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TSMC Process Simplification for Advanced Nodes

TSMC Process Simplification for Advanced Nodes
by Daniel Nenni on 02-22-2026 at 4:00 pm

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In the modern world, the semiconductor industry stands at the heart of technological innovation. From smartphones and laptops to advanced medical devices and artificial intelligence systems, nearly every piece of contemporary electronics depends on increasingly sophisticated microchips. Among the leading companies … Read More


CEO Interview with Juniyali Nauriyal of Photonect

CEO Interview with Juniyali Nauriyal of Photonect
by Daniel Nenni on 02-22-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Juniyali Nauriyal is the CEO and Co-Founder of Photonect, a photonics startup focused on commercializing advanced fiber-to-chip attachment technologies.  Juniyali is the co-inventor of Photonect’s core technology, which forms the foundation of the company. As CEO, she leads Photonect in translating cutting-edge photonic… Read More


Podcast EP332: How AI Really Works – the Perspectives of Linley Gwennap

Podcast EP332: How AI Really Works – the Perspectives of Linley Gwennap
by Daniel Nenni on 02-20-2026 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Linley Gwennap, technology analyst and author of the new book “How AI Really Works: The Models, Chips, and Companies Powering a Revolution.” Linley was the long-time editor of Microprocessor Report and chaired the popular Linley Processor Conferences.

Dan explores what impact AI is having on the market and… Read More


What is the 3nm Pessimism Wall and Why is it An Economic Crisis?

What is the 3nm Pessimism Wall and Why is it An Economic Crisis?
by Mike Gianfagna on 02-20-2026 at 8:00 am

What is the 3nm Pessimism Wall and Why is it An Economic Crisis?

Chip design is getting more difficult as technology advances. Everyone knows that. A lot of the discussion around these issues tends to focus on the demands posed by massive AI workloads and the challenges of shifting to heterogeneous multi-die design. While these create real problems, there is an underlying effect that is making… Read More


CEO Interview with Aftkhar Aslam of yieldWerx

CEO Interview with Aftkhar Aslam of yieldWerx
by Daniel Nenni on 02-20-2026 at 6:00 am

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Aftkhar Aslam is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of yieldWerx and a semiconductor industry veteran with more than 30 years of experience spanning manufacturing, test engineering, yield management, IP strategy, and enterprise digital transformation.

Under his leadership, yieldWerx has become a trusted data and… Read More


Intelligent Networks: Power, Reliability, and Maintenance in Telecom — Webinar Preview

Intelligent Networks: Power, Reliability, and Maintenance in Telecom — Webinar Preview
by Daniel Nenni on 02-19-2026 at 2:00 pm

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The upcoming webinar “Intelligent Networks: Power, Reliability, and Maintenance in Telecom” will focus on how telecommunications networks are adapting to growing demands for efficiency, resilience, and scalability. As telecom operators expand 5G deployments, integrate cloud-native architectures, and prepare for AI-driven… Read More


Custom IC Design using Additive Learning

Custom IC Design using Additive Learning
by Daniel Payne on 02-19-2026 at 10:00 am

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Custom IC design has demanding technical requirements to produce accurate simulation results for timing and power analysis in the shortest run times. EDA vendors have been rushing to use AI and ML technology to meet these analysis requirements. I attended a webinar from Siemens on accelerating iterative design cycles with Solido… Read More


LUBIS EDA: Addressing the Verification Bottleneck in Modern Chip Design

LUBIS EDA: Addressing the Verification Bottleneck in Modern Chip Design
by Daniel Nenni on 02-19-2026 at 6:00 am

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LUBIS EDA is a Germany-based EDA company that specializes in formal verification, a mathematically rigorous method for proving that a chip design behaves correctly under all possible conditions. Founded in 2021 by a team of researchers and engineers from the academic world, the company has rapidly become a notable innovator… Read More


SiFive’s AI’s Next Chapter: RISC-V and Custom Silicon

SiFive’s AI’s Next Chapter: RISC-V and Custom Silicon
by Daniel Nenni on 02-18-2026 at 2:00 pm

AI’s Next Chapter RISC V and Custom Silicon

In the rapidly evolving world of artificial intelligence and semiconductor design, open-standard processor architectures are gaining unprecedented traction. At the center of this shift is SiFive, a company founded by the original creators of the RISC-V ISA, which champions an open, extensible, and license-free alternative… Read More


Smarter IC Layout Parasitic Analysis

Smarter IC Layout Parasitic Analysis
by Daniel Payne on 02-18-2026 at 10:00 am

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IC layout parasitics dominate the performance of custom digital, analog and mixed-signal designs, so the challenge becomes how to identify the root causes and to quantify the effects of parasitics during early design stages. The old method of iterating between layout, extraction, SPICE simulation, followed by manual debug… Read More