Generative AI is dramatically changing the compute power that must be delivered by advanced designs. This demand has risen by more than 10,000 times in the past five to six years. This increased demand has impacted the entire SoC design flow. We are now faced with going beyond 1 trillion transistors per chip, and systems now consist… Read More





A Perfect Storm for EUV Lithography
Electron blur, stochastics, and now polarization, are all becoming stronger influences in EUV lithography as pitch continues to shrink
As EUV lithography continues to evolve, targeting smaller and smaller pitches, new physical limitations continue to emerge as formidable obstacles. While stochastic effects have long been… Read More
Podcast EP280: A Broad View of the Impact and Implications of Industrial Policy with Economist Ian Fletcher
Dan is joined by economist Ian Fletcher. Ian is on the Coalition for a Prosperous America Advisory Board. He is the author of Free Trade Doesn’t Work , coauthor of The Conservative Case against Free Trade, and his new book Industrial Policy for the United States Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries. He … Read More
Big Picture PSS and Perspec Deployment
I met Moshik Rubin (Sr. Group Director, Product Marketing and BizDev in the System Verification Group at Cadence) at DVCon to talk about PSS (the Portable Stimulus Standard) and Perspec, Cadence’s platform to support PSS. This was the big picture view I was hoping for, following more down in the details views from earlier talks.… Read More
Elon Musk Given CHIPS Act & AI Oversight – Mulls Relocation of Taiwanese Fabs
– Trump gives CHIPS Act & AI oversight to DOGE/Musk-“Tech Support”
– CHIPS Act to switch from incentive based to tariff/punitive based
– Musk to be responsible for US AI policy & security- Will rule ChatGPT
– Talks underway to relocate Taiwan fabs & staff to avoid China threat… Read More
Evolution of Memory Test and Repair: From Silicon Design to AI-Driven Architectures
Memory testing in the early days of computing was a relatively straightforward process. Designers relied on simple, deterministic approaches to verify the functionality of memory modules. However, as memory density increased and systems became more complex, the likelihood of faults also rose. With advancements in memory… Read More
CEO Interview with Matthew Stephens of Impact Nano
Matthew Stephens, co-founder and CEO of Impact Nano, brings over 20 years of experience commercializing advanced materials. Prior to co-founding Impact Nano, Matt was VP Sales and Products at Air Liquide Advanced Materials and held C-level leadership roles at Voltaix and Metem. Matt has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University… Read More
An Important Advance in Analog Verification
Innovation in analog design moves slowly, not from lack of desire for better methods from designers or lack of effort and ideas from design tech innovators, but simply because the space is so challenging. Continuous time and signals, and variances in ambient/process characteristics represent a multi-dimensional space across… Read More
Semiconductor CapEx Down in 2024 up in 2025
Semiconductor Intelligence (SC-IQ) estimates semiconductor capital expenditures (CapEx) in 2024 were $155 billion, down 5% from $164 billion in 2023. Our forecast for 2025 is $160 billion, up 3%. The increase in 2025 is primarily driven by two companies. TSMC, the largest foundry company, plans between $38 billion and $42 billion… Read More
Podcast EP279: Guy Gozlan on how proteanTecs is Revolutionizing Real-Time ML Testing
Dan is joined by Guy Gozlan, proteanTecs director of machine learning and algorithms, overseeing research, implementation, and infrastructure of machine learning solutions. Prior to proteanTecs he was project lead at Apple, focusing on ATE optimizations using embedded software and machine learning and embedded software… Read More
Elon Musk Given CHIPS Act & AI Oversight – Mulls Relocation of Taiwanese Fabs