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Podcast EP308: How Clockwork Optimizes AI Clusters with Dan Zheng

Podcast EP308: How Clockwork Optimizes AI Clusters with Dan Zheng
by Daniel Nenni on 09-26-2025 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Dan Zheng, VP of Partnerships and Operations at Clockwork. Dan was the General Manager for Product and Partnerships at Urban Engines which was acquired by Google in 2016. He has also held roles at Stanford University and Google.

Dan explores the challenges of operating massive AI hardware infrastructure at … Read More


TSMC’s Push for Energy-Efficient AI: Innovations in Logic and Packaging

TSMC’s Push for Energy-Efficient AI: Innovations in Logic and Packaging
by Daniel Nenni on 09-26-2025 at 8:00 am

TSMC OIP 2025

In his keynote at the TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum Dr. LC Lu, TSMC Senior Fellow and Vice President, Research & Development / Design & Technology Platform, highlighted the exponential rise in power demand driven by AI proliferation. AI is embedding itself everywhere, from hyperscale data centers to edge devices, fueling… Read More


CEO Interview with Howard Prakash of TekStart

CEO Interview with Howard Prakash of TekStart
by Daniel Nenni on 09-26-2025 at 6:00 am

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Howard Pakosh is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Mr. Pakosh is also Founder & CEO of The TekStart Group, a Toronto-based boutique incubator focusing on Fractional-C business development support, as well as developing, promoting and licensing technology into markets such as blockchain, Internet-of-Things… Read More


SkyWater Technology Update 2025

SkyWater Technology Update 2025
by Daniel Nenni on 09-25-2025 at 10:00 am

Skywater Technologies HQ

SkyWater Technology, a U.S. based pure-play semiconductor foundry, has made significant strides in 2025 reinforcing its position as a leader in domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, SkyWater specializes in advanced innovation engineering and high volume manufacturing of differentiated… Read More


Scaling Debug Wisdom with Bronco AI

Scaling Debug Wisdom with Bronco AI
by Bernard Murphy on 09-25-2025 at 6:00 am

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In the business press today I still find a preference for reporting proof-of-concept accomplishments for AI applications: passing a bar exam with a top grade, finding cancerous tissue in X-rays more accurately than junior radiologists, and so on. Back in the day we knew that a proof-of-concept, however appealing, had to be followed… Read More


Semiconductor Equipment Spending Healthy

Semiconductor Equipment Spending Healthy
by Bill Jewell on 09-24-2025 at 4:00 pm

Semiconductor Equipment Spend 2H 2025

Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $33.07 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2025, according to SEMI and SEAJ. 2Q 2025 spending was up 23% from 2Q 2024. China had the largest spending at $11.36 billion, 34% of the total. However, China spending in 2Q 2025 was down 7% from 2Q 2024. Taiwan had the second largest… Read More


Yuning Liang’s Painstaking Push to Make the RISC-V PC a Reality

Yuning Liang’s Painstaking Push to Make the RISC-V PC a Reality
by Jonah McLeod on 09-24-2025 at 10:00 am

Embedded World Germany

At Embedded World 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany, on March 11, 2025, Yuning Liang, DeepComputing Founder and CEO walked onto the stage with a mischievous smile and a challenge. “What’s the hardest product to make?” he asked rhetorically. “A laptop. It’s bloody hard… but we did it. You can swap the motherboard, you can upgrade, you can’t… Read More


Arm Lumex Pushes Further into Standalone GenAI on Mobile

Arm Lumex Pushes Further into Standalone GenAI on Mobile
by Bernard Murphy on 09-24-2025 at 6:00 am

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When I first heard about GenAI on mobile platforms – from Arm, Qualcomm and others – I confess I was skeptical. Surely there wouldn’t be enough capacity or performance to deliver more than a proof of concept? But Arm, and I’m sure others, have been working hard to demonstrate this is more than a party trick. It doesn’t hurt that foundation… Read More


Soitec’s “Engineering the Future” Event at Semicon West 2025

Soitec’s “Engineering the Future” Event at Semicon West 2025
by Daniel Nenni on 09-23-2025 at 10:00 am

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As part of the broader Semicon West ecosystem in Phoenix, Arizona, Soitec, a global leader in engineered substrates for semiconductors, hosts an exclusive, invitation-style event titled Engineering the Future: Soitec Substrates Powering Technology Megatrends on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM MST.

Held… Read More


The Impact of AI on Semiconductor Startups

The Impact of AI on Semiconductor Startups
by Kalar Rajendiran on 09-23-2025 at 6:00 am

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At the AI Infra Summit 2025 was a panel conversation that captured the semiconductor industry’s anxieties and hopes. The session, titled “The Impact of AI on Semiconductor Startups,” examined how artificial intelligence is transforming not just what chips can do, but how we design them.

The backdrop is stark. Developing a leading-edge… Read More