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- 22fdx
- 2D Materials
- 2pp, see Two-Photon Polymerization
- 2PP-resin waveguides, see Polymer Waveguides
- 3D Bioprinting Platforms
- 3D DRAM
- 3D IC Stacking
- 3D Monolithic Integration
- 3D NAND, see NAND Flash
- 3d Stacking
- 3D stacking & hybrid bonding
- 3d-monolithic-growth, see 3D Monolithic Integration
- 3D-Printed Bioscaffolds
- 4f2 dram, see 3D DRAM
- 4H-SiC, see Silicon Carbide
- 4H-SiC photonics, see Silicon Carbide Photonics
- 5G NR / 5G-Advanced
- µLED, see MicroLED microdisplays
- μTP, see Micro-Transfer-Printing
A
- Accelerated Linear Algebra, see XLA / OpenXLA
- ACP, see Payment Mandates
- active RF cable, see RF-over-dielectric-waveguide interconnect
- actuators, see Robot Actuators (the muscle layer)
- ADC Bottleneck (analog in-memory compute)
- adc-overhead, see ADC Bottleneck (analog in-memory compute)
- additive display, see Emissive vs modulated display architectures
- Additive Manufacturing
- advanced fission, see Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
- Advanced Nuclear
- advanced nuclear fission, see Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
- Advanced Packaging
- advanced packaging bottleneck, see HBM / CoWoS Bottleneck
- Advanced packaging: 2.5D (CoWoS / EMIB / interposer) (process step), see Advanced packaging: 2.5D interposer
- Advanced packaging: 2.5D interposer
- Advanced packaging: 3D stacking & hybrid bonding (process step), see 3D stacking & hybrid bonding
- Advanced packaging: fan-out
- Advanced packaging: fan-out (InFO / FOWLP / FOPLP) (process step), see Advanced packaging: fan-out
- Aerospace & Defense
- agent attestation, see Agent Identity (KYA)
- agent authentication, see Agent Identity (KYA)
- agent authorisation, see Agent Identity (KYA)
- agent commerce payments, see Agentic Payments
- agent context retrieval, see Agentic-workload context retrieval
- agent identity, see Agent Identity (KYA)
- Agent Identity (KYA)
- agent mandate, see Payment Mandates
- agent payment clearing, see Stablecoin Clearing & Netting
- agent payments, see Agentic Payments
- Agent Payments Protocol, see Payment Mandates
- agent retrieval layer, see Agentic-workload context retrieval
- agent sandbox, see Workload Sandboxing
- agent-native payments, see Agentic Payments
- Agentic AI
- agentic commerce, see Agentic Payments
- Agentic Commerce Protocol, see Payment Mandates
- agentic memory access, see Agentic-workload context retrieval
- Agentic Payments
- Agentic-workload context retrieval
- AI & Machine Learning
- AI Accelerator
- AI Accelerator IP (Cadence Tensilica, Arm Ethos)
- AI Agents
- AI Compiler & Heterogeneous Programming-Model Landscape
- AI Diagnostics
- AI Eda
- AI Infrastructure Scaling
- AI Materials Discovery
- AI Orchestration
- AI Power Delivery
- Ai Thermal Management
- AI Thermal Stack Map (junction-to-ambient)
- AI-for-mask, see Computational Lithography
- AI-for-simulation, see Physics AI
- AI-Grade Datacentre Real Estate
- AIMC, see Analog In-Memory Compute
- ALD, see ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition)
- ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition)
- AlGaN, see Aluminium Gallium Nitride
- Algorithm to Silicon
- all optical switching, see All-Optical Switching
- all-optical magnetic switching, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- all-optical packet switching, see Optical Packet Switching (OPS)
- All-Optical Switching
- AlN, see Aluminum Nitride (AlN)
- AlN-on-sapphire, see Aluminum Nitride (AlN)
- Aluminium Gallium Nitride
- aluminium nitride, see Aluminum Nitride (AlN)
- Aluminium Oxide
- Aluminium Scandium Nitride
- aluminum gallium nitride, see Aluminium Gallium Nitride
- Aluminum Nitride (AlN)
- AlxGa1-xN, see Aluminium Gallium Nitride
- Ambient energy harvesting
- ambient power, see Ambient energy harvesting
- analog CIM, see Analog In-Memory Compute
- analog compute-in-memory, see Analog In-Memory Compute
- Analog Computing
- Analog In-Memory Compute
- analog in-memory computing, see Analog In-Memory Compute
- Analog Mixed Signal
- Analog Neural Network
- Analog Non Volatile Memory
- analog-to-digital-bottleneck, see ADC Bottleneck (analog in-memory compute)
- angular-resolved photoemission, see ARPES (Angular-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy)
- Annealing / rapid thermal processing
- Ansor, see Apache TVM
- Anti-Reflection Coatings
- AOMS, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- AOS, see All-Optical Switching
- AP2, see Payment Mandates
- Apache TVM
- APC, see Semiconductor Metrology & Inspection
- APD, see Avalanche Photodiode (APD / SPAD)
- APD, see Photodetector & Optical Receiver Front-End
- AR glasses architecture, see AR glasses: the component stack (primer)
- AR glasses components, see AR glasses: the component stack (primer)
- AR glasses: the component stack (primer)
- AR glasses: the component stack and competing technologies (primer), see AR glasses: the component stack (primer)
- AR optical combiners (waveguides)
- AR optical combiners (waveguides): getting the image to the eye, see AR optical combiners (waveguides)
- AR waveguide, see AR optical combiners (waveguides)
- AR/VR
- area-selective ALD, see ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition)
- ARPES (Angular-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy)
- AS-ALD, see ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition)
- As2S3, see Chalcogenide Glass
- As2Se3, see Chalcogenide Glass
- assembly and test, see OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly & Test)
- ATE, see Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
- Atmospheric Sensing
- Atomic Clocks
- atomic layer deposition, see ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition)
- Atomic layer deposition (ALD)
- attention cache, see KV cache
- Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
- autonomous experimentation, see Self-Driving Labs
- autonomous laboratories, see Self-Driving Labs
- autonomous materials discovery, see Materials Discovery
- autoregressive-decode, see Prefill vs Decode (LLM inference phases)
- AutoTVM, see Apache TVM
- avalanche photodiode, see Avalanche Photodiode (APD / SPAD)
- Avalanche Photodiode (APD / SPAD)
- Avalanche Photodiodes, see Avalanche Photodiode (APD / SPAD)
- avalanche-photodiodes, see Avalanche Photodiode (APD / SPAD)
B
- back-end, see OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly & Test)
- Backlight Modules
- Backside Power Delivery (BPD)
- Barium Titanate
- Barrier / liner / seed deposition
- batio3, see Barium Titanate
- Batteries & Energy Storage
- battery-electric trucks, see Electric Heavy Trucks
- battery-free electronics, see Ambient energy harvesting
- BCI, see BCI & Neural Interfaces
- BCI & Neural Interfaces
- Beamforming ICs
- Beyond Cmos Logic
- BiCS, see NAND Flash
- bio-computing, see Biocomputing
- Biocatalysis
- Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
- Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering (screening + bioprocess sensing), see Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
