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Introduction to Extrinsic Semiconductors

In this article we will discuss extrinsic semiconductors. In short extrinsic semiconductors are devices that have been doped with specific chemicals. This process helps modifying the electrical properties of a relatively pure semiconductor crystal.
 
Intrinsic (pure semiconductor) or un-doped semiconductors have free electrons and holes. Both of them are

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CEO Talk: Racheli Ganot, Founder and CEO, Ready Group

This interview was held with Racheli Ganot, Founder and CEO of Ready Group (formerly Rachip).
 

 
Tell me about Ready?
 
Ready Group (formerly Rachip) is an R&D 360 Firm, experts in end-to-end chip development, SW and HW for the semiconductor and high-tech industries. Ready Group teams have been

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MOSCHIP joins TSMC Design Center Alliance

Hyderabad, India and Santa Clara, USA – Oct 17, 2022 – MosChip Technologies, a Semiconductor and Embedded system design services company, today announced that the company has joined the Design Center Alliance (DCA) of TSMC Open Innovation Platform® (OIP). The TSMC DCA focuses on chip-implementation services and system-level design solutions to help lower

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Faraday Delivers SAFE™ IP Portfolio for Samsung Foundry 14LPP Process

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Faraday Technology Corporation (TWSE: 3035), a leading ASIC design service and IP provider, today announced that its 14LPP application-specific IPs have been listed on SAFE™ (Samsung Advanced Foundry Ecosystem) IP system. These FinFET IPs, including LPDDR4/4X PHY, MIPI D-PHY, V-by-One, FPD-link, LVDS I/O, ONFI I/O, and memory compilers, are silicon

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An Inside look into Apple Silicon Journey

Apple’s remarkable decision to integrate its homegrown chips into its Mac elated its fans. Apple had been using Intel’s processors for decades. Over the past two years, Apple is transitioning away from Intel chips and successfully launched its first ARM-based SoC (System on Chip) and SiP (System in Package) processors

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IP Talk: Marcus Movér, CEO, ShortLink

This interview was held with Marcus Movér, CEO, ShortLink AB.

 
Tell me about your company’s IP portfolio?
 
Our IP portfolio is based on our long experience in low-power mixed-signal wireless ASICs. The crown jewel is our range of  Sub-GHz RF Transceivers. We also offer high performance clock

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CEO Talk: Michel Villemain, Founder and CEO of Presto Engineering

This interview was held with Michel Villemain, Founder and CEO of Presto Engineering.
 

 
Can You tell me a bit about your background?
 
I started my career with Schlumberger (later NPTest), where I served in various technical and managerial capacities in Europe, Texas and California, mostly

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Ultimate Guide: Clock Tree Synthesis

A vast majority of modern digital integrated circuits are synchronous designs. They rely on storage elements called registers or flip-flops, all of which change their stored data in a lockstep manner with respect to a control signal called the clock. In many ways, the clock signal is like blood flowing

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Processor (CPU) IP Cores Overview

In the semiconductor industry, an IP core is a building block that has been developed by a company and is sellable.  In todays SoC designs, many IP blocks are used. The most common one is a processor (CPU) IP core. In this article we will describe the processor IP cores

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VeriSilicon Announces the One-Stop VeriHealth Chip Design Platform for Smart Healthcare Applications

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San Jose, Calif., U.S., September 13, 2022–VeriSilicon (688521.SH), a leading Silicon Platform as a Service (SiPaaS®) company, today announced the launch of its customizable one-stop health chip design platform-VeriHealth™. Based on VeriSilicon’s own low-power IP series and advanced SoC customization technologies, VeriHealth provides a complete wearable health monitoring solution from

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