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The Top 10 Semiconductor Stories of 2023

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Ending an Ugly Chapter in Chip Design Chung-Kuan Cheng et al. In 2022, a schism in the chip design world and at Google erupted into the open. In research published in Nature in 2021, Google claimed it beat top academic algorithms and human chip designers at finding the optimal layouts.

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Stopping Infection Outbreaks with AI and Big Data

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Companies like the Manufacturing Technology Centre are revolutionizing the designs of additive manufactured parts by first building simulation apps from COMSOL models, allowing them to share their analyses with different teams and explore new manufacturing opportunities with their own customers. Our theme music is by Chad Crouch.

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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The upside is that a lot of work is being put into making these new satellite constellations more secure , even though it will likely take a lot of rethinking about how to design and build the thousands upon thousands of satellites that make up these growing networks. 5G Networks are Performing Worse. What’s Going On?

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