This webinar, in partnership with Easy-Logic Technology, is to address the complexities and challenges associated with functional ECO (Engineering Change Order) in ASIC design, with a particular focus on mixed-signal designs. The webinar begins by highlighting the critical role of mixed-signal chips in modern applications,… Read More The post WEBINAR: Functional ECO Solution for Mixed-Signal ASIC Design appeared first on SemiWiki.| SemiWiki
As modern computing systems evolve toward greater parallelism, multithreaded and distributed architectures have become the norm. While this shift promises increased performance and scalability, it also introduces a fundamental challenge: debugging concurrent code. The elusive nature of race conditions, deadlocks, … Read More The post Taming Concurrency: A New Era of Debugging Multithreaded Code appeared first on SemiWiki.| SemiWiki
GenAI is certainly changing the world. Every day there are new innovations in the use of highly trained models to do things that seemed impossible just a short while ago. As GenAI models take on more tasks that used to be the work of humans, there is always a nagging concern about accuracy and bias. Was the data used to train the model … Read More The post Perforce Webinar: Can You Trust GenAI for Your Next Chip Design? appeared first on SemiWiki.| SemiWiki
Disruptive technology typically follows a path of research, development, early deployment and finally commercial adoption. Each of these phases are difficult and demanding in different ways. No matter how you measure it, getting to the finish line is a significant milestone for any company. Weebit Nano is disrupting the way… Read More The post Weebit Nano Moves into the Mainstream with Customer Adoption appeared first on SemiWiki.| SemiWiki
I have seen a flood of verification announcements around directly reading product specs through LLM methods, and from there directly generating test plans and test suite content to drive verification. Conceptually automating this step makes a lot of sense. Carefully interpreting such specs even today is a largely manual task, requiring painstaking attention to detail…| Semiwiki
The EDA tools industry relies upon ongoing productivity enhancements to existing products, to manage increasing SoC complexity and to address shrinking design schedules. The source of ideas for enhancements can come from a variety of sources – e.g., customer feedback, collaboration with the foundries, and features found in tools used by other domains (package and/or…| Semiwiki
It was back in 1991 that Cadence first announced the Virtuoso product name, and here we are 32 years later and the product is alive and doing quite well. Steven Lewis from Cadence gave me an update on something new that they call Virtuoso Studio, and it's all about custom IC design for the real…| Semiwiki
As electric vehicles (EVs) gain widespread adoption, safety, reliability, and efficiency are becoming increasingly important. A crucial component in ensuring these aspects is the power module (PM), which manages the energy flow between the EV battery and the motor. The design of these power modules must not only meet the high-performance demands of modern EVs…| Semiwiki
I was invited to the Fem.AI conference in Menlo Park, the first sponsored by the Cadence Giving Foundation with a goal to promote increased participation of women in the tech sector, especially in AI. Not just for equity, also to grow the number of people entering the tech/AI workforce. There are countless surveys showing that…| Semiwiki
LLMs have amazing capabilities but inference run times grow rapidly with the size of the input (prompt) sequence, a significant weakness for some applications in engineering. State space models (SSMs) aim to correct this weakness. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and now Silvaco CTO) and I…| Semiwiki
By Tetsu Ho With the ever-increasing global demand for smarter, faster electronic systems, the semiconductor industry faces a dual challenge: delivering high-performance memory while reducing environmental impact. Winbond is meeting this challenge head-on by embedding sustainability into every layer of its operations—from green manufacturing processes to low-power memory innovations designed for AI, automotive, and industrial…| Semiwiki
Much of advanced technology is data-driven. From the cloud and AI accelerators to automotive processing and edge computing, data storage and transmission efficiency are of critical importance. It turns out that lossless data compression is a key ingredient to deliver these requirements. While there are both software and hardware solutions, hardware-based approaches offer the best…| Semiwiki
AI’s exponential growth is transforming semiconductor design—and memory is now as critical as compute. Multi-die architecture has emerged as the new frontier, and custom High Bandwidth Memory (cHBM) is fast becoming a cornerstone in this evolution. In a panel session at the Synopsys Executive Forum, leaders from AWS, Marvell, Samsung, SK Hynix, and Synopsys discussed…| Semiwiki
An Akeana hosted webinar on Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) provided a comprehensive deep dive into the technical, commercial, and strategic significance of SMT in the evolving compute landscape. Presented by Graham Wilson and Itai Yarom, the session was not only an informative overview of SMT architecture and use cases, but also a strong endorsement of Akeana’s…| Semiwiki
