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The Essential Skills For Mastery In Computational Lithography

DALL-E Students And Computational Lithography I recently wrote about computational lithography. Several students asked, apart from mathematics skills, what more is required to align educational training so one has a better chance of joining semiconductors as a computational lithography engineer.  I thought a lot about this, and outlined

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The AI Centers And Implications On Semiconductor Industry

DALL-E Data To AI Centers Data centers have been essential for storing, managing, and processing data for several decades. However, we are now on the brink of a new era of technology, and a significant shift is imminent. Traditional data centers will be replaced by AI Centers,

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The Student Guide To Match Semiconductor Skills With Functions

DALL-E Semiconductor, Students, Functions And Skills In the last blog post, I wrote about a guide students can use to select a major with a focus of joining the semiconductor industry as an engineer. As an extension to that blog, I am now writing about another guide that

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The Semiconductor Major Selection Guide For Undergraduate In India

The Semiconductor Major Selection Guide For Undergraduate In India

DALL-E India And Semiconductor Talent I have been getting a lot of emails and messages (on social media) regarding how a student (mainly in India) can wisely decide which specific undergraduate engineering majors to select to ensure the coursework-based training aligns with the semiconductor industry’s requirements. Thus,

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The Semiconductor Coal

DALL-E The research from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the National Energy Technology Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has unveiled a novel use of coal in microelectronics. It leads to the question of whether coal (a resource that is widely available

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The Economics Of Semiconductor Yield

The Economics Of Semiconductor Yield

DALL-E The semiconductor industry is driven not just by innovation but also by the economics of production. At the core of this economic landscape is yield – a term that might seem technical at first glance but also drives the financial realities of semiconductor manufacturing. Understanding this

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The Case Of High-Speed Data Transfer Between Semiconductor Components: PCIe VS CXL

DALL-E Introduction To PCIe: Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) is a high-speed serial computer expansion bus standard designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards. It connects high-speed components in a computer, such as graphics cards, SSDs, and network cards. Unlike its predecessors, PCIe

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The-Quick-Guide-On-Semiconductor-Powered-AI-Accelerator

The Quick Guide On Semiconductor Powered AI Accelerator

DALL-E An AI Accelerator is specialized hardware designed to process artificial intelligence (AI) tasks efficiently. These accelerators are specifically optimized to handle computations related to machine learning and deep learning algorithms, which are the core of most modern AI applications. Key features and purposes of AI Accelerators

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The Skills Needed To Improve The Yield And Test Time Of A Semiconductor Product

DALL-E In the fast-paced world of semiconductor product development, two metrics stand out as pivotal to the success and efficiency of manufacturing: yield and test time. Yield, the percentage of functional chips in a production batch, directly influences the cost-effectiveness and viability of semiconductor products. Simultaneously, test

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The Challenges And Roadblocks For Indian Semiconductor Manufacturing Industry

DALL-E The semiconductor industry, often termed the backbone of modern technology, is crucial for advancing and sustaining almost all major sectors, from telecommunications to automotive. As the world rapidly transitions towards a more digitized future, the significance of semiconductors has escalated, leading to a global race in

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Chetan Arvind Patil

Chetan Arvind Patil

                Hi, I am Chetan Arvind Patil (chay-tun – how to pronounce), a semiconductor professional whose job is turning data into products for the semiconductor industry that powers billions of devices around the world. And while I like what I do, I also enjoy biking, working on few ideas, apart from writing, and talking about interesting developments in hardware, software, semiconductor and technology.

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