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In a major leap forward for Japan’s semiconductor industry, Rapidus Corporation has officially started test production of 2-nanometer (2nm) chips, marking a critical milestone in the country’s ambitions to reclaim its position as a global tech innovator. The Hokkaido-based startup, backed by billions in government funding and industry partnerships, has also announced that it will…
The semiconductor industry is in turmoil once again. Intel Corporation, a major name in chipmaking, is planning to cut more than 20% of its workforce in 2025. This news has come from a Bloomberg report, which says that these layoffs are part of a major restructuring led by new CEO Lip-Bu Tan. So let’s look…
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A wafer is a thin slice of semiconductor material, typically made of silicon, that serves as the substrate for the fabrication of integrated circuits in the field of VLSI. During the fabrication process, the wafer undergoes a series of processes such as doping, lithography, etching, and deposition to create the desired patterns and structures for…
Cypress Semiconductor Interview Question Bank continued from Part 1… Q : What is LFSR? Name some industry applications of it. A : LFSR stands for Linear Feedback Shift Register in which the input bit is driven by a linear function of overall value of the shift register. In industry, it finds applications in encryption and decryption…
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Taking forward our journey of Interview Question Banks, the next stop is Cypress Semiconductor. Based in United States of America, it is a semiconductor design and manufacturing company. To help you prepare for Cypress and similar companies in similar domain, let’s look at some of the interview questions asked in recent times… Q : What do…
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