In the first of a multi-part series on how to design a custom chip for under $1,000, our Analog Editor gets you started with a Magnificent 7 list of textbooks. TinyTapeout offers a course that ...

Open-source tools and multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttles democratize chip design for low cost. Small circuits, both analog and digital, are accommodated by embedding them as “tiles” or “clusters” into ...

Google's innovative approach of using artificial intelligence to design AI chips is revolutionizing the semiconductor industry. The key to their AlphaChip system lies in its reinforcement learning ...

Human intelligence and our collective wisdom are already becoming limiting factors in the rise of AI. Indeed, the only smart move at this point seems to be letting AIs design their own future hardware ...

Since their early introduction a few years ago, AI-powered features have become a mainstay of EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools. Many of the complex yet potentially tedious tasks silicon ...

HSINCHU, TAIWAN - SEPTEMBER 16: A closeup of a silicon wafer on display at Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institution on September 16, 2022 in Hsinchu, Taiwan. Taiwan's semiconductor manufacturing ...

Engaging with an ASIC development partner can take many forms. The intended chip may be as simple as a microcontroller, as sophisticated as an AI-based edge computing system-on-chip (SoC), or even a ...

A new technical paper titled “A Vertically Integrated Framework for Templatized Chip Design” was published by researchers at University of Southern California. “Developers who primarily engage with ...

Xiaomi, in its internal technology awards ceremony, has outlined its future strategy, with the main focus being on in-house ...