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Podcast EP376: Samtec’s Recent Pariticpaion in High-Profile Shows with Matt Burns

Podcast EP376: Samtec’s Recent Pariticpaion in High-Profile Shows with Matt Burns
by Daniel Nenni on 10-30-2026 at 12:00 pm

Daniel is joined by Matthew Burns. Matt develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon-to-Silicon solutions. Over the course of 25 years, he has been a leader in design, applications engineering, industry standards, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries.… Read More


CEO Interview with Dr. Sean Wei of Easy-Logic

CEO Interview with Dr. Sean Wei of Easy-Logic
by Daniel Nenni on 10-30-2026 at 10:00 am

Easy Logic Technology functional ECO profile

Dr. Wei has served as CEO of Easy-Logic since 2020, focusing on building a strong operational foundation for the company. Previously, as CTO, he led the development of the core algorithms and tool architecture for the flagship product EasylogicECO, seamlessly aligning EasylogicECO technology with user needs.

Dr. Wei holds … Read More


TSMC’s Patent and the Harsh Realities of 3D DRAM Competition

TSMC’s Patent and the Harsh Realities of 3D DRAM Competition
by Daniel Nenni on 10-30-2026 at 8:00 am

Layered Memory, Fierce DRAM Competition

Discussions around TSMC’s vertical DRAM patents raise an intriguing question: could the world’s leading foundry eventually challenge established memory manufacturers? The curiosity is understandable. Patent disclosures involving vertical transistors and integrated capacitors show that TSMC is exploring architectures… Read More


How AI is Reshaping Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing

How AI is Reshaping Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing
by Daniel Nenni on 10-30-2026 at 6:00 am

How AI is Reshaping Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing

While AI is transforming nearly every industry, some of its most significant advances are happening inside the semiconductor factories building the chips that power it. If you design AI systems, those manufacturing advances directly influence your performance, efficiency, and path to market.

The message from the recent Global… Read More


SEMICON West 2026: AI Made the Steps Faster. The Time Between Them Is Next.

SEMICON West 2026: AI Made the Steps Faster. The Time Between Them Is Next.
by Joel Jorgensen on 10-29-2026 at 10:00 am

SemiWiki SEMICON West Inline Time Between

The semiconductor industry crossed $1 trillion in annual revenue this year, almost four years ahead of earlier projections. SEMI President and CEO Ajit Manocha opened the CEO Summit at SEMICON West with a chart that told the story. A year ago, the forecast for 2030 was $1 trillion. Now it is $2 trillion, with $3 trillion possible … Read More


PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 Trip Report

PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 Trip Report
by Lauro Rizzatti on 10-29-2026 at 8:00 am

PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 trip report

On October 15–16, at the tail end of SEMICON West 2026, PDF Solutions held its 2026 CONNECT Conference at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco.

PDF Solutions Vitals

Santa Clara–based PDF Solutions is a semiconductor data, analytics, and connectivity company, founded in 1991. Today, its business rests on three pillars, all … Read More


ML-Based Power Models for CPUs. Innovation in Verification

ML-Based Power Models for CPUs. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 10-29-2026 at 6:00 am

Innovation New

An effective learned power model for a CPU could be a significant advantage in early estimation of power performance against realistic workloads in complex architectures. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer at Stanford, EE292A)… Read More


From Metrology to Autonomy: Why Intel Foundry’s Manufacturing Roadmap Matters

From Metrology to Autonomy: Why Intel Foundry’s Manufacturing Roadmap Matters
by Daniel Nenni on 10-28-2026 at 10:00 am

Metrology, analytics, and autonomous manufacturing

Semiconductor manufacturing has always depended on precise measurement. As devices become more complex and packaging integrates more components, however, measuring individual process steps is no longer enough. Manufacturers need to understand how decisions across fabrication, assembly, and test affect the finished … Read More


The Wafer Is the New Battleground: Soitec CPO René Jonker on Building AI from the Substrate Up

The Wafer Is the New Battleground: Soitec CPO René Jonker on Building AI from the Substrate Up
by Lauro Rizzatti on 10-28-2026 at 8:00 am

Electric blue Soitec wafer cover

Most of the AI conversation stops at the chip. At SEMICON West 2026 I sat down with René Jonker, Chief Product Officer of Soitec, to talk about what sits underneath it.

Ask an engineer where AI performance comes from and you will hear about process nodes, dataflow, HBM stacks and interconnect fabrics. Rarely about the wafer. Yet a … Read More


When Nanomagnets Do the Math: France’s New Machine for Impossible Choices

When Nanomagnets Do the Math: France’s New Machine for Impossible Choices
by Admin on 10-28-2026 at 6:00 am

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French researchers have demonstrated a hybrid nanoelectronic “Ising machine” designed to solve difficult combinatorial optimization problems more efficiently. The experimental system combines two emerging device technologies—resistive memory and spintronics—to perform parts of an optimization algorithm through… Read More