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Feb 9, 2017

[SemiWiki] What are the future technology trend for SPICE Modeling?

CEO Interview: Albert Li of Platform Design Automation, Inc (PDA)
by Daniel Nenni Published on 11-27-2016 02:00 PM

[SemiWiki] What are the future technology trend for SPICE Modeling?
[PDA] Having sufficient data is really the key to the problem, if data is sufficient, model can be automatically generated or synthesized. The concept has already been applied to the case of passive device modeling, such as modeling inductors. EM solvers play the role of proving more “data” or the synthesizers to generate models automatically. We’ve been working with the same concept for the active devices for quite a while, one way is to enable faster measurements, so that a lot more data can be collected and the other way is to achieve huge amount of data based on limited silicon through machine learning, which requires deep understanding of device behaviors, device modeling knowledge, data for the training and years of training experiences, we have already successfully applied the methodologies to our service projects, and tedious tasks such as model re-targeting is now purely done by machines. Machine Learning enabled model targeting from tweaking model parameters to just defining the targets and let the machine finish the job automatically

[SemiWiki] What are other areas in semiconductor you see that Machine Learning can help?
[PDA] We’ve published 3 papers in the past few years related to machine learning, and we used machine-learning algorithms to help on speeding up soft error simulation of logic circuits, automatic statistical modeling, and automatic RF front-end design,so the areas of machine-learning applications are massive. Algorithms, expertise, data and risk are the four key components to access Machine-Learning applications, take device characterization and modeling as examples, we have been working on the machine learning algorithms for over a decade, and we are definitely the experts in device characterization and modeling, we also have huge amount of data and models from previous projects, and these enabled us to train our software or instrument to achieve faster measurements and automatic model generations. 

Oct 20, 2016

Free Semiconductor Books on SemiWiki

Download free PDF versions of three pivotal semiconductor books available on SemiWiki.com:
  1. Mobile Unleashed: The History of ARM
  2. Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry
  3. EDAGraffiti: 25 years of experience in EDA
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Sep 8, 2015

Free Copy of "Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry

As you may know SemiWiki published a book last year which is a really nice history of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem. Thousands of people have copies, we have received many compliments on it, and we are very proud.
As a thank you to all SemiWiki members I would like to offer a free PDF version of the book. You can access it via the attachment at the bottom of this wiki:
Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry

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For those of you who are "seasoned" semiconductor professionals this book will be a nice walk down memory lane. If you are less seasoned it will be a great read to get you up to speed on how we got to where we are today and where we are going tomorrow, absolutely.

Nov 16, 2014

NEW BOOK - Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry


 Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry
 By Daniel Nenni and Paul McLellan
 Foreword By TSMC

 The purpose of this book is to illustrate the magnificence of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem, and to give credit where credit is due by tracing the history of the semiconductor industry from both a technical and business perspective. [Book Preview]

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The author is offering to all LinkedIn connections a 50% off coupon code for the eBook version of "Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry". Feel free to forward this info to a friend or coworker. This eBook coupon expires on December 31, 2014. A paper version of the book is available on Amazon. For either version please click HERE for the SemiWiki shopping cart.