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WORKSHOPS

W4 Embedded Non-Volatile Memory Solutions

09:30 - 13:00       ROOM R5

CHAIR

Glavine Yeh (TSMC, TW)

ABSTRACT

Embedded non-volatile memory plays an essential role in the semiconductor industry. Its unique characteristic makes eNVM particularly valuable in ubiquitous applications, including automotive, industrial, medical, home appliance, IoT, etc. In this workshop, you will learn about the characteristics of different kinds of eNVM technologies and the design challenge, solutions to different types of eNVM technologies. In addition, how AI acceleration using eNVM solution will be discussed to further explore the power of eNVM technologies.

PROGRAM

9:30 - 10:15

State of Art eNVM Solutions

Glavine Yeh (TSMC, TW)

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10:15 - 11:00

RRAM Design Challenge and Solution

Yu-Der Chih (TSMC, TW)

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11:00 - 11:30

Coffee break

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11:30 - 12:15

AI Acceleration with Ferroelectric Transistors

Hussam Amrouch (Technical University of Munich, DE)

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12:15 - 13:00

MRAM Design Challenge and Solution

Eric Wang (TSMC, TW)

BIOSKETCHES

Glavine Yeh (Chair)

Glavine Yeh is Sr. Program Manager, in charge of FinFET university program at TSMC Europe. Prior to this role, Glavine was Technical Manager, focusing on embedded non-Volatile Memory (eNVM) technologies and successfully driving eNVM technologies as the most important growing business at TSMC Europe. Glavine joined TSMC in 1997, he served as manager of customer service for the Japan region. In 2008, he joined TSMC Europe, responsible for engaging on technologies and enabling new product development. He received his M.S. in Material Science and Engineering from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan.

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Hussam Amrouch

Hussam Amrouch is Professor heading the Chair of AI Processor Design within the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He is, additionally, the head of Brain-inspired Computing at the Munich Institute of Robotics. Further, he is the head of the Semiconductor Test and Reliability at the University of Stuttgart, Germany. He is also the Academic Director of TUM Venture Labs for Semiconductor. He received his Ph.D. degree with the highest distinction (summa cum laude) from KIT in 2015. He has 300 publications (including over 125 articles in many top journals such as Nature Communications) in multidisciplinary research areas covering semiconductor device physics, circuit design and computer architecture. His research interest is AI acceleration, emerging technologies, in-memory computing with a special focus on reliability, and cryogenic circuits for quantum computing. His research in AI chips and reliability have been funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG), Bavarian ministry of economy, Bavarian ministry of science, Advantest Corporation, and the U.S. Office of Naval Research.

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Yu-Der Chih

Yu-Der Chih received the B.S. degree in physics from National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, in 1988, and the M.S. degree in electronics engineering from National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1992.,From 1992 to 1997, he was a Design Engineer of Ethernet transceiver circuits for data communication with Macronix, Hsinchu, and a Circuit Design Engineer of SDRAM with Powerchip, Hsinchu. In 1997, he joined Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Hsinchu, where he was involved in the development of embedded nonvolatile memory IP, including embedded flash, OTP, MTP, and emerging memory. He is currently a TSMC Academician and the Director of the Embedded Nonvolatile Memory Library Department, Memory Solution Division.

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Yih Wang

Yih Wang received his Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering from University of Florida, Gainesville, under the tutelage of Dr. Chih-Tang Sah.  His industry career began with Intel’s logic technology development group in 2001, where he was a Sr. Principal Engineer, leading the development of critical technologies for embedded memories from 90nm to 14nm CMOS technologies.  He received three Intel Achievement Awards for his contributions on development of embedded SRAM and DRAM technologies.  He is currently a director in the design and technology platform group at TSMC.  He is the author and co-author of more than 70 peer-reviewed journal and conference papers and 180 U.S. patents.   He served on the technical program committee of VLSI Symposium from 2016 to 2018 and is a technical program committee member of ISSCC (2021-present).​​

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