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Glossary of Key Terms: EDA, Semiconductor IP & Optics

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ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems)

AI Accelerator

AI Chip Design

AI Chip

AI in Medical Imaging

AMS Verification

Analog Design

Atomistic Simulations

Augmented Reality Optics

Automotive Exterior Lighting

Automotive Hardware Functional Safety

Automotive Interior Lighting

Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL)

Autonomous Car

Autonomous Driving Levels

B

Battery Management System

Big Data Analytics

Bidrectional Scattering Distribution Function (BSDF)

Bring Your Own Cloud (BYOC)

Butterfly PUF (Physical Unclonable Function)

C

Circuit Simulation

Chiplets

Clock Domain Crossing

Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB)

Cloud Computing Infrastructure

Cloud Data Center

Cloud Migration

Cloud-Native

Cloud-Native Architecture

Cloud Security Frameworks

Cloud Storage Security

Cloud Workload Protection (CWP)

Code Linting

Common Data Model

Compute Express Link (CXL) 3.0

Counterfeit Chips

Co-Packaged Optics

Cryo-CMOS IP (Cryogenic semiconductor IP)

Custom IC

D

Democratized Design

Density Functional Theory

Design Rule Checking

Design Space Optimization

Design Planning

Die-to-Die Interface

Distributed Cloud Computing

E

Edge Computing

Edge Computing Architecture

Elasticity in Cloud Computing

Electromigration

Electronic Design Automation

Embedded Magneto-Resistive Random Access Memory (eMRAM)

Equivalence Checking

Ethical Hacking

F

G

Glitch Power

H

High Bandwidth Memory 3 (HBM3)

High-Performance Computing Architecture

Hybrid Cloud Integration

Hyper Convergent Design Flow

I

IC Design

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

ISO 26262

J

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L

Layout Versus Schematic

Library Characterization

M

Machine-Learned Force Fields

Machine Vision Optics

MACsec Protocol

Mach-Zehnder Modulator

Medical 3D Printing

Medical Image Processing

Medical Image Segmentation

Metalens

Microservices

MISRA (Motor Industry Software Reliability Association)

Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) Protocol

Model-Based Design

Modulation Transfer Function

Moore's Law

Multi-Cloud Architecture

Multi-Cloud Infrastructure

Multi-Cloud Storage

Multi-Cloud Strategy

Multi-Die Chip Design

Multi-Die Systems

N

Network Attached Storage (NAS)

NFS Shared Storage

O

Object Storage

P

Parasitic Extraction

Patient-Specific Surgical Planning Software

PCI Express (PCIe)

PCIe 6.0 Specification

Persistent Storage

Pervasive Intelligence

Physical Unclonable Function (PUF)

Photonic Integrated Circuit

Photonics

Physical Synthesis

Point of Care 3D Printing

Power Electronics

Power Optimization

Process Design Kit

Programmable Electrical Rules Checking

PVT Sensors

Q

Quantum Computing

R

Ray Tracing

Reflectance and Transmittance

Reinforcement Learning

Reset Domain Crossing

RISC-V

RF Circuit Design

Robustness Analysis

S

SerDes

Shared Cloud Storage

Silicon Lifecycle Management

Silicon Photonics

SmartNIC

SmartScaling

SRAM PUF (Static Random-Access Memory Physical Unclonable Function)

Static Timing Analysis

Stray Light

System-On-Chip (SoC)

T

Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit (IC)

Total Integrated Scattering

Total Internal Reflection (TIR) Bidirectional Scattering Distribution (BSDF)

Triple Shift Left

U

Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe)

Universal Flash Storage (UFS)

USB4

V

Vehicle Electrification

Virtual Prototyping

Virtual Reality Optics

Volume Scattering

W

Wiring Harness

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3D Anatomical Models

3D Image Processing

3D Image Segmentation

3D Image Visualization

3DIC Technology

5G vs 4G

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