DFT Part 5: How Much Can You Trust the Calculation Results? Dispersion Forces and Self-Interaction Errors

IntroductionUp to the previous installment, we looked at what information exchange-correlation functionals use and how they ...
Semiconductor Engineering

DFT At The Leading Edge

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the rapidly changing landscape of design for testability (DFT), focusing on the impact of advancements in fault models, high-speed ...

DFT Part 2: Why do orbitals appear in a density theory? — The Kohn–Sham method

IntroductionLast time, we introduced the Hohenberg–Kohn theorem, which is the starting point of Density Functional Theory ...
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DfT floats random breath tests and a cut to the 80mg drink drive limit

DfT Has Asked Whether England and Wales Should Cut the 80mg Drink Drive Limit The Department for Transport (DfT) opened a public consultation on 7 January 2026 titled Proposed changes to penalties for ...
C&EN

Machine learning solves a long-standing DFT problem

Knowing where the electrons are within a molecule can go a long way to explaining its structure, its properties, and its reactivity. Chemists use density functional theory (DFT) methods, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Advanced DFT And Silicon Bring-Up For AI Chips

The AI market is growing quickly, spurring an insatiable demand for powerful AI accelerators. AI chip makers are pressed with aggressive time-to-market goals and need the tools to help them get their ...
Electronic Design

Twin DFT and Mission-Critical Safety Apps for Pre-Silicon Design Verification

The design-for-test (DFT) technology was driven by the need to harness the runaway cost of testing silicon chips on the manufacturing floor. This phenomenon eventually became close to 40% of the cost ...