Purdue University

Transistors repurposed as microchip ‘clock’ address supply chain weakness

Microchip fab plants in the United States can cram billions of data processing transistors onto a tiny silicon chip, but a critical device, in essence a “clock,” to time the operation of those ...
Nasdaq

Microchip (MCHP) Bolsters Supply Chain With TSMC Partnership

Microchip Technology MCHP recently announced an expanded partnership with the world’s leading semiconductor foundry, TSMC, to bolster its supply chain resilience. MCHP’s collaboration with TSMC ...
Purdue University

Transistors repurposed as microchip ‘clock’ address supply chain weakness

A method of repurposing existing techniques to produce a microprocessor timing device in a standard chip fab plant could address supply chain and security weak points. (Photo courtesy of Second Bay ...
Science Daily

Transistors repurposed as microchip 'clock' address supply chain weakness

A new technique uses standard chip fab methods to fabricate the building block of a timing device, critical to all microprocessors. Currently, this timing device, known as an acoustic resonator, must ...
Nanowerk

Transistors repurposed as microchip 'clock' address supply chain weakness

(Nanowerk News) Microchip fab plants in the United States can cram billions of data processing transistors onto a tiny silicon chip, but a critical device, in essence a “clock,” to time the operation ...