Why it matters: TSMC may be the current leader in process technologies, but Samsung is planning to take away its crown in the coming years. To that end, the Korean giant has already improved the yield ...

What is the Yield Rate? The semiconductor yield is the percentage of the total number of chips produced to the maximum chip count on one wafer. Simply put, it refers to the proportion of defect-free ...

Designing for yield is an afterthought in today's design flows, whether it is digital, analog/RF or mixed-signal. The lack of design for yield tools has forced the digital world to accept overly ...