Semiconductor Spotlight - March

2023-24 Activity Report – Opening April 1St

We are asking professors to complete it by May 1st, 2024.??It is the time of the year again where CMC is asking professors to complete their annual Activity Report to measure the impact of CMC’s Products and Services on their research and student training. The information collected in the Activity Report is vital for federal and provincial funders. Please check your emails and contact Sandra Poulin at?[email protected]?for any assistance.?

Waterloo-based ICSPI Corp. started with a vision to make atomic force microscopes fast, easy-to-use, powerful – and accessible

Even as a child, Neil Sarkar was fascinated by what the naked eye could not see. From award-winning science fair projects to his PhD and postdoctoral research, he has always been looking for ways to see the invisible – and share these discoveries widely. His vision came to life through atomic force microscopy (AFM), and the founding of ICSPI Corp. while a student at the University of Waterloo. The firm continues to grow with new leadership, and game-changing technology and products. ?Full story

Arm Processor Design and Prototyping??

Arm is one of the most widely used families of processor cores worldwide, from low-power, battery-operated embedded devices and smartphones to compute servers. In addition to incorporating Arm-based COTS components into board-level designs, commercial and academic users can integrate Arm processor IP into their custom-manufactured SoCs.?

CMC is a member of the?Arm Semiconductor Education Alliance, which provides teaching and learning resources for STEM education and research. Researchers have access to an extensive catalogue of processors, physical IP, and tools through the?Arm Academic Access?program.? Arm Flexible Access for Startups Contest?

SoC Design Contest 2024/25: Understanding Our World?

Following on from the successful “Bridging the Skills Gap” contest in 2023, where SoC Labs?supported teams through conference attendance and silicon tape out, they are pleased to announce the “Understanding Our World” SoC design contest for 2024/25.??Details?

The Quantum Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF) is announcing the commissioning of an Inert Atmosphere Fabrication Lab (IAFL) to enable development of 2D layered material devices.? The IAFL contains a suite of fabrication tools which are attached to or contained within multiple nitrogen gloveboxes, enabling multiple fabrication steps without the sample leaving this environment.?

For more information about this equipment and its capabilities please refer to the?news release,??equipment page?or on the?website.?

Publications – CMC Microsystems?

CMC is excited to share some recent publications we have been working on with the community. These papers cover research topics in Quantum, Photonics, and Embedded Systems.?

Training & Workshops

• 5th Workshop on Accelerating AI?| May 8?
• Active Silicon Photonics Fabrication Workshop?| May 20-24
• NSERC CREATE BC-Quantum Photonics Workshop?| May 25-29

Event Calendar

• CMC & ventureLAB MOU Signing?| April 5
• AIOT Canada Spring Summit?| April 10?
• LTCC Prototyping Service?| April 16?
• Workshop & Pitch Event for Entrepreneurs?| April 23
• Getting Started with PIC Design in IPKISS?| April 25?
• COMSOL Multiphysics Seminar?| May 2
• Micromachine Summit?| May 26-29?
• 2024 Photonics North?| May 28- 30?
• Inventures 2024?| May 29-31?
• Near-Term Quantum Algorithms Quantum AlgoLab Summer School 2024?| June 2-14
• 2024 IEEE 22nd Interregional NEWCAS Conference?| June 16 – 19?
• A fresh concept of hardware supporting the transition to 6G and future networks?| June 19?
• 2024 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering?| Aug 6-9?
• IEEE Quantum Week 2024?| September 15-20?

Upcoming Fabrication Deadlines

GlobalFoundries

45nm CMOS RFSOI, BiCMOS 130nm SiGe 8XP

TSMC???

28nm CMOS, 65nm CMOS GP ?

Applied NanoTools

NanoSOI Process

Science?

PolyMUMPs

3iT?

Electronic Sensor Platform?

Fabrication schedule?