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EDA software and the CentOS 7 end of life
Electronic design automation (EDA) vendors develop software for the design of semiconductor chips and computer hardware. Being long running, distributed applications, customers will often use a grid of Linux servers to run EDA software. Information technology (IT) departments are responsible for keeping these servers running, with minimal downtime. Due to its free cost, and widespread…
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TCAD Mobile App
The TCAD app is a semiconductor device simulator for mobile devices on both iOS and Android devices. It is free for download on both on the App stores. More information at https://tcad.app.
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Open Access TCAD Simulation Paper
This open access paper used the DEVSIM TCAD simulator to generate its simulation results: Z. -L. Tang and B. -Y. Cao, “Heat Generation Mechanisms of Self-Heating Effects in SOI-MOS,” in IEEE Journal of the Electron Devices Society, vol. 12, pp. 350-358, 2024, doi: 10.1109/JEDS.2024.3393019.
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IEEE ICCAD 2014 TCAD to EDA Workshop Presentations
An oldie but goodie: https://ieee-ceda.org/pages/ieee-iccad-2014-tcad-eda-workshop-presentations Unfortunately, on June 17, 2024, I see that this link no longer works. But it is now available here: https://web.archive.org/web/20210516160224/https://ieee-ceda.org/pages/ieee-iccad-2014-tcad-eda-workshop-presentations
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SISPAD 2024
SISPAD 2024 will be held on September 25-27, 2024 in San Jose, California. Abstract submissions are due by April 7, 2024 at midnight Pacific time. More information is available at: https://sispad2024.org
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Sequoia Releases a New 3D Capacitance Extraction Tool
Sequoia Design Systems has released a new 3D Capacitance Extraction Tool for image sensors. CellCap3D is SEQUOIA’s tool for fully integrated accurate gds-to-spice calculation of capacitance matrices for image sensor cells, memory cells and similar. CellCap3D includes mesh generation, numerical solvers and graphical interfaces for viewing the 3D cell model, connected nets, capmatrix values and…
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SISPAD 2023
The International Conference on Simulation of Semiconductor Processes and Devices (SISPAD) will be held in Kobe, Japan in 2023. According to the event organizers, the tentative dates are September 27-29. The official website for the conference is https://sispad.info.
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IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology
The IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology is one of the latest open access journals from the IEEE. https://oj-nano.ieeenano.org Their stated mission is: The IEEE Open Journal of Nanotechnology (OJ-NANO) is dedicated to publishing articles on timely topics in the field of nanotechnology by making them available immediately, freely, and permanently available to all. According to a recent email campaign, the…
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FAKE SISPAD WARNING
Please be aware that there is a fake SISPAD conference, with multiple dates in the upcoming years. https://waset.org/simulation-of-semiconductor-processes-and-devices-conference The “World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology” is a scam organization, which steals the names of other conferences, and holds fake conferences all of the world. There are informative articles about this organization here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/3ky45y/hundreds-of-researchers-from-harvard-yale-and-stanford-were-published-in-fake-academic-journals https://wasetwatch.wordpress.com/…
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Intel TCAD Position
Intel is looking for a “TCAD Software Research Engineer/Scientist“ https://jobs.intel.com/ShowJob/Id/3535370/TCAD-Software-Research-Engineer-Scientist The role involves: Creating software simulation flows, developing physical models, and analyzing the fundamental device and process issues encountered in cutting-edge technology development. Leading teams of colleagues to influence how we build software capabilities, calibrate models and process flows, perform design-technology co-optimization (DTCO), and invent…