Nvidia's Nemotron-Cascade 2 wins math and coding gold medals with 3B active parameters — and its post-training recipe is now open-source

Nvidia's Nemotron-Cascade 2 is a 30B MoE model that activates only 3B parameters at inference time, yet achieved gold ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Shift Verification Left: AI Tools For Faster, Smarter Chip Design

If designers can verify individual blocks before subsystem integration, the verification team can focus on complex ...

3dfx Voodoo 1 Retro Reboot: FPGA Project Recreates The Legendary 1990s GPU

Implementing a full Voodoo Graphics on an FPGA is a bigger task than it might seem due to the elegant complexity of the SST-1 architecture.
Semiconductor Engineering

Precision In Depth: Extraction Workflows For CFETs And Buried Power Rails

To move forward, they must stack transistors vertically and power them from within the silicon itself. The boldest ...