Trace a token through the data path and memory hierarchy of a modern AI accelerator, from tensor cores and cache hierarchies to floor plans and macros, and follow it down into silicon. The SemiAnalysis STEEL team links a chip's micro-architectural topology to its physical implementation, connecting design intent to as-built structure.
SemiAnalysis STEEL operates a full sample-preparation lab (mechanical, wet- and dry-chemical processing, FIB and plasma-FIB) and a comprehensive analytical suite: macro and micro optical microscopy, high-resolution X-ray tomography, field-emission SEM, TEM, and aberration-corrected STEM with EDS. From area budgets, die floor plans, and advanced-packaging architecture down to the structure and materials of individual transistors, we resolve how the most advanced designs on the market are actually built.
