In a significant example of how high-tech manufacturing can embrace environmental stewardship without compromising operational excellence, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has launched a sustainability initiative within its advanced packaging operations that both reduces waste and generates meaningful… Read More
Pushing the Packed SIMD Extension Over the Line: An Update on the Progress of Key RISC-V ExtensionThe rapid growth of signal processing workloads in…Read More
2026 Outlook with Richard Hegberg of Caspia TechnologiesTell us a little bit about yourself and…Read More
Siemens EDA Illuminates the Complexity of PCB DesignAs heterogeneous multi-die design becomes more prevalent, the…Read More
Accelerating Advanced FPGA-Based SoC Prototyping With S2CHaving spent a significant amount of my career…Read More
Verification Futures with Bronco AI Agents for DV DebugVerification has become the dominant bottleneck in modern…Read MoreCEO Interview with Dr. Heinz Kaiser of Schott
With over 25 years of experience in the specialty materials industry, Dr. Heinz Kaiser is a member of the Management Board of SCHOTT AG, responsible for High-Performance Materials and Flat Glass, while also heading Sales and Market Development, Sales Excellence, and Intellectual Property. With a strong engineering background… Read More
Podcast EP328:A Brief History of Chip Design and AI with Dr. Bernard Murphy
Daniel is joined by Dr. Bernard Murphy, a friend and fellow blogger on SemiWiki.
Dan explores some key milestones in Bernard’s journey in semiconductors and EDA, beginning with a focus on nuclear physics. Bernard explains how he developed an interest in AI technology and applications. In this broad and informative discussion,… Read More
Taming Advanced Node Clock Network Challenges: Duty Cycle
As process nodes advance, circuit behavior becomes progressively more challenging to analyze and predict. Few systems reflect this challenge more clearly than the clock network. These large, complex networks no longer behave as ideal digital signals. Instead, they operate as distributed electrical systems shaped by non-linear… Read More
2026 Outlook with Krishna Anne of Agile Analog
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
I have worked in the global semiconductor industry for over 30 years, with major semiconductor companies such as Rambus, AMD and Broadcom, as well as with start-ups such as SCI Semiconductor and DataTrails. I started my career as a digital circuit designer, then moved into marketing,… Read More
PQShield on Preparing for Q-Day
Following my series on quantum computing (QC), it is timely to look again at what is still the most prominent real-world concern around this technology: its ability to hack classical security methods for encryption and related tasks. Given what I have written on the topic, an understandable counter would be that QC is still in development… Read More
2026 Outlook with Ying J Chen of S2C
I’m Ying J Chen, VP of S2C. S2C is a leading global supplier of FPGA prototyping solutions for advanced SoC and ASIC designs, holding the second largest share of the global prototyping market. Founded in 2003, the company has supported more than 600 customers, including 11 of the top 25 semiconductor companies worldwide, with teams… Read More
Arteris Smart NoC Automation: Accelerating AI-Ready SoC Design in the Era of Chiplets
As semiconductor design pushes into increasingly complex territory, driven by Ai, ML, HPC, and heterogeneous system architectures, designers are challenged to balance performance, power, and time-to-market pressures. In this landscape, network-on-chip (NoC) architectures have emerged as a foundational building block… Read More
Manufacturing Is Strategy: Leadership Lessons from the Semiconductor Front Lines
This article is an editorial synthesis of a fireside chat between Tom Caulfield, Executive Chairman of GlobalFoundries, and John Kibarian, CEO of PDF Solutions that took place on December 3rd 2025, during the PDF Solutions Users Conference. John Kibarian led the conversation to get Tom Caulfield’s perspectives on leadership… Read More
2026 Outlook with Kamal Khan of Perforce
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
Kamal Khan, Vice President North America Automotive/Semiconductor at Perforce. Perforce is trusted by the world’s leading brands to drive quality, security, compliance, collaboration, and speed across the technology lifecycle. Our global footprint spans more than 80 … Read More


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