- Biocompatible Materials
- Biocompatible Polymers (PLA, PLGA, PCL)
- Biocomputing
- Bioelectronic Medicine (vagus nerve, DBS)
- Bioenergy with CCS (BECCS)
- biological computing, see Biocomputing
- Biomaterials
- biomaterials science, see Biomaterials
- biomedical materials, see Biomaterials
- biometric authentication, see Biometrics
- Biometrics
- Biophotonics
- bioprocess sensing, see Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
- Biosensors
- Bonding & Dicing Equipment
- Bosonic / Cat Qubits
- brain imaging modalities, see Non-invasive neural recording modalities (BCI readout)
- brain mapping, see Connectomics
- brain-computer interface, see BCI & Neural Interfaces
- BT / ABF Substrates
- bto, see Barium Titanate
- burn-in, see Wafer-Level Test & Burn-In (WLTBI)
- Burn-in & reliability
- BYOC, see Apache TVM
C
- c-Si solar, see Silicon photovoltaics
- Cadmium Telluride
- CAE, see Simulation
- calibration wall, see FDTD-to-Hardware Calibration Wall
- capability hardware, see CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions)
- capacitive compute, see Charge-Domain Compute
- capacitive in-memory compute, see Memcapacitor
- capram, see CapRAM (SEMRON)
- CapRAM, see Memcapacitor
- CapRAM (SEMRON)
- Carbon Nanotubes
- Carbon Removal & Capture
- cba dram, see 3D DRAM
- CCUS (Point-Source Carbon Capture)
- CD-SEM, see Semiconductor Metrology & Inspection
- Cell-Free Systems
- Cellular Neural Networks
- Ceramics & Composites
- Cervical Cancer Screening
- cervical screening, see Cervical Cancer Screening
- CFET (Complementary FET)
- Chalcogenide Glass
- chalcogenide photonics, see Chalcogenide Glass
- charge-based compute, see Charge-Domain Compute
- Charge-Domain Compute
- charge-domain memory, see Memcapacitor
- Chemical Additives
- Chemical Mechanical Planarisation
- chemical mechanical planarization, see Chemical Mechanical Planarisation
- chemical mechanical polishing, see Chemical Mechanical Planarisation
- chemical-mechanical planarisation, see Chemical Mechanical Planarisation
- Chemical-mechanical planarisation (CMP)
- CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions)
- CHERI-RISC-V, see CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions)
- CHERIoT, see CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions)
- ChG, see Chalcogenide Glass
- chip-industry, see Semiconductors
- chiplet test, see Known-Good-Die (KGD) Test
- Chiplets
- chips, see Semiconductors
- CIM, see Coherent Ising Machine
- Clock tree synthesis
- closed-loop experimentation, see Self-Driving Labs
- Closed-Loop Geothermal
- CMOS Image Sensors
- Cmos Monolithic Integration
- CMP, see Chemical Mechanical Planarisation
- CMP slurry, see Chemical Mechanical Planarisation
- CO, see Combinatorial Optimisation
- Co-Packaged Optics
- Co/Gd switching, see All-Optical Switching
- Coherent Ising Machine
- Combinatorial Optimisation
- combinatorial optimization, see Combinatorial Optimisation
- Communications
- Communications Equipment
- Compiler as Bottleneck for Novel Hardware
- compiler-first hardware, see Compiler as Bottleneck for Novel Hardware
- Compound Semiconductors
- Compressed-Air Energy Storage
- Compressive sensing
- Computational / Near-Storage Processing
- Computational Imaging
- Computational Lithography
- computational materials discovery, see Materials Discovery
- computational simulation, see Simulation
- computational storage, see Computational / Near-Storage Processing
- Compute
- Compute & Logic
- Compute & Logic
- Compute Express Link (CXL)
- Compute in Memory
- Compute Paradigms
- compute-and-logic, see Compute & Logic
- compute-logic, see Compute & Logic
- Conducting Polymers
- connectome mapping, see Connectomics
- Connectomics
- Contact & middle-of-line
- Contact & middle-of-line (silicide, contact fill) (process step), see Contact & middle-of-line
- Contact resistance
- cooling stack map, see AI Thermal Stack Map (junction-to-ambient)
- Copper electroplating (ECD)
- cost per token, see Inference economics: the two customer KPIs
- Counter Uas
- coupled oscillator Ising machine, see Coupled Oscillator Networks
- Coupled Oscillator Networks
- CoWoS (TSMC)
- CoWoS allocation fight, see HBM / CoWoS Bottleneck
- cpo, see Co-Packaged Optics
- CPU & SoC
- credit-backed payment rails, see Stablecoin Clearing & Netting
- CRISPR / Gene Editing
- critical minerals, see Rare-Earth Elements (REE)
- Cryo CMOS
- Cryogenic Control Electronics
- Cryogenic Cooling
- Cryogenics
- Crypto Acceleration
- crypto accelerators, see Cryptographic compute acceleration (the landscape)
- crypto VPU, see Cryptographic compute acceleration (the landscape)
- Cryptographic compute acceleration (the landscape)
- cryptographic processing unit, see Cryptographic compute acceleration (the landscape)
- Crystal growth & ingot
- Crystal growth & ingot (Czochralski/Float-Zone) (process step), see Crystal growth & ingot
- CSD, see Computational / Near-Storage Processing
- Cuda Moat
- CVD, see CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- CVD / PECVD deposition
- cvd diamond, see Diamond Heat Spreader
- CVD growth, see CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- CVD Growth
- cvd-growth, see CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- CXL, see Compute Express Link (CXL)
- Cybersecurity
D
- D-IMC, see Digital In-Memory Compute
- D2NN, see Diffractive Deep Neural Network
- D2NN, see Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NN)
- Damascene patterning (via/trench)
- Dark Fibre / Submarine Cables
- Data Flywheel
- Data Science
- Data Unions / Data DAOs
- data-movement bottleneck, see Von Neumann Bottleneck
- Datacenter Optical Networking — Plain-English Stack Primer
- Datacentre & Cloud Infrastructure
- Datacentre Power Shell
- decode-phase, see Prefill vs Decode (LLM inference phases)
- dect nr, see DECT NR+
- DECT NR+
- Deep Geothermal (Eavor, Fervo, Quaise)
- deep learning, see Machine Learning
- DeepONet, see Neural Operators
- Defect inspection & review
- delivery drones, see Drone Delivery
- Dennard Scaling
- Deposition
- Design-for-test (DFT)
- dexterous manipulation, see Dexterous Manipulation & Robot Hands
- Dexterous Manipulation & Robot Hands
- DFB / DBR Lasers
- Diagnostics
- Diamond
- Diamond Fet
- Diamond Heat Spreader
- Diamond Turning
- Die attach / pick-and-place
- Die to Die
- die-level test, see Known-Good-Die (KGD) Test
- Differential Privacy
- Diffractive Deep Neural Network
- Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NN)
- diffractive ONN, see Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NN)
- diffractive optical computing, see Diffractive Deep Neural Network
- Diffractive Optical Element
- diffractive optical neural network, see Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NN)
- Diffractive Optics
- Diffusion Barriers (TiN, TaN)
- digital CIM, see Digital In-Memory Compute
- digital compute-in-memory, see Digital In-Memory Compute
- Digital In-Memory Compute
- digital in-memory computing, see Digital In-Memory Compute
- digital micromirror device, see Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs)
