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The Semiconductor Technology Node India Should Focus On

Photo by Maxence Pira on Unsplash India is betting on end-to-end semiconductor manufacturing, which is the right step to meet the growing demand for the country’s semiconductor requirements. If executed as planned, the import of silicon chips will drastically decrease and will remove the dependency on the other countries. The

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The Two Ways In Which Semiconductor EDA Tools Are Evolving For AI World

Photo by David Schultz on Unsplash Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is integral to semiconductor product development. Over the last four decades, the EDA industry has revolutionized how chips get designed, verified, simulated, and validated. During this time, EDA vendors have also adapted to different changing computing landscapes. For example, the

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The Need Of Assistive Generative AI In Semiconductor Design And Manufacturing

Photo by Brecht Corbeel on Unsplash Generative AI (GenAI) is creating new ideas and the market for the software industry. Software developers are using GenAI to develop tools to revolutionize the digital world. Per experts, we are only getting started with GenAI. And, at some point, the semiconductor industry will

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The Semiconductor Coopetition Is On Rise

Photo by Pascal Swier on Unsplash Coopetition is a business strategy that combines competition and cooperation. In the semiconductor industry, coopetition can take many forms, such as: Joint Ventures: Collaborate to develop a new product or technology. Alliance: Resources or expertise sharing to achieve a common goal. Open Source: Contribute to

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The Semiconductor For X

Photo by Thufeil M on Unsplash Semiconductor Design for X (DFX) is a set of principles that can be applied to any product to improve its manufacturability, testability, reliability, and other critical technical aspects. With the ever-increasing complexity of semiconductor products, it has become crucial to ensure the DFX methodologies

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The Semiconductor AI Will Design The Silicon It Needs

Photo by Google DeepMind on Unsplash Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is a hypothetical type of artificial intelligence that can understand or learn any intellectual task a human can. AGI is still a long way off, but if achieved, it could profoundly impact several technological areas, including the design of silicon

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The Semiconductor Is More Basic Science Than Applied

Photo by Trnava University on Unsplash Semiconductor engineering is a field that distinguishes basic and applied science. On the one hand, it relies on a deep understanding of fundamental physics, such as the behavior of electrons in solids. On the other hand, it also requires the ability to apply this

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The Semiconductor AI Dependency

Photo by Bill Fairs on Unsplash Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a rapidly growing field revolutionizing many industries. However, AI highly depends on semiconductors, the electronic components that power computers and other devices. Semiconductors are essential for AI because they provide the processing power and memory needed to run AI algorithms.

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The Semiconductor FATE Is FAST

Photo by Raphael GB on Unsplash The semiconductor manufacturing business model is changing from FATE to FAST. FATE stands for Fabrication, Assembly, and TEesting, while FAST covers full-flow, i.e., Fabrication, ASsembly, and Testing. In the FATE model, the fabrication of semiconductor chips is with one specific company, while a different

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The Computational Semiconductor Lithography

Photo by Dan Cristian Pădureț on Unsplash Computational lithography is a specialized field in the semiconductor manufacturing domain. It is used during lithography when advanced algorithmic models optimize the patterning and masking process. It is done by deforming the patterns to compensate for the physical and chemical effects naturally occurring

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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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