The design of the power grid has a direct impact on chip performance and reliability. It is essential to ensure that the power grid provides sufficient power voltage to all transistors within the cells, allowing the chip to operate normally under all possible conditions within a certain noise tolerance. However, as technology shrinks, the threshold … Read more
In ARM-based MCU subsystems, there are only 240 peripheral interrupts available. Therefore, for a large number of interrupts, a secondary lookup is necessary. The cost of this approach is that it cannot achieve timely system responses, as it requires time to read the status registers.This article introduces the method of compressing interrupt signals and the … Read more
According to news from the semiconductor industry, on June 10, Canaan Technology stated during an institutional survey that multiple chip customization projects have entered the design phase in the first quarter of 2025 and are expected to tape out within this year. The company provides design services for an MRAM control chip project, which is … Read more
Introduction: When we talk about artificial intelligence, we often think of machine vision, fingerprint recognition, facial recognition, retinal recognition, iris recognition, palm print recognition, automated planning, intelligent search, game theory, automated program design, intelligent control, etc.; however, its core content is inseparable from embedded systems. However, not all artificial intelligence processors are the same. The … Read more
This article is compiled by Semiconductor Industry Insight (ID: ICVIEW) from semiengineering.As design complexity increases, manual design methods struggle to minimize wire lengths.In System on Chip (SoC) design, wire length refers to the total physical distance of interconnections within the Network on Chip (NoC). It is a critical parameter affecting performance, power consumption, and manufacturing … Read more
SoC design has significantly shifted towards RISC-V architecture.This article focuses on its impact on the semiconductor industry and its role in promoting technological development, innovation, and flexibility.The rise of the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA), managed by RISC-V International, coincides with an exciting time in the semiconductor industry. The creation of new technologies is driving … Read more
For most System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, the most critical task is not RTL coding, nor is it creating the chip architecture. Nowadays, SoCs are primarily designed by assembling various silicon Intellectual Property (IP) modules from multiple vendors. This makes managing silicon IP a major task in the design process. Generally speaking, in new SoC designs, less … Read more
For most System-on-Chip (SoC) designs, the most critical task is not RTL coding, nor even the creation of the chip architecture. Nowadays, SoCs are primarily designed by assembling various silicon Intellectual Property (IP) modules from multiple vendors. This makes managing silicon IP a major task in the design process. Generally speaking, in new SoC designs, … Read more
(Source: Semiconductor Industry Observation) Introduction USB4™ is a new connectivity standard established by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF). USB4 supports multiple high-speed interface protocols, including USB4, DisplayPort, PCI Express, and Thunderbolt 3, enabling efficient data transfer, power delivery, and high-resolution video through a single USB Type-C cable. USB4 achieves speeds of up to 40Gbps, which … Read more