- digital micromirror lithography, see Maskless Lithography
- Digital Pathology
- Digital RF
- Digital Twin
- digital twins, see Digital Twin
- digital-sram-cim, see SRAM Compute-in-Memory
- Dilution Refrigerators
- Direct Air Capture (Climeworks, Carbon Engineering, Heirloom), see Direct Air Capture (DAC)
- Direct Air Capture (DAC)
- Direct Fusion Drive
- Direct-to-Cell / LEO SOS (Lynk, AST SpaceMobile)
- direct-write lithography, see Maskless Lithography
- directed evolution, see Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
- Directed Self-Assembly
- DMD, see Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs)
- DMD lithography, see Maskless Lithography
- DNA Synthesis (Twist, Ansa, Telesis)
- doping, see Ion Implantation
- DPOAE, see Otoacoustic Emissions
- DRAM
- Drone Delivery
- Drug-Delivery Substrates
- DSA, see Directed Self-Assembly
- dual-stain cytology, see Cervical Cancer Screening
- DUV / Immersion Lithography
E
- E-Beam Lithography
- e-money token, see Stablecoins
- e-skin, see Tactile Sensing & Electronic Skin
- e-Tube, see RF-over-dielectric-waveguide interconnect
- ear biometrics, see The ear as a sensing site
- ear biometrics, see Biometrics
- ear sensing, see The ear as a sensing site
- earprint, see Otoacoustic Emissions
- Earth Observation
- EBL, see E-Beam Lithography
- EDA & Design Tools
- Edge
- Edge AI
- Edge AI Accelerator
- edge ai compute, see Edge AI
- Edge AI Infrastructure
- Edge Compute
- edge coupling, see Fibre-to-Chip Coupling
- Edge Inference
- Electric Heavy Trucks
- electric lorries, see Electric Heavy Trucks
- Electric Motors & Drives
- Electric Propulsion (Hall, ion)
- Electro Optic Modulators
- Electro-Absorption Modulators (EAM)
- electron-beam lithography, see E-Beam Lithography
- electron-level metrology, see Electron-scale metrology
- Electron-scale metrology
- Electronic Materials
- electronic skin, see Tactile Sensing & Electronic Skin
- Electronic Warfare
- Electronics Manufacturing
- ELS, see External Laser Source (ELS) for Co-Packaged Optics
- Embedded Non-Volatile Memory
- embedded NVM, see Embedded Non-Volatile Memory
- embodied ai, see Physical AI (robotics cluster hub)
- embodied intelligence, see Physical AI (robotics cluster hub)
- emissive display, see Emissive vs modulated display architectures
- emissive vs modulated, see Emissive vs modulated display architectures
- Emissive vs modulated display architectures
- EMT, see Stablecoins
- Encapsulation
- Energy & Power
- Energy Generation
- energy harvesting, see Ambient energy harvesting
- Energy Harvesting
- Energy Materials
- energy per inference, see Inference economics: the two customer KPIs
- Energy Storage
- engineered biology, see Synthetic Biology
- engineering simulation, see Simulation
- eNVM, see Embedded Non-Volatile Memory
- Enzyme Engineering
- enzyme screening, see Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
- EO, see Earth Observation
- EO analytics, see Geospatial analytics
- Epitaxial deposition (epi)
- Epitaxy
- Equipment & Design
- Etch
- Etch Tools (ALE, plasma etch)
- euv, see EUV Light Sources
- EUV Light Sources
- Event-Based Vision
- Exotic Compute
- external laser module, see External Laser Source (ELS) for Co-Packaged Optics
- External Laser Source (ELS) for Co-Packaged Optics
- external light source, see External Laser Source (ELS) for Co-Packaged Optics
F
- Factory Automation
- FAPbI3, see Perovskite
- FCVD, see CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- FD-SOI
- fdsoi, see FD-SOI
- FDTD-to-Hardware Calibration Wall
- FE materials, see Ferroelectric Materials
- fe-fet, see FeFET (Ferroelectric FET)
- Federated Learning
- FeFET (Ferroelectric FET)
- femtosecond laser direct-write photonics, see Glass Photonics
- FEOL contact resistance, see Contact resistance
- FeRAM (Ferroelectric)
- ferroelectric, see Ferroelectric Materials
- ferroelectric fet, see FeFET (Ferroelectric FET)
- ferroelectric field-effect transistor, see FeFET (Ferroelectric FET)
- ferroelectric hafnium oxide, see Hafnium Oxide
- Ferroelectric HfO2
- ferroelectric HfO2, see Hafnium Oxide (HfO₂) Photonics
- Ferroelectric Materials
- ferroelectrics, see Ferroelectric Materials
- Feynman GPU, see NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
- Fiber Connectors
- Fiber Optics
- fiber-to-chip coupling, see Fibre-to-Chip Coupling
- Fibre-to-Chip Coupling
- Final test (ATE)
- Firecracker, see Workload Sandboxing
- flat-optics, see Metasurfaces & Flat Optics
- Flip-chip bumping
- Flip-chip bumping (C4 / Cu pillar / microbump) (process step), see Flip-chip bumping
- Floating Offshore Platform
- Floorplanning & power planning
- Flow Batteries (Vanadium, Organic)
- FNO, see Neural Operators
- formal verification, see Microkernel
- formally verified kernel, see Microkernel
- foundry-route differentiation, see Mature Foundry Positioning
- Fourier Neural Operator, see Neural Operators
- FOWLP / Fan-Out WLP
- Fpga
- FRC / Field-Reversed Configuration (TAE, Helion)
- Free-Space Optics
- free-space optics, see Free-Space Photonics
- Free-Space Photonics
- frequency comb, see Optical Frequency Comb
- Frequency Combs
- frequency-combs, see Optical Frequency Comb
- FSO, see Free-Space Photonics
- Functional Coatings
- functional electronic materials, see Electronic Materials
- Functional verification & emulation
- Fusion Energy
G
- GAA / Nanosheet Transistor
- Gaas
- GaAs Photonics
- Gain Cell Ram
- Gallium Antimonide
- Gallium Arsenide (GaAs)
- Gallium Foundries
- Gallium Nitride
- Gallium Oxide (Ga2O3)
- Gallium Phosphide
- gallium phosphide on insulator, see Gallium Phosphide
- GaN, see Gallium Nitride
- GAN
- Gan on Diamond
- Gan on Silicon
- Gan RF
- GaN-on-Si, see Gallium Nitride
- GaN-on-Si
- GaN-on-SiC, see Gallium Nitride
- GaP, see Gallium Phosphide
- GaSb, see Gallium Antimonide
- Ge-on-Si, see Germanium-on-Silicon Mid-IR Photonics
- Ge-on-Si photodiode, see Photodetector & Optical Receiver Front-End
- Geiger-mode APD, see SPAD (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode)
- Geospatial analytics
- Geothermal Energy
- Germanium on Silicon
- Germanium Photodiodes
- germanium photonics, see Germanium-on-Silicon Mid-IR Photonics
- Germanium-on-Silicon Mid-IR Photonics
- GeSbTe, see Chalcogenide Glass
- Glass Interposers
- Glass Photonics
- Glass Substrate
- glass waveguides, see Glass Photonics
- glass-based PICs, see Glass Photonics
- Global Navigation Satellite System, see GNSS / PNT
- Gluon, see Triton (OpenAI Triton)
- GNSS, see GNSS / PNT
- GNSS / PNT
- GPU multi-tenancy, see GPU Virtualization
- GPU partitioning, see GPU Virtualization
- GPU Virtualization
- Graphene
- Graphene / 2D Materials
- graphene thermal, see Graphene Thermal Films
- Graphene Thermal Films
- Graphite
- Graphrag
- grating coupling, see Fibre-to-Chip Coupling
- Gravity / Thermal Storage (Energy Vault, Rondo)
- GST, see Chalcogenide Glass
- gVisor, see Workload Sandboxing
- GW-Scale Power Delivery (HVDC, sub-station to rack)
H
- hafnia, see Hafnium Oxide
- hafnia photonic, see Hafnium Oxide (HfO₂) Photonics
- Hafnium Oxide