In the ever-evolving world of Conversational AI and Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), an upcoming LinkedIn Live webinar is set to redefine the speech-to-text industry. Achronix Semiconductor Corporation is teaming up with Myrtle.ai to bring you a webinar on October 24, 2023, at 8:30am PST. Moderated by EE Times’ Sr. Reporter, Sally Ward-Foxton, the webinar will…| Semiwiki
The three-step conversational AI (CAI) process – automatic speech recognition (ASR), natural language processing, and text-to-synthesized speech response – is now deeply embedded in the user experience for smartphones, smart speakers, and other devices. More powerful large language models (LLMs) can answer more queries accurately after appropriate training. However, the computational price of keeping up…| Semiwiki
Faraj Aalaei is a successful visionary entrepreneur with over 40 years of distinguished experience in communications and networking technologies. As a leading entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, Faraj was responsible for building and leading two semiconductor companies through IPOs as a founder and CEO. Post acquisition of Aquantia by Marvell Technology, Faraj was responsible for Marvell’s…| Semiwiki
Noah Sturcken is a Founder and CEO of Ferric with over 40 patents issued and 15 publications on Integrated Voltage Regulators. Noah leads Ferric with focus on business development, marketing and new technology development. Noah previously worked at AMD R&D Lab where he developed Integrated Voltage Regulator (IVR) technology. Tell us about your company Ferric…| Semiwiki
With over 30 years of diverse industry experience, Darin leads SILICET, a semiconductor IP licensing firm. He spearheaded a strategic pivot to focus on a seamless LDMOS innovation that delivers unmatched cost, performance and reliability advantages – backed by a robust global patent portfolio. Prior to co-founding SILICET, he held business development roles at Coventor…| Semiwiki
Dr. Maksym Plakhotnyuk, is the CEO and Founder of ATLANT 3D, a pioneering deep-tech company at the forefront of innovation, developing the world’s most advanced atomic-scale manufacturing platform. Maksym is the inventor of the first-ever atomic layer advanced manufacturing technology, enabling atomic-precision development of materials, devices, and microsystems. A scientist with a Ph.D. in Nanotechnology,…| Semiwiki
Carlos Pardo has a distinguished career as a manager in the microelectronics industry, excelling in leading R&D teams. He possesses extensive expertise in the high-tech silicon sector, encompassing both hardware and software development. Previously, he served as the Technical Director at SIDSA, where he managed R&D departments, product development, production, and customer support, among other…| Semiwiki
Shelly Henry is the CEO and Co-Founder of MooresLabAI, bringing over 25 years of semiconductor industry experience. Prior to founding MooresLabAI, Shelly led silicon teams at Microsoft and ARM, successfully delivering chips powering billions of devices worldwide. Passionate about driving efficiency and innovation, Shelly and his team at MooresLabAI are transforming chip development through specialized AI-driven…| Semiwiki
Ollie is a commercially astute senior leader with over 20 years of experience in strategy, business development and sales across the technology and engineering sectors, with a strong track record in scaling businesses and driving growth. He has held commercial leadership roles in FTSE 100, private equity-backed, and startup companies, working extensively across Europe, North…| Semiwiki
Yannick founded EUMETRYS in 2012. He began his engineering career for Schlumberger in 1998 in West Africa and then became an applications engineer for the company from 2000 to 2004 in the semiconductor sector. In 2004, he joined Soluris as a field service engineer until 2006, then Nanometrics as a technical product support specialist. Tell…| Semiwiki
Peter L. Levin has served at senior levels of leadership in the federal government, the private sector, and academe. Immediately prior to co-founding Amida, he was Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he led their health record modernization initiative. His background is in applied math…| Semiwiki
John Akkara is the Founder and CEO of Uptime Crew, where he channels his entrepreneurial spirit to create impactful opportunities in the IT industry. An immigrant from India, John’s journey began with a full-ride tennis scholarship to a Division I university, where he studied finance. Today, as the leader of Uptime Crew, John is dedicated…| Semiwiki
Naveen Verma, Ph.D., is the CEO and Co-founder of EnCharge AI, the only company to have developed robust and scalable analog in-memory computing technology essential for advanced AI deployments, from edge to cloud. Dr. Verma co-founded EnCharge AI in 2022, building on six years of research and five generations of prototypes while serving as a…| Semiwiki
