Companies using this artificial intelligence (AI) software include the likes of Samsung, SKHynix and now STMIcroelectronics.
ST, a leading European chipmaker, said that it had used AI software for the first time to design a working chip, running the software on Microsoft’s Cloud.
As chips get more complicated so engineers are having to turn increasingly to AI to help solve complex design challenges. Engineers need to be able to deliver designs that not only address complicated circuit architectures but they also need to be able to deliver blueprints that can be used to mass manufacture advanced silicon designs.
When it comes to chip development and manufacturing, up to 30% of production costs are lost to testing and yield losses so the role of AI in the semiconductor industry is only going to get more important.
ST has demonstrated that to be true and that the use of AI, as well as Cloud computing, will be critical at a time when business deadlines have not gotten any longer and the demand for new chips continues to increase year after year.