- Hafnium Oxide (HfO₂) Photonics
- hafnium zirconium oxide, see Hafnium Oxide
- Haleu
- halide perovskite, see Perovskite
- Hamr
- Hard Disk Drive
- Hardware Software Co Design
- hardware-enforced isolation, see Hypervisor Isolation
- HBM (High-Bandwidth Memory)
- HBM / CoWoS Bottleneck
- HBM scarcity, see HBM / CoWoS Bottleneck
- HBM3E, see HBM (High-Bandwidth Memory)
- HBM4, see HBM (High-Bandwidth Memory)
- HDP-CVD, see CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- HDS, see All-Optical Switching
- Health & Fitness
- Health Care Equipment
- Hearables / Silent-Speech Interfaces
- hearables sensing, see The ear as a sensing site
- hearing aid beachhead, see Hearing aids as an edge-AI silicon beachhead
- Hearing aids as an edge-AI silicon beachhead
- hearing-aid chip market, see Hearing aids as an edge-AI silicon beachhead
- Heat Pipes
- helicity-dependent switching, see All-Optical Switching
- helicity-independent switching, see All-Optical Switching
- hetero-integration, see Heterogeneous Integration
- Heterogeneous Compute
- heterogeneous compute software stack, see AI Compiler & Heterogeneous Programming-Model Landscape
- Heterogeneous Computing
- Heterogeneous Integration
- Heterogeneous Photonic Integration
- Heterojunction Solar Hjt
- Hexagonal Boron Nitride (hBN)
- HfO2, see Hafnium Oxide
- HfO2 photonic, see Hafnium Oxide (HfO₂) Photonics
- HgCdTe, see Mercury Cadmium Telluride
- HI, see Heterogeneous Integration
- High Bandwidth Memory, see HBM (High-Bandwidth Memory)
- High Level Synthesis
- High-K Dielectrics (HfO2, ZrO2)
- High-NA EUV Lithography
- HiPIMS, see PVD / Sputtering
- HIS, see All-Optical Switching
- Holographic / Volumetric Displays
- holographic lithography, see Maskless Lithography
- holographic ONN, see Diffractive Deep Neural Networks (D2NN)
- Homomorphic Encryption
- Hpc
- Hpc Architecture
- HPV screening, see Cervical Cancer Screening
- HTTP 402, see x402
- humanoid, see Humanoid Robots
- Humanoid Robots
- humanoids, see Humanoid Robots
- Hybrid Bonding (Cu-Cu)
- Hybrid Integration
- Hydrogels
- Hydrophobic / Oleophobic Coatings
- Hyperspectral Satellites
- Hyperspectral Sensing
- Hypervisor Isolation
- HZO, see Hafnium Oxide
I
- IBD, see PVD / Sputtering
- IBS, see PVD / Sputtering
- Ic Substrates
- icvd, see Initiated CVD (iCVD)
- Iec 61215 Qualification
- Iii V Compound Semiconductors
- ILT, see Computational Lithography
- Image sensor
- Image Sensors
- Imaging & Vision
- Immersion Cooling
- implanter, see Ion Implantation
- in-ear sensing, see The ear as a sensing site
- in-hand manipulation, see Dexterous Manipulation & Robot Hands
- in-memory compute, see In-Memory Computing
- In-Memory Computing
- in-orbit propulsion, see Space Propulsion
- in-situ electron metrology, see Electron-scale metrology
- In-Space Propulsion (transfer stages, OTVs)
- In(x)Ga(1-x)As, see Indium Gallium Arsenide
- InAs, see Indium Arsenide
- Indium Antimonide
- Indium Arsenide
- Indium Gallium Arsenide
- Indium Gallium Nitride
- Indium Phosphide (InP)
- industrial biocatalysis, see Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
- Inertial Confinement Fusion (NIF, Focused Energy)
- Inference
- Inference economics: the two customer KPIs
- InGaAs, see Indium Gallium Arsenide
- InGaAs Photodiodes
- InGaAs SWIR Sensors
- InGaN, see Indium Gallium Nitride
- Initiated CVD (iCVD)
- injection attack detection, see Biometrics
- InP Photonics
- InSb, see Indium Antimonide
- Inspection
- Integrated Voltage Regulator
- interaction combinators, see Interaction Nets
- interaction net, see Interaction Nets
- Interaction Nets
- interaction-net, see Interaction Nets
- Invasive BCI (Neuralink, Synchron, Paradromics)
- inverse lithography technology, see Computational Lithography
- InxGa1-xN, see Indium Gallium Nitride
- ion beam deposition, see PVD / Sputtering
- ion beam sputtering, see PVD / Sputtering
- ion implant, see Ion Implantation
- Ion Implantation
- Ion implantation (doping)
- Ion-Beam Figuring
- IoT & Connected Devices
- IoT & Embedded
- IREE, see IREE (Intermediate Representation Execution Environment)
- IREE (Intermediate Representation Execution Environment)
- ISRU (In-Situ Resource Utilisation)
J
- junction-to-ambient map, see AI Thermal Stack Map (junction-to-ambient)
K
- Kata Containers, see Workload Sandboxing
- key-value cache, see KV cache
- KGD, see Known-Good-Die (KGD) Test
- know your agent, see Agent Identity (KYA)
- Known-Good-Die (KGD) Test
- KV cache
- KV-cache, see KV cache
- KYA, see Agent Identity (KYA)
- Kyber rack, see NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
L
- L4, see Microkernel
- L4Re, see Microkernel
- lab automation, see Self-Driving Labs
- lanthanides, see Rare-Earth Elements (REE)
- Laser Beam Scanning
- laser displays, see Laser-Based Display Light Engines
- laser light engine, see Laser-Based Display Light Engines
- laser scanning engine, see Laser-Based Display Light Engines
- Laser-Based Display Light Engines
- laser-written glass waveguides, see Glass Photonics
- Lasers
- last-mile drone delivery, see Drone Delivery
- Launch Economics
- LBS, see Laser-Based Display Light Engines
- LCOS-SLM, see Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs)
- Lead Fast Reactor
- Lead frame manufacturing
- lead zirconate titanate, see Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Photonics
- Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Photonics
- LEO Mega-Constellations
- library operating system, see Unikernel
- library OS, see Unikernel
- LiDAR
- Life Sciences Tools & Services
- linear-time sequence models, see State Space Models (SSMs)
- Liquid Biopsy
- Liquid Cooling (cold plate, immersion, two-phase)
- Liquid Cooling at Datacentre Scale
- liquid crystal on silicon, see Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs)
- LiTaO3, see Thin-Film Lithium Tantalate (TFLT)
- lithium niobate, see Lithium Niobate (TFLN)
- Lithium Niobate (TFLN)
- lithium tantalate, see Thin-Film Lithium Tantalate (TFLT)
- lithium-niobate, see Lithium Niobate (TFLN)
- Lithium-Sulphur Batteries
- Lithography Tools
- liveness detection, see Biometrics
- llm-decode, see Prefill vs Decode (LLM inference phases)
- LLVM MLIR, see MLIR (Multi-Level Intermediate Representation)
- Logic synthesis
- Long Duration Energy Storage
- Long-Duration Storage (Form, ESS, Antora)
- Low Latency Compute
- Low-k dielectric (IMD) deposition
- Low-K Dielectrics
- low-temperature-plasma simulation, see Plasma Simulation
- LPCVD, see CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- LPO (Linear Pluggable Optics)
- LTP simulation, see Plasma Simulation
- Lunar Landers (Astrobotic, Intuitive Machines, ispace)
- Lunar Surface Power
- lunar teleop, see Lunar Teleoperation (redirect)
- lunar teleop, see Moon-Surface Teleoperation
- lunar teleoperation, see Moon-Surface Teleoperation
- Lunar Teleoperation (redirect)
M
- M2M payments, see Agentic Payments
- m3d, see 3D Monolithic Integration
- Mach-Zehnder Modulators
- Machine Learning
- machine-to-machine payments, see Agentic Payments
- Magnetic Confinement Fusion (Tokamak)
- Magnetic Materials (NdFeB, ferrite, SMC)
- Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ)
- magnetic tunnel junctions, see Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ)
- magneto-optic, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- Magneto-Optical Memory
- magneto-optical recording, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- magneto-optical switching, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- magneto-photonic, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- magnetooptical, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- magnetron sputtering, see PVD / Sputtering
- Mamba, see State Space Models (SSMs)
- MAPbI3, see Perovskite
- Marking, tape & reel, final inspection
- Mask Blank Manufacturing
- Mask data prep & computational litho (OPC/ILT) (process step), see Mask data prep & OPC/ILT
- Mask data prep & OPC/ILT
- maskless, see Maskless Lithography
- Maskless Lithography
- Materials & Process
- Materials Discovery
- Mature Foundry Positioning
- mature-node positioning, see Mature Foundry Positioning
- mature-process advantage, see Mature Foundry Positioning
- MCT, see Mercury Cadmium Telluride
- memcapacitive device, see Memcapacitor
- Memcapacitor
- Memory
- memory bandwidth wall, see The Memory Wall
- memory disaggregation, see Compute Express Link (CXL)
- memory pooling, see Compute Express Link (CXL)
- memory test, see Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
- Memristor
- Memristors
- MEMS probe, see Wafer Probe Cards & Test Interconnect
- Mercury Cadmium Telluride
- meta-lens, see Metalens
- meta-lenses, see Metalens
- meta-optics, see Metasurfaces & Flat Optics
- Metal Additive Manufacturing
- metal halide perovskite, see Perovskite
- Metalens
- metalenses, see Metalens
- Metamaterials
- metasurfaces, see Metasurfaces & Flat Optics
- Metasurfaces & Flat Optics
- methylammonium lead, see Perovskite
- metrology, see Semiconductor Metrology & Inspection
- Metrology (CD, overlay, film, OCD)
- Metrology & Testing
- micro LED, see MicroLED microdisplays
- micro transfer printing, see Micro-Transfer-Printing
- micro-laser displays, see Laser-Based Display Light Engines
- micro-LED, see MicroLED microdisplays
- Micro-LEDs
- Micro-Transfer-Printing
- micro-VM, see Workload Sandboxing
- Microbolometer / Thermal IR
- Microelectrode Arrays
- Microfluidic Cooling
- Microgravity Manufacturing
- Microkernel
- microLED, see MicroLED microdisplays
- MicroLED microdisplays
- microreactors, see Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
- microTVM, see Apache TVM
- microVM, see Workload Sandboxing
- Microwave Photonics
- mid-infrared, see Mid-Infrared Photonics
- Mid-infrared (mid-IR)
- Mid-Infrared Photonics
- mid-IR, see Mid-Infrared Photonics
- mid-IR Ge waveguides, see Germanium-on-Silicon Mid-IR Photonics
- MIG, see GPU Virtualization
- millisecond boot, see Unikernel
- Mineralisation (Heirloom, 44.01)
- MIR photonics, see Mid-Infrared Photonics
- ML, see Machine Learning
- ML compiler landscape, see AI Compiler & Heterogeneous Programming-Model Landscape
- ML-surrogate simulation, see Physics AI
- MLC LLM, see MLC-LLM (Machine Learning Compilation for LLMs)
- MLC-LLM, see MLC-LLM (Machine Learning Compilation for LLMs)
- MLC-LLM (Machine Learning Compilation for LLMs)
- MLIR, see MLIR (Multi-Level Intermediate Representation)
- MLIR (Multi-Level Intermediate Representation)
- MLIR gap, see Compiler as Bottleneck for Novel Hardware
- mmWave (24-100 GHz)
- mmWave photonics, see Microwave Photonics
- mmWave Radar
- MO, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- MO switching, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- MOCVD / MBE
- Model in Silicon
- modulated display, see Emissive vs modulated display architectures
- Moe All to All Collectives
- Molding / encapsulation
- Molten Salt Reactor
- monolithic RGB microLED, see MicroLED microdisplays
- monolithic-3d, see 3D Monolithic Integration
- moon teleop, see Lunar Teleoperation (redirect)
- moon teleop, see Moon-Surface Teleoperation
- Moon-Surface Teleoperation
- Moore's Law
- moores law, see Moore's Law
- mosfet scaling, see Dennard Scaling
- MPW / Multi-Project Wafer
- MRAM (STT/SOT-MRAM)
- MTJ, see Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ)
- multi-beam direct write, see Maskless Lithography
- multi-beam laser interference lithography, see Maskless Lithography
- multi-instance GPU, see GPU Virtualization
- multi-layer DOE, see Diffractive Deep Neural Network
- Multi-Level IR, see MLIR (Multi-Level Intermediate Representation)
- Multi-Party Computation (MPC)
- Multicast Routing
- multilateral netting for stablecoins, see Stablecoin Clearing & Netting
- MV solid-state transformer, see Solid-State Transformers
- MXenes
N
- NAND Flash
- nano-imprint-lithography, see Nanoimprint Lithography
- Nanoimprint Lithography
- Nanomechanical Computing (NEMS)
- near memory compute, see Near-Memory Compute
- near-eye combiner, see AR optical combiners (waveguides)
- Near-Field RF Coupling (as compute substrate)
- near-field-coupled microstrip antennas, see Near-Field RF Coupling (as compute substrate)
- Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIR)
- Near-Memory Compute
- near-memory computing, see Near-Memory Compute
- near-memory-compute, see Processing-in-Memory (PIM)
- near-storage compute, see Computational / Near-Storage Processing
- Networking & Wireless
- networking primer, see Datacenter Optical Networking — Plain-English Stack Primer
- neural circuit reconstruction, see Connectomics
- Neural Electrodes
- neural interface, see BCI & Neural Interfaces
- neural networks, see Machine Learning
- neural operator, see Neural Operators
- Neural Operators
- Neuromorphic Computing
- Neutral Atom Qubits (QuEra, Pasqal, Atom Computing)
- new-energy heavy trucks, see Electric Heavy Trucks
- NIL, see Nanoimprint Lithography
- nitrogen-vacancy, see NV-Diamond Sensing
- Non Conventional Computing
- Non Volatile Memory
- Non-Invasive BCI (EEG, in-ear, NIRS)
- non-invasive BCI modalities, see Non-invasive neural recording modalities (BCI readout)
- Non-invasive neural recording modalities (BCI readout)
- novel-hardware compiler problem, see Compiler as Bottleneck for Novel Hardware
- nr+, see DECT NR+
- Nuclear Instrumentation
- Nuclear Thermal Propulsion
- nv diamond, see NV-Diamond Sensing
- NV Diamond / Spin Qubits
- NV-Diamond Sensing
- nvidia accelerator roadmap, see NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
- NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
- NVL1152, see NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
- NVL144, see NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
- NVL576, see NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
O
- OAE, see Otoacoustic Emissions
- Ocean Alkalinity / Seaweed
- OCS, see Optical Circuit Switching (OCS)
- ocs context, see Datacenter Optical Networking — Plain-English Stack Primer
- OEO, see Optoelectronic Oscillator (OEO)
- OFD, see Optical Frequency Division (OFD)
- OIM, see Coherent Ising Machine
- OIM, see Coupled Oscillator Networks
- OLED
- On Chip Monitoring