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The development of cost effective, high-performance silicon to silicon interconnect at the system level can be a vexing problem. So many choices, which one will work best? Ease of use and customer support are woven into the DNA of Samtec. Almost four years ago I explored the company’s focus on putting the customer first here.…| Semiwiki
It was my pleasure to meet with Vamshi Kothur and the Tuple team at #62DAC for a briefing on their Tropos platform and Omni, a new multi-cloud optimizer. The conferences this year have been AI infused with exciting new technologies but one of the lingering questions is: How will the existing semiconductor design IT infrastructure…| Semiwiki
If you’ve spent a lot of time in the chip or EDA business, “design” typically means chip design. These days it means heterogeneous multi-chip design. If you’ve spent time developing end products, “design” has a much broader meaning. Chips, subsystems, chassis and product packaging are in focus. This is just a short list if you…| Semiwiki
The global semiconductor market grew 8.4% in 4Q 2023 from 3Q 2023, according to WSTS. The 8.4% gain was the highest quarter-to-quarter growth since 9.1% in 2Q 2021. This was also the highest 3Q to 4Q increase in 20 years, since an 11% rise in 4Q 2003. 4Q 2023 was up 11.6% from a year…| Semiwiki
Semiconductor fabs aim to have high yields and provide processes that attract design firms and win new design starts, but how does a fab deliver their process nodes in a timely manner without having to run lots of expensive silicon through the line? This is where simulation and TCAD tools come into play, and to…| Semiwiki
Babak A. Taheri, Ph.D., has served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Silvaco board of directors from August 2019 to September 2021 and from November 2021 to present. From October 2018 to August 2019, Dr. Taheri served as our Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Products. Tell us about your company?…| Semiwiki
Please join us at the Design Automation Conference 2025 where we will highlight the company’s wide range of EDA products and semiconductor IP targeting, Power Devices, Automotive, Memory, Displays, HPC, 5G / 6G, and IoT applications. When: June 23 – 25, 2025, Exhibit Hours: 10:00 AM PDT – 6:00 PM PDT Where: Moscone Center West,…| Semiwiki
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company. I was born in France, but I have been living in the Netherlands for two decades. I have worked in the global semiconductor industry for over 25 years. After my Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering, I started my career as a Design Engineer. Since then…| Semiwiki
Mixed-signal and analog design are key aspects of modern electronics. Every chip incorporates some form of analog IP, as even digital logic is dependent on analog signals for critical functions. Many digital design engineers are known to be uncomfortable with the prospect of integrating analog components. However, the current shortage of analog design engineers means…| Semiwiki
Quantum computing is the next big thing for the computing world. The semiconductor industry has been talking about it for years. It's shiny, mysterious, and capable of some incredible things. Instead of using classical bits to represent information (which can be either a 0 or a 1), quantum computers use quantum bits or qubits. What's…| Semiwiki
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Krishna has over 30 years of expertise in the semiconductor industry, holding senior roles at Rambus, AMD and Broadcom. As a serial entrepreneur, he co-founded SCI Semi Ltd and previously established DataTrails and Secure Thingz. Tell us a bit about your career background. What are you most proud of? Over the course of my 30…| Semiwiki
Formal verification methods are being adopted at a fast pace as a complement to traditional verification methods like functional simulation for IP blocks in SoC designs. I had a video meeting with Max Birtel, co-founder of LUBIS EDA and learned more about their history, products and vision. This company started recently in 2020 to bring…| Semiwiki
Tobias began his journey with a strong academic foundation in electronic design automation, studying at a leading university in Germany that specialized in formal verification. After graduating, Tobias gained hands-on experience in the semiconductor industry, where he quickly recognized the challenges and inefficiencies in the traditional formal verification process. Driven by a passion for innovation,…| Semiwiki
At the Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2025 in San Francisco, LUBIS EDA returns as an exhibitor to showcase its latest innovations in formal verification automation, helping semiconductor teams move faster and with more confidence through the most complex verification challenges. LUBIS EDA is a fast-growing EDA startup based in Germany, dedicated to unlocking the full…| Semiwiki
The semiconductor world is gathering at DAC 62, and ChipAgents AI is coming ready to show why agentic AI is the missing piece in modern RTL design and verification. Whether you’re drowning in terabytes of waveform data, grinding toward 100% functional coverage, or hunting for ways to accelerate time-to-market, our sessions and live demos will…| Semiwiki
