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All electronic devices that underpin modern society—smartphones, computers, automobiles, AI servers, and more—cannot exist without semiconductor chips. These tiny chips integrate billions of microscopic transistors onto a single piece of silicon, a highly integrated technology known as Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI). VLSI is not merely a continuation
Smartphones, cars, and home appliances. The pulsating heart of these advanced devices, nestled in your hand or woven into your daily life, is often a tiny semiconductor chip. This small marvel enables an unimaginable array of complex functionalities. But did you know that the birth of such a "magical&
Do you have a semiconductor design engineer in your family? Before planning your Vacance? ask them for their 'Tape out' schedule. The term “tape-out” harks back to the 1970s when engineers recorded design data on magnetic tapes and physically shipped them to foundries (Tapeout Origin). These tapes held
Introduction The memory hierarchy is a cornerstone of modern computer architecture, enabling systems to balance the competing demands of speed, capacity, and cost. From ultra-fast registers to high-capacity hard disk drives (HDDs), each level of the hierarchy is optimized for specific performance characteristics. However, the growing disparity between processor and