- On-chip spectral filter
- On-Device LLM Inference
- OPC, see Computational Lithography
- Open Source Eda
- Open Weight Models
- OpenAI Triton, see Triton (OpenAI Triton)
- OpenXLA, see XLA / OpenXLA
- operator learning, see Neural Operators
- OPS, see Optical Packet Switching (OPS)
- optical circuit switch, see Optical Circuit Switching (OCS)
- Optical Circuit Switching (OCS)
- Optical Coatings (dielectric mirrors, filters)
- optical comb, see Optical Frequency Comb
- optical combiner, see AR optical combiners (waveguides)
- optical coupling, see Fibre-to-Chip Coupling
- optical data storage, see Photonic Memory
- Optical EO (Planet, Maxar)
- Optical Frequency Comb
- Optical Frequency Division (OFD)
- Optical I/O at Chip Level
- Optical Inter-Satellite Links
- optical memory, see Photonic Memory
- Optical Neural Networks
- Optical Packet Switching (OPS)
- optical receiver, see Photodetector & Optical Receiver Front-End
- optical-circuit-switch, see Optical Circuit Switching (OCS)
- opto-magnetic switching, see All-Optical Switching
- opto-magnetism, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- Optoelectronic Oscillator (OEO)
- Optomechanics
- Optoplasmonics
- Organic Photovoltaics
- organoid computing, see Biocomputing
- organoid intelligence, see Biocomputing
- Organoids
- OrmoCer waveguides, see Polymer Waveguides
- OSAT, see OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly & Test)
- OSAT (outsourced assembly & test) services
- OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly & Test)
- Oscillator Ising Machine, see Coherent Ising Machine
- oscillator-based compute, see Coupled Oscillator Networks
- otoacoustic emission, see Otoacoustic Emissions
- Otoacoustic Emissions
- outsourced assembly and test, see OSAT (Outsourced Semiconductor Assembly & Test)
- overlay metrology, see Semiconductor Metrology & Inspection
P
- Package substrate manufacturing (ABF / glass)
- PAD, see Biometrics
- Parametric / in-line E-test
- PAT, see Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
- Payment Mandates
- payment stablecoin, see Stablecoins
- Pb(Zr,Ti)O3, see Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Photonics
- Pcb Assembly
- PDK / Process Design Kit
- PEALD, see ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition)
- PECVD, see CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition)
- PEM Electrolysers (Green Hydrogen)
- per-workload kernel, see Hypervisor Isolation
- Perovskite
- perovskite absorber, see Perovskite
- perovskite film, see Perovskite
- perovskite photovoltaic, see Perovskite
- perovskite solar, see Perovskite
- Perovskite Solar
- perovskite solar cell, see Perovskite
- Perovskite Stabilisation
- PETs, see Privacy Technology
- Pfas Free Coatings
- phase locked loop, see Phase-Locked Loop
- phase locked loops, see Phase-Locked Loop
- Phase-Change Materials (Thermal)
- Phase-Change Memory (PCM)
- Phase-Locked Loop
- phase-locked loops, see Phase-Locked Loop
- Phased Array Beamforming
- Phased-Array Antennas
- Photodetector & Optical Receiver Front-End
- photodiode, see Photodetector & Optical Receiver Front-End
- photoemission spectroscopy, see ARPES (Angular-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy)
- Photolithography (coat / expose / develop)
- Photomask manufacturing
- Photonic Clock Oscillator
- Photonic Compute & Memory
- Photonic Eda
- Photonic Imaging
- Photonic Integrated Circuits
- Photonic Manufacturing
- Photonic Memory
- photonic packaging, see PIC Packaging Stack
- photonic packaging stack, see PIC Packaging Stack
- Photonic Quantum
- Photonic Quantum Computing
- Photonic Tensor Cores
- Photonic Wire Bonding
- Photonics
- Photonics & Optics, see Photonics
- photonics-optics, see Photonics
- Photoresists (incl. EUV resists)
- Photovoltaics
- physical ai, see Physical AI (robotics cluster hub)
- Physical AI (robotics cluster hub)
- physical vapor deposition, see PVD / Sputtering
- Physical verification (DRC/LVS/DFM)
- Physics AI
- physics-AI, see Physics AI
- physics-as-compute, see Physics-Native Compute
- physics-based ASIC, see Physics-Native Compute
- Physics-Based ASICs, see Thermodynamic Computing
- physics-informed neural network, see Neural Operators
- Physics-Native Compute
- PIC packaging, see PIC Packaging Stack
- PIC Packaging Stack
- Piezoelectric
- pim, see Processing-in-Memory (PIM)
- PINN, see Neural Operators
- Placement
- planar-lens, see Metalens
- Plasma / dry etch
- plasma modeling, see Plasma Simulation
- plasma modelling, see Plasma Simulation
- Plasma Simulation
- PLL, see Phase-Locked Loop
- Pluggable Transceivers (QSFP-DD, OSFP, 800G, 1.6T)
- PNT, see GNSS / PNT
- Pockels Modulators
- Point-of-Care Diagnostics
- polymer optical waveguides, see Polymer Waveguides
- Polymer Photonics
- Polymer Waveguides
- polyoxazoline, see Polyoxazoline Bioink (POx)
- Polyoxazoline Bioink (POx)
- Polysilicon (electronic-grade silicon)
- positioning navigation timing, see GNSS / PNT
- Post Quantum Cryptography
- Post Training
- Powder Metallurgy
- power envelope, see Inference economics: the two customer KPIs
- Power Management ICs (PMIC)
- Power Semiconductors
- pox, see Polyoxazoline Bioink (POx)
- POx bioink, see Polyoxazoline Bioink (POx)
- Prefill vs Decode (LLM inference phases)
- prefill-phase, see Prefill vs Decode (LLM inference phases)
- presentation attack detection, see Biometrics
- Printed Circuit Board
- privacy tech, see Privacy Technology
- Privacy Technology
- privacy-enhancing technologies, see Privacy Technology
- Probabilistic Computing
- probe card, see Wafer Probe Cards & Test Interconnect
- process analytical technology, see Biocatalysis & enzyme engineering
- process control, see Semiconductor Metrology & Inspection
- processing in memory, see Processing-in-Memory (PIM)
- Processing-in-Memory (PIM)
- Product specification & architecture
- programmable diffractive optical element stack, see Diffractive Deep Neural Network
- programming models for heterogeneous compute, see AI Compiler & Heterogeneous Programming-Model Landscape
- proof of liveness, see Biometrics
- Propulsion Systems
- Proteomics
- proximity X-ray lithography, see X-Ray Lithography
- pulse-interval encoding, see Time-Domain Computing
- Pumped Hydro
- Pv Cost Down Curve
- PVD, see PVD / Sputtering
- PVD / Sputtering
- PVD / sputtering
- PYUSD, see Stablecoins
- PZT, see Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Photonics
Q
- QA, see Quantum Annealing
- QKD (Quantum Key Distribution)
- Qrng
- Quantum Algorithms
- Quantum Annealing
- quantum cascade laser, see Mid-Infrared Photonics
- Quantum Cascade Lasers
- Quantum Communications
- Quantum Compilers
- Quantum Control
- Quantum Error Correction
- Quantum Gravimetry
- Quantum Imaging (ghost, sub-shot-noise)
- Quantum Key Distribution
- Quantum Magnetometry
- Quantum Networks
- Quantum Random Number Generation
- Quantum Repeaters
- Quantum Software
- Quantum technologies
- quantum-tech, see Quantum technologies
- quantum-technologies, see Quantum technologies
- quantum-technology, see Quantum technologies
R
- race logic, see Time-Domain Computing