Breker Verification Systems Plans Demonstrations of its Complete Synthesis and SystemVIP Library and Solutions Portfolio Attendees who step into the Breker Verification Systems booth during DAC (Booth #2520—second floor) will see demonstrations of its Trek Test Suite Synthesis and SystemVIP libraries and solutions portfolio. They will learn about complex application processor projects across the SoC…| Semiwiki
Rick Carlson, Verific Design Automation’s Vice President of Sales, is an EDA trends spotter. I was reminded of his prescience when he recently called to catch up and talk about Verific’s role as provider of front-end platforms powering an emerging EDA market. Verific, he said, is joining forces with a group of well-funded startups using AI…| Semiwiki
Another content-rich kickoff covering a lot of bases under three main themes: the new Millennium AI supercomputer release, a moonshot towards full autonomy in chip design exploiting agentic AI, and a growing emphasis on digital twins. Cadence President and CEO Anirudh Devgan touched on what is new today, and also market directions beyond EDA and…| Semiwiki
Anirudh (Cadence President and CEO) had two fireside chats during CadenceLIVE 2025, the first with Jensen Huang (Founder and CEO of NVIDIA) to kick off the show, and later in the day with Lip-Bu Tan (CEO of Intel). Of course Jensen and Lip-Bu also turn up for other big vendor shows but I was reminded…| Semiwiki
There is a built-in challenge for edge AI intended for long time-in-service markets. Automotive applications are the obvious example, while aerospace and perhaps medical usage may impose similar demands. Support for the advanced AI methods we now expect – transformers, physical and agentic AI – is not feasible without dedicated hardware acceleration. According to one…| Semiwiki
Chouki Aktouf is Founder & CEO of Defacto Technologies and Co-Founder of Innova Advanced Technologies. Prior to founding Defacto in 2003, Dr. Aktouf was an associate professor of Computer Science at the University of Grenoble – France and leader of a dependability research group. He holds a PhD in Electric Engineering from Grenoble University. Tell…| Semiwiki
When I was at DAC last month, I had the chance to talk with Chouki Aktouf and Bastien Gratréaux from Defacto and they told me about a new innovative solution to generate Arm-based System-on-Chips. I heard that this solution has now been released. Defacto and Arm developed a joint SoC design flow to help Arm…| Semiwiki
In the fast-evolving world of semiconductor design, chip designers are constantly on the lookout for EDA tools that can enhance their productivity, streamline workflows, and push the boundaries of innovation. Although Tcl is currently the most widely used language, it seems to be reaching its limits in the face of the growing complexity of chip…| Semiwiki
At #61DAC I stopped by the Defacto Technologies exhibit and talked with Chouki Aktouf, President and CEO, to find out what’s new in 2024. ARM and Defacto have a joint SoC design flow by using the Arm IP Explorer tool along with Defacto’s SoC compiler, which helps to quickly create your top-level RTL, IP-XACT and…| Semiwiki
Modern SoCs can be complex with hundreds to thousands of IP blocks, so there’s an increasing need to have a front-end build and assembly methodology in place, eliminating manual steps and error-prone approaches. I’ve been writing about an EDA company that focuses on this area for design automation, Defacto Technologies, and we met by video…| Semiwiki
How much perfectly good silicon is being discarded in the quest for reliability? During high-volume chip manufacturing, aggressive testing with strict thresholds may ensure quality but reduces yield, discarding marginal chips that could function flawlessly. On the other hand, prioritizing yield risks allowing defective chips into the field, leading to costly return merchandise authorizations (RMAs),…| Semiwiki
As semiconductor technology advances and nodes continue to shrink, designers are faced with increasing challenges related to device complexity, power consumption, and reliability. The delicate balance between high performance, low power usage, and long-term reliability is more critical than ever. This growing demand calls for innovative solutions that can dynamically adapt to real-time operating conditions,…| Semiwiki
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Cadence, a DAC 2025 industry sponsor, will exhibit in booth 1609 at the 62nd Design Automation Conference at San Francisco's Moscone West Convention Center. Highlights: Paul Cunningham, SVP and GM of the System Verification Group, Cadence, will speak at Cooley’s DAC Troublemaker Panel. This discussion will be an open Q&A covering interesting and even controversial…| Semiwiki
Discover how proteanTecs is transforming health and performance monitoring across the semiconductor lifecycle to meet the growing demands of AI and Next-Gen SoCs. Stop by DAC booth #1616 to experience our latest technologies in action, including interactive live demos and explore our full suite of solutions — designed to boost reliability, optimize power, and enhance…| Semiwiki
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In August 2022, U.S. President Biden signed into law the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 to provide incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. In a case of creating the acronym first and then finding a name to fit, CHIPS stands for Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors. The act provides a total…| Semiwiki
