a leadingfabless semiconductor design company in China, with products including image sensors, analog circuits, and display SoCs, widely used in smartphones, security, automotive electronics, action cameras, and panoramic photography. In 2024, its shipments exceeded11 billion units, establishing a significant … Read more
Compared to CPUs and GPUs, which have shipment volumes in the tens of billions and a market scale reaching hundreds of billions of dollars, FPGAs seem somewhat “niche”— their global market size is only about ten billion dollars. However, in the journey of domestic chip independence, this seemingly inconspicuous chip carries significant weight, often becoming … Read more
Horizon Technology’s RISC-V Breakthrough Strategy: Full-Stack Collaboration from Toolchain to System-Level Platform As RISC-V transitions from an “alternative option” to a “mainstream architecture” globally, the response from the Chinese market is particularly crucial. As one of the few domestic companies covering everything from chip-level EDA, system-level EDA to high-performance IP, at the 5th RISC-V China … Read more
Source: Reference News The South China Morning Post reported on July 3 that Siemens, Synopsys, and Cadence Design Systems have announced that the U.S. government has lifted some restrictions on the export of chip design software to China. These three leading global Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software developers stated that their related products will no … Read more
The most comprehensive semiconductor industry chain is divided into upstream, midstream, and downstream. The upstream includes semiconductor materials and semiconductor equipment, the midstream includes semiconductor design and semiconductor manufacturing, while the downstream involves the application fields of semiconductors. 1. Upstream of the Semiconductor Industry Chain 1.1 Semiconductor Materials Semiconductor materials can be divided into front-end … Read more