- Rack Scale Interconnect
- Rad Hard Compute
- Rad Hard Electronics
- rad-hard hardware, see Space-Grade Hardware Substrates
- Rad-Hard ICs
- Radiation Hard Sensors
- Radiation Shielding
- Radiative Cooling
- radio over plastic waveguide, see RF-over-dielectric-waveguide interconnect
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Rare Earth Magnets
- rare earths, see Rare-Earth Elements (REE)
- Rare-Earth Elements (REE)
- rare-earth metals, see Rare-Earth Elements (REE)
- REE, see Rare-Earth Elements (REE)
- Reentry Downmass
- Reinforcement Learning
- Relax, see Apache TVM
- Relay, see Apache TVM
- remote sensing, see Earth Observation
- Renewable Electricity
- Reusable Launch (SpaceX, Rocket Lab Neutron)
- Reversible Computing
- RF & Wireless
- RF Frontend
- RF photonics, see Microwave Photonics
- RF Power
- RF Soi
- RF-over-dielectric-waveguide interconnect
- RF-substrate Ising machine, see Near-Field RF Coupling (as compute substrate)
- Rfic
- ring oscillator Ising, see Coupled Oscillator Networks
- Ring Resonators
- RISC-V
- robot actuators, see Robot Actuators (the muscle layer)
- Robot Actuators (the muscle layer)
- robot data collection, see Robot Data Collection (the data-supply stack)
- Robot Data Collection (the data-supply stack)
- robot data supply, see Robot Data Collection (the data-supply stack)
- robot foundation models, see Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models
- robot hands, see Dexterous Manipulation & Robot Hands
- robot simulation, see Sim-to-Real, Robot Simulation & Synthetic Data
- robot training data, see Robot Data Collection (the data-supply stack)
- Routing
- RRAM / ReRAM
- RTL design (HDL)
- Ru / W / Co Metallisation
- Rubin Ultra, see NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
S
- sandboxing, see Workload Sandboxing
- SAR Satellites (Synthetic Aperture Radar)
- SATCOM, see Space Communications
- satellite communications, see Space Communications
- satellite data analytics, see Geospatial analytics
- satellite hardware, see Space Hardware
- ScAlN, see Scandium Aluminum Nitride (ScAlN)
- Scandium Aluminum Nitride (ScAlN)
- scandium-doped AlN, see Scandium Aluminum Nitride (ScAlN)
- scanning probe microscopy, see STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy)
- scanning tunneling microscopy, see STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy)
- scientific machine learning, see Physics AI
- SciML, see Physics AI
- Security & Cyber
- Security Ic
- seL4, see Microkernel
- selective state space models, see State Space Models (SSMs)
- Self-Driving Labs
- self-emissive, see Emissive vs modulated display architectures
- semiconductor, see Semiconductors
- Semiconductor Equipment, see Semiconductor equipment: category overview
- Semiconductor Equipment
- Semiconductor equipment: category overview
- Semiconductor Foundries
- Semiconductor Ip
- Semiconductor IP licensing
- Semiconductor Materials
- Semiconductor Materials & Equipment
- Semiconductor Metrology & Inspection
- Semiconductor Optical Amplifier
- Semiconductor Test
- semiconductor-industry, see Semiconductors
- Semiconductors
- semis, see Semiconductors
- sempacitor, see CapRAM (SEMRON)
- Sensing
- Sensing & Imaging
- Sensors
- separation kernel, see Microkernel
- Serdes
- servo motors robotics, see Robot Actuators (the muscle layer)
- Shared Memory Pooling
- SHARK, see IREE (Intermediate Representation Execution Environment)
- Shockley Queisser Limit
- Si(1-x)Ge(x), see Silicon Germanium
- SIC
- SiC, see Silicon Carbide
- SiC integrated photonics, see Silicon Carbide Photonics
- SiGe, see Silicon Germanium
- SiGe BiCMOS, see Silicon Germanium
- silicide contact resistance, see Contact resistance
- Silicon Avalanche Detector
- Silicon Carbide
- Silicon Carbide Photonics
- Silicon Germanium
- Silicon Nitride
- Silicon Photonics
- Silicon photovoltaics
- silicon PV, see Silicon photovoltaics
- Silicon Spin Qubits (Intel, Quantum Motion)
- silicon-nitride, see Silicon Nitride
- sim-to-real, see Sim-to-Real, Robot Simulation & Synthetic Data
- Sim-to-Real, Robot Simulation & Synthetic Data
- sim2real for analog compute, see FDTD-to-Hardware Calibration Wall
- Simulation
- simulation-to-hardware gap, see FDTD-to-Hardware Calibration Wall
- sin, see Silicon Nitride
- Single Crystal Diamond
- Single Flux Quantum
- Single Photon Detectors
- Single-Cell Sequencing
- single-photon avalanche diode, see Avalanche Photodiode (APD / SPAD)
- single-photon avalanche diode, see SPAD (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode)
- Single-Photon Sources
- single-pulse switching, see All-Optical Switching
- single-shot switching, see All-Optical Switching
- SLM, see Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs)
- SLMs, see Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs)
- Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
- smart glasses stack, see AR glasses: the component stack (primer)
- SMO, see Computational Lithography
- SMR, see Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
- SMRs, see Small Modular Reactors (SMRs)
- SNN, see Spiking Neural Networks
- SoC test, see Automated Test Equipment (ATE)
- Sodium Fast Reactor
- Sodium-Ion Batteries
- Software-Defined Radio
- Solar & Photovoltaic
- Solder ball attach / BGA
- Solid Oxide Fuel Cells (SOFC)
- Solid State Cooling
- solid state transformer, see Solid-State Transformers
- Solid-State Batteries
- Solid-State Circuit Breakers
- Solid-State Transformers
- Sot Mram
- Sovereign AI
- Space Communications
- Space Hardware
- Space Propulsion
- Space Solar
- space substrates, see Space-Grade Hardware Substrates
- Space-Grade FPGAs
- Space-Grade Hardware Substrates
- space-grade silicon, see Space-Grade Hardware Substrates
- space-to-ground links, see Space Communications
- spacecraft hardware, see Space Hardware
- spacecraft propulsion, see Space Propulsion
- SPAD, see Avalanche Photodiode (APD / SPAD)
- SPAD (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode)
- SPAD Arrays
- SPADs, see SPAD (Single-Photon Avalanche Diode)
- spatial ALD, see ALD (Atomic Layer Deposition)
- spatial light modulator, see Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs)
- Spatial Light Modulators (SLMs)
- Spatial Transcriptomics
- Specialty Foundries (TFLN, GaN, SiC, photonic)
- Specialty Memory
- Spectral Sensing
- spiking neural net, see Spiking Neural Networks
- Spiking Neural Networks
- spiking-neural-network, see Spiking Neural Networks
- spin electronics, see Spintronics
- spin-orbitronics, see Spintronics
- spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance, see Spin-Torque Ferromagnetic Resonance (ST-FMR)
- Spin-Torque Ferromagnetic Resonance (ST-FMR)
- Spintronics
- sputtering, see PVD / Sputtering
- SRAM
- SRAM Compute-in-Memory
- sram-compute-in-memory, see SRAM Compute-in-Memory
- sram-in-memory-compute, see SRAM Compute-in-Memory
- SSM, see State Space Models (SSMs)
- SST, see Solid-State Transformers
- ST-FMR, see Spin-Torque Ferromagnetic Resonance (ST-FMR)
- stablecoin, see Stablecoins
- Stablecoin Clearing & Netting