The global semiconductor market is now solidly in a turnaround. WSTS revised its data for 2Q 2023 growth over 1Q 2023 to 6.0% from 4.2% previously. 3Q 2023 was up 6.3% from 2Q 2023. With our Semiconductor Intelligence forecast of 3% growth in 4Q 2023, the year-to-year growth in 4Q 2023 will be a positive…| Semiwiki
Production of electronic devices is finally on the uptrend following a post-pandemic slump in late 2021. According to IDC, smartphone shipments versus a year ago turned negative in 3Q 2021 at -6%. The decline hit a low of -18% in 4Q 2022. Since then, smartphones have been recovering. IDC data is not yet available, but…| Semiwiki
The global semiconductor market grew 4.2% in 2Q 2023 versus 1Q 2023, according to WSTS. The 2Q 2023 growth was the first positive quarter-to-quarter change since 4Q 2021, a year and a half ago. Versus a year ago, the market declined 17.3%, an improvement from a 21.3% year-to-year decline in 1Q 2023. Semiconductor market year-to-year…| Semiwiki
My first job out of college was migrating a DRAM chip from one process node to a newer node, and it was a 100% manual process that required many months of effort. That need to migrate semiconductor IP to newer nodes is still with us today, and much automation has been applied to digital circuits,…| Semiwiki
Cadence recently launched a webinar series on trends and challenges in automotive design. They contribute through IP from their Silicon Solutions Group, a comprehensive spectrum of design tooling and through collaborative development within a wide partner ecosystem. This collaboration aims to support and advance progress through reference architectures and platforms co-developed with auto OEMs, AI…| Semiwiki
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CES 2024 is being held this week in Las Vegas, Nevada with an estimated 130,000 attendees and over 4,000 exhibitors. CES (previously Consumer Electronics Show) has been held in Las Vegas every year since 1978, except for 2021 due to COVID-19. This was my ninth CES representing Semiconductor Intelligence, with the first in 2012. CES…| Semiwiki
The development of electric vehicles (EVs) is key to transitioning to sustainable transportation. However, designing high-performance EVs presents significant challenges, particularly in power module design. Power modules, including inverters, bulky DC capacitors, power management ICs (PMICs), and battery packs, are critical in managing the high voltage and current systems in EVs. These modules often operate…| Semiwiki
Following a similar topic we covered early last year, here we look at updated research to accelerating RTL simulation through domain-specific hardware. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer at Stanford, EE292A) and I continue our series on research ideas. As always, feedback welcome. The Innovation…| Semiwiki
Throughout the debate on fab incentives and the Chips Act I keep seeing comments like; TSMC makes >90% of all advanced silicon, or sometimes Taiwan make >90% of all advanced silicon. This kind of ill-defined and grossly inaccurate statement drives me crazy. I just saw someone make that same claim in the SemiWiki forums and…| Semiwiki
Colin Alexander ( Director of product marketing at Achronix) released a webinar recently on this topic. At only 20 minutes the webinar is an easy watch and a useful update on data traffic and implementation options. Downloads are still dominated by video (over 50% for Facebook) which now depends heavily on caching at or close…| Semiwiki
With AI applications proliferating, many designers are looking for ways to reduce server footprints in data centers – and turning to FPGA-based accelerator cards for the job. In a 20-minute session, Salvador Alvarez, Sr. Manager of Product Planning at Achronix, provides insight on the potential of FPGAs for real-time machine learning inference, illustrating how an…| Semiwiki
A recent live discussion between experts Scott Schweitzer, Director of SmartNIC Product Planning with Achronix, and Jon Sreekanth, CTO of Accolade Technology, looked at the idea behind the rise of the SmartNIC and ran an “ask us anything” session fielding audience questions about the technology and its use cases. Three phases of network interface cards…| Semiwiki
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The upcoming Keysight EDA 2025 launch has three familiar tracks: RF circuit design, high-speed digital circuit design, and device modeling and characterization. However, this update features a common thread between the tracks – AI-enhanced design workflows. AI speeds modeling and simulation, opening co-optimization for complex designs. It also gives design teams more freedom to incorporate…| Semiwiki
Designers choosing gallium nitride (GaN) transistors may face a surprising challenge when putting the devices in their context. While the Advanced SPICE Model for GaN HEMTs (ASM-HEMT) model captures many behaviors like thermal and trapping effects, it grapples with accuracy over a wide range of bias conditions. Foundries often define ASM-HEMT parameters from measurements at…| Semiwiki
