{"title":"Solid-State Electronics Made Simple: Components, Circuits, and Creativity—Preuniversity Outreach in Nigeria [Chapters]","authors":"Godwin Ozor","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690392","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690392","url":null,"abstract":"Provides society information that may include news, reviews or technical notes that should be of interest to practitioners and researchers.","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"118-119"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574832","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148519007","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Semiconductor Chips: The Fuel Behind the Artificial Intelligence Revolution—A Technical Seminar by IEEE EDS/SSCS Bangladesh Joint Chapter [Chapters]","authors":"Ahmed Zubair;Zabir Ahmed","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690436","url":null,"abstract":"Provides society information that may include news, reviews or technical notes that should be of interest to practitioners and researchers.","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"131-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574806","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148513395","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Passing a Milestone at ISSCC 2026 [President’s Corner]","authors":"Daniel J. Friedman","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690080","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574859","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148513391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Solid-State Circuits Society Winter AdCom Meeting at ISSCC 2026 [Society News]","authors":"David Tadros","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3689473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3689473","url":null,"abstract":"Provides society information that may include news, reviews or technical notes that should be of interest to practitioners and researchers.","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"110-111"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574877","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148514668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Networking Bingo at ISSCC 2026 Draws a Crowd [Women in Circuits Corner]","authors":"Ben Keller","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690124","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"117-117"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574840","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148514792","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacob Byers;Adam Corazza;Prasad Gudem;Ram Bala;Mani Vaidyanathan
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence Meets Circuits: Does it have potential in circuit analysis?","authors":"Jacob Byers;Adam Corazza;Prasad Gudem;Ram Bala;Mani Vaidyanathan","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3670746","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3670746","url":null,"abstract":"Artificial intelligence (AI) tools, especially large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, have been rapidly improving. Their versatility and ability to draw from a vast pool of knowledge have led many to explore their applications across a variety of fields. One such exploration was recently published by Razavi, where ChatGPT was tested on a set of thirty undergraduate-level questions about analog circuits. ChatGPT showed poor performance, scoring only 41%. In this article, we expand upon this study. We test several LLMs on the same set of questions but with schematics communicated as netlists instead of images, in an effort to avoid mixing the evaluation of image processing and circuit analysis. We find a significantly improved performance, with scores ranging from 83% to 94%. Although the LLM responses are still not flawless, sometimes containing both conceptual and mathematical errors, these scores indicate that LLMs show potential for use in circuit analysis and may become useful tools in the industry with further development.","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"93-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148514803","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SSCS/EDS Semiconductor Education, Empowerment, and Industry Development: Outreach in Sri Lanka [Society News]","authors":"Farhana Sheikh;Gayani Rathnasekara;Bich-Yen Nguyen","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690082","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3690082","url":null,"abstract":"Provides society information that may include news, reviews or technical notes that should be of interest to practitioners and researchers.","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"114-115"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574827","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148515399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jan M. Rabaey Receives the 2026 IEEE Donald O. Pederson Award in Solid-State Circuits [Awards]","authors":"David Tadros","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3689791","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3689791","url":null,"abstract":"Presents the recipients of Solid-State Circuits Society awards for 2026.","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"136-136"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574803","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148516240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IEEE Fellow Program [IEEE News]","authors":"Wanda Gass;Howard Luong","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3689824","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3689824","url":null,"abstract":"Provides society information that may include news, reviews or technical notes that should be of interest to practitioners and researchers.","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"167-167"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574844","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148443264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ISSCC 2026 Plenary Session [Conference Reports]","authors":"Keith A. Bowman","doi":"10.1109/MSSC.2026.3689793","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/MSSC.2026.3689793","url":null,"abstract":"Provides society information that may include news, reviews or technical notes that should be of interest to practitioners and researchers.","PeriodicalId":100636,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Solid-State Circuits Magazine","volume":"18 2","pages":"148-152"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=11574831","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148443285","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}