- stablecoin settlement layer, see Stablecoin Clearing & Netting
- Stablecoins
- StableHLO, see XLA / OpenXLA
- State Space Models (SSMs)
- Stellarators (Renaissance, Type One)
- STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy)
- Stochastic / Ising Machines
- Stochastic Processing, see Thermodynamic Computing
- Storage-Class Memory
- SU-8 waveguides, see Polymer Waveguides
- Sub-THz / 6G (>100 GHz)
- sub-THz waveguide interconnect, see RF-over-dielectric-waveguide interconnect
- substrate-class compute, see Physics-Native Compute
- Superconducting Electronics
- Superconducting Qubits
- Surrogate Model Simulation
- Swir Detector
- Swir Imaging
- switched-capacitor compute, see Charge-Domain Compute
- synbio, see Synthetic Biology
- Synthetic Biology
- synthetic data robotics, see Sim-to-Real, Robot Simulation & Synthetic Data
T
- tactile sensing, see Tactile Sensing & Electronic Skin
- Tactile Sensing & Electronic Skin
- Tandem Solar
- Tandem Solar Cells (Si + Perovskite)
- TCO per million tokens, see Inference economics: the two customer KPIs
- TEE
- temporal compute, see Time-Domain Computing
- TEOAE, see Otoacoustic Emissions
- tfln, see Lithium Niobate (TFLN)
- TFLT, see Thin-Film Lithium Tantalate (TFLT)
- the CUDA-alternative stack, see AI Compiler & Heterogeneous Programming-Model Landscape
- The ear as a sensing site
- The Memory Wall
- Thermal Interface Materials (TIM)
- Thermal Management Materials
- Thermal oxidation & gate dielectric
- thermal stack layers, see AI Thermal Stack Map (junction-to-ambient)
- thermal-NIL, see Nanoimprint Lithography
- Thermodynamic AI, see Thermodynamic Computing
- Thermodynamic Computing
- Thermoelectric
- Thin Film Arrays
- Thin Film Magnetics
- Thin Film Stability
- Thin Films & Coatings
- thin-film lithium tantalate, see Thin-Film Lithium Tantalate (TFLT)
- Thin-Film Lithium Tantalate (TFLT)
- THz radio over wire, see RF-over-dielectric-waveguide interconnect
- TIA, see Photodetector & Optical Receiver Front-End
- TIM Approach Map (every thermal-interface-material class, in-market + R&D), see TIM Approach Map: every thermal interface material class
- TIM Approach Map: every thermal interface material class
- TIM approaches catalog, see TIM Approach Map: every thermal interface material class
- TIM coverage matrix, see TIM Approach Map: every thermal interface material class
- TIM material-class map, see TIM Approach Map: every thermal interface material class
- time-domain compute, see Time-Domain Computing
- Time-Domain Computing
- Time-of-Flight (iToF, dToF)
- time-slicing, see GPU Virtualization
- Timing / Clock Generation
- Timing signoff & parasitic extraction
- Timing Synchronization
- TinyML
- TMDs (MoS2, WSe2)
- tokens per watt, see Inference economics: the two customer KPIs
- tokens per watt per dollar, see Inference economics: the two customer KPIs
- Topcon
- Topological Insulators
- Topological Qubits (Microsoft Majorana)
- touch sensing, see Tactile Sensing & Electronic Skin
- tpp, see Two-Photon Polymerization
- transceiver vs switch vs router, see Datacenter Optical Networking — Plain-English Stack Primer
- transfer printing, see Micro-Transfer-Printing
- Transistor module (FinFET / GAA nanosheet)
- Trapped Ion
- Triso Fuel
- Triton, see Triton (OpenAI Triton)
- Triton (OpenAI Triton)
- truck electrification, see Electric Heavy Trucks
- TSV / Through-Silicon Via
- TVM, see Apache TVM
- Two Dimensional Electron Gas 2deg
- Two Phase Cooling
- two-photon polymerisation, see Two-Photon Polymerization
- Two-Photon Polymerization
- Type 1 hypervisor, see Hypervisor Isolation
- type-1 hypervisor, see Hypervisor Isolation
U
- UALink, see UALink (Ultra Accelerator Link)
- UALink (Ultra Accelerator Link)
- UAV delivery, see Drone Delivery
- UCIe (Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express)
- UCP, see Payment Mandates
- uLED, see MicroLED microdisplays
- Ultra Accelerator Link, see UALink (Ultra Accelerator Link)
- Ultra Low Power RF
- ultra-wide-bandgap, see Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors
- ultrafast magnetism, see Magneto-Optical Memory
- ultrafast optical switching, see All-Optical Switching
- unary computing, see Time-Domain Computing
- Unary Computing
- Uni-Traveling-Carrier Photodiode (UTC-PD)
- Unikernel
- untrusted code execution, see Workload Sandboxing
- USDC, see Stablecoins
- USDT, see Stablecoins
- UTC photodiode, see Uni-Traveling-Carrier Photodiode (UTC-PD)
- UTC-PD, see Uni-Traveling-Carrier Photodiode (UTC-PD)
- uTP, see Micro-Transfer-Printing
- UV-NIL, see Nanoimprint Lithography
- UWBG, see Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors
V
- V-NAND, see NAND Flash
- Vapor Chambers
- VCSEL, see VCSELs
- VCSELs
- Vector Databases
- Vera Rubin, see NVIDIA datacentre roadmap (Rubin to Feynman)
- verifiable intent, see Payment Mandates
- vertical dram, see 3D DRAM
- Vertical Gan
- vertical probe, see Wafer Probe Cards & Test Interconnect
- Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser, see VCSELs
- vertical-channel-transistor, see 3D DRAM
- vGPU, see GPU Virtualization
- virtual machine monitor, see Hypervisor Isolation
- virtual mask lithography, see Maskless Lithography
- virtual masks, see Maskless Lithography
- Vision Language Action
- Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models
- VLA, see Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models
- VLA models, see Vision-Language-Action (VLA) Models
- VMM, see Hypervisor Isolation
- Von Neumann Bottleneck
W
- Wafer backgrinding / thinning
- Wafer cleaning & surface prep
- Wafer dicing / singulation
- Wafer foundry / fabrication services
- Wafer Handling / Robotics
- wafer inspection, see Semiconductor Metrology & Inspection
- Wafer Probe Cards & Test Interconnect
- Wafer Scale
- Wafer slicing, lapping & polishing
- Wafer sort / probe
- wafer-level burn-in, see Wafer-Level Test & Burn-In (WLTBI)
- Wafer-Level Optics
- Wafer-Level Test & Burn-In (WLTBI)
- Wave / Tidal
- waveguide, see AR optical combiners (waveguides)
- Waveguides
- WBG, see Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors
- WBG semiconductors, see Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors
- WebLLM, see MLC-LLM (Machine Learning Compilation for LLMs)
- Weight Reuse Factor
- Wet etch / chemical surface prep
- wetware computing, see Biocomputing
- wide bandgap, see Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors
- Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors
- Wire bonding
- Wireless Power Transfer
- WLTBI, see Wafer-Level Test & Burn-In (WLTBI)
- Workload Sandboxing
- world model, see World Models (for robotics & autonomy)
- world models, see World Models (for robotics & autonomy)
- World Models (for robotics & autonomy)
X
- X-Ray Lithography
- x402
- x402 Foundation, see x402
- x402 protocol, see x402
- XLA, see XLA / OpenXLA
- XLA / OpenXLA
- Xolography
- XRL, see X-Ray Lithography
Z
- Z-Pinch Fusion (Zap Energy)
- Zero-Knowledge Proofs
- Zinc Oxide
- Zinc Selenide
- ZK/FHE/PQC hardware, see Cryptographic compute acceleration (the landscape)
- ZnO, see Zinc Oxide
- ZnSe, see Zinc Selenide