An integrated circuit at 0.25-micron design rules contains about 800 meters of wire interconnect, draining 50 percent of the power consumed by the circuit. When 0.01-micron chips emerge, they will ...

Inelco Hunter's new Connector Clinic supports engineers with interconnect challenges - from development to deployment.

While transistors see continuous improvement, wires keep getting worse because of the smaller geometries and larger chip sizes. There are limited ways to avoid such problems, but the biggest impact ...

Digital integrated circuit interconnects have characteristics that must be considered as an integral part of the design process. SoC designers can't be fully decoupled from the manufacturing process.

The semiconductor industry faces enormous challenges in virtually every field. Thanks to a recent advance in interconnect technology from Applied Materials, we should manage to squeeze a few more ...