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The latest significant development in EUV lithography technology is the arrival of High-NA systems. Theoretically, by increasing the numerical aperture, or NA, from 0.33 to 0.55, the absolute minimum half-pitch is reduced by 40%, from 10 nm to 6 nm. However, for EUV systems, we need to recognize that the EUV light (consisting of photons)…| Semiwiki
The global semiconductor market in 1Q 2024 was $137.7 billion, according to WSTS. 1Q 2024 was down 5.7% from 4Q 2023 and up 15.2% from a year ago. The first quarter of the year is typically down seasonally from the fourth quarter of the prior year. However, the 1Q 2024 decline of 5.7% was worse…| Semiwiki
Unit shipments of both PCs and smartphones versus a year ago have turned positive. According to IDC, PC shipments in 1Q 2024 were up 1.5% from 1Q 2023, the first positive year-to-year change since 4Q 2021. Smartphone year-to-year growth turned positive in 4Q 2023 at 8.5%. The growth continued in 1Q 2024 at 7.8%. 4Q…| Semiwiki
With our continuing chiplet coverage I found this of great interest. I have always felt that eFPGAs and chiplets are a natural fit for the next generation of chip design and this is an excellent example. As we design with chiplets one of the challenges is verification/validation in regards to performance and interoperability. This partnership…| Semiwiki
The emergence of chiplets as a technology is an inflection point in the semiconductor industry. The potential benefits of adopting a chiplets-based approach to implementing electronic systems are not a debate. Chiplets, which are smaller, pre-manufactured components can be combined to create larger systems, offering benefits such as increased flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness in comparison…| Semiwiki
What looks like a modest market expansion strategy is all but modest. Insights into the Semiconductor Industry and the Semiconductor Supply Chain. As usual, when TSMC reports, the Semiconductor industry gets a spray of insights that help understand what goes on in other areas of the industry. This time, TSMC gave more insight into their…| Semiwiki
I recently had an update from Lu Dai, Chairman of Accellera, also Sr. Director of Engineering at Qualcomm. He’s always a pleasure to talk to, in this instance giving me a capsule summary of status in 3 areas that interested me: CDC, Functional Safety and AMS. I will start with CDC, a new proposed working…| Semiwiki
The U.S. CHIPS and Science Act provides incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. As of July 30, 2024, The CHIPS Program Office has announced over $30 billion in grants and over $25 billion in loans, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The awards have been given to fourteen companies; however, five companies…| Semiwiki
We at Semiconductor Intelligence estimate the automotive semiconductor market was $67 billion in 2023, up 12% from 2022. The top twelve suppliers accounted for over three-quarters of the market. Infineon Technologies was the largest automotive semiconductor supplier, at $9.2 billion or 13.7% of the market. NXP Semiconductors was second at 11.2% and STMicroelectronics was third…| Semiwiki
Despite a severe setback, Nvidia pulled it off once again There have been serious concerns about the ROI on AI and yield problems with Blackwell, but Nvidia pulled it off again and delivered a result significantly above guidance. Beating the revenue guidance of $28B with 2B$ to just above 30B$, representing 15% QoQ and a…| Semiwiki
Dr. Matthew Putman is an American scientist, educator, musician, and film/stage producer. He is best known for his work in nanotechnology. Putman currently serves as the CEO of Nanotronics, an advanced machines and intelligence company that has redefined factory control through the invention of a platform that combines AI, automation, and sophisticated imaging to assist…| Semiwiki
Large language model (LLM) processing dominates many AI discussions today. The broad, rapid adoption of any application often brings an urgent need for scalability. GPU devotees are discovering that where one GPU may execute an LLM well, interconnecting many GPUs often doesn’t scale as hoped since latency starts piling up with noticeable effects on user…| Semiwiki
Dieter Therssen obtained his master's degree in Electronics Engineering from KU Leuven in 1987. He started his career as a hardware design engineer, using IMEC’s visionary tools and design methodologies in the early days of silicon integration. Since then, Dieter developed his career across many digital technologies, in a broad range of applications and for…| Semiwiki
The server and enterprise network boundary has seen complexity explode in recent years. What used to be a simple TCP/IP offload task for network interface cards (NICs) is transforming into full-blown network acceleration using a data processing unit (DPU), able to make decisions based on traffic routes, message content, and network context. Parallel data path…| Semiwiki
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U.S. President Biden announced on Wednesday an agreement to provide Intel with $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans under the CHIPS and Science Act. Intel will use the funding for wafer fabs in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon. As reported in our December 2023 newsletter, the CHIPS Act provides a…| Semiwiki
