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Bronco AI Webinar: Full-Chip SoC Debug in 15 Minutes

Bronco AI Webinar: Full-Chip SoC Debug in 15 Minutes
by Daniel Nenni on 05-01-2026 at 10:00 am

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A single bug on a full-chip SoC can pull engineers off roadmap work for days or even weeks. It involves massive waveforms, thousands of files of RTL and UVM, and dense specs that aren’t always perfect. Finding these bugs have always been a matter of engineer-hours and how well knowledge diffuses through the organization.

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Dr. L.C. Lu on TSMC Advanced Technology Design Solutions

Dr. L.C. Lu on TSMC Advanced Technology Design Solutions
by Daniel Nenni on 05-01-2026 at 6:00 am

L.C. Lu TSMC Senior Fellow and Vice President, Research and Development Design & Technology Platform (1)

L.C. leads efforts in design enablement, ensuring that the company can meet the diverse and evolving requirements of its global customer base. Prior to this, he headed the Design and Technology Platform organization starting in 2018.

Since joining TSMC in 2000, Dr. Lu has held multiple leadership positions in design services.… Read More


Solving the EDA tool fragmentation crisis

Solving the EDA tool fragmentation crisis
by Admin on 04-30-2026 at 10:00 am

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By Samar Abd El-Hady and Wael ElManhawy

Design teams today face an uncomfortable truth: the specialized tools they need to verify modern ICs can’t reliably share the same design data. As geometries shrink below five nanometers and designs incorporate billions of transistors across multiple dies, no single Electronic… Read More


Dr. Y.J. Mii on TSMC Technology Leadership in 2026

Dr. Y.J. Mii on TSMC Technology Leadership in 2026
by Daniel Nenni on 04-30-2026 at 8:00 am

Y.J. Mii Executive Vice President and Co Chief Operating Officer, TSMC (1)

Dr. Y.J. Mii joined TSMC in 1994 as a manager at Fab 3 before moving into the company’s research and development organization in 2001. He was appointed Vice President of R&D in 2011 and later advanced to Senior Vice President in November 2016.

Over more than 20 years at TSMC, Dr. Mii has played a central role in advancing and manufacturing… Read More


Advanced Microelectronics Paving the Way for 6G with Alphacore

Advanced Microelectronics Paving the Way for 6G with Alphacore
by Daniel Nenni on 04-30-2026 at 6:00 am

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The world stands at the threshold of a new era in wireless communication as research communities, standards bodies, and technology companies begin shaping what will become sixth generation mobile networks. While fifth generation systems are still expanding across global markets, attention has already shifted toward defining… Read More


Enabling Next-Generation AI Through Advanced Packaging and 3D Fabric Integration

Enabling Next-Generation AI Through Advanced Packaging and 3D Fabric Integration
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-29-2026 at 10:00 am

CoWoS Enables AI Compute Scaling

The rapid rise of artificial intelligence is fundamentally reshaping computing architectures. As AI models scale toward trillions of parameters, traditional approaches to performance improvement are no longer sufficient. Instead, the industry is entering a new era where system-level innovation, advanced packaging, … Read More


WAVE-N Specialized Video Processing NPU for Edge AI Systems

WAVE-N Specialized Video Processing NPU for Edge AI Systems
by Daniel Nenni on 04-29-2026 at 6:00 am

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The rapid growth of AI applications in edge devices has created a strong demand for specialized hardware capable of performing high-performance neural network inference under strict power and latency constraints. Traditional CPUs and GPUs often struggle to meet the efficiency requirements of embedded and mobile systems.… Read More


Complex PCB signoff challenges

Complex PCB signoff challenges
by Daniel Payne on 04-28-2026 at 10:00 am

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Many complex PCB designs have high data-rate signals like USB, PCIe, DDR and HDMI which call for more thorough verification methods to ensure compliance plus mitigate any signal integrity, power integrity and EMI/EMC issues. Siemens has a methodology that uses automated rule-based electrical verification with an EDA tool,… Read More


Dr. Cliff Hou and the TSMC N2 Process Technology

Dr. Cliff Hou and the TSMC N2 Process Technology
by Daniel Nenni on 04-28-2026 at 8:00 am

Cliff Hou, Senior Vice President and Deputy Co COO, TSMC

Before assuming his current position, Dr. Hou held several key leadership roles. He served as Vice President of Design and Technology Platform from 2011 to 2018, and later as Vice President of Technology Development starting in August 2018. Earlier in his career, from 1997 to 2007, he established TSMC’s technology design kit

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UX in Agentic Systems. Innovation in Verification

UX in Agentic Systems. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 04-28-2026 at 6:00 am

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A switch this month to principles behind building effective agentic systems, going beyond simply a new way to stitch together tools, agents and orchestration, to deeper consideration of user experience and how we most effectively blend agentic with human-in-the-loop. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano… Read More