Semiconductor Engineering .:. Blog Review: May 11

Cadence's Christine Young presents two views on the challenges of teaching physical design and some creative approaches to get students involved in solving complex problems. In his latest video, Mentor's Colin Walls ponders the mysteries of the increment operator in C/C and how to use it most efficiently. Synopsys' Anand Shirahatti, Mohd Adil Khan, and Jamshed Alum look at two key features in 16 GT/s PCIe Gen 4 that are gaining traction in the quest for full bandwidth utilization. A previously unknown aspect of batteries has been detected which could result in a big leap forward, in this week's top five tech picks selected by Ansys' Bill Vandermark. When will AI be considered successful?