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BRONCO AI: WIN THE RACE TO TAPE-OUT | BOOTH 935

BRONCO AI: WIN THE RACE TO TAPE-OUT | BOOTH 935
by Daniel Nenni on 07-23-2026 at 8:00 am

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Bronco AI builds AI agents for chip design and verification. Our goal is to get teams from spec to RTL-freeze as fast as possible by surfacing the nastiest bugs sooner and fixing them faster.

Our agents work the way strong engineers do: they read the spec, form hypotheses, run experiments, and chase a problem until it is root-caused,… Read More


The Other Side of Bug Localization

The Other Side of Bug Localization
by Bernard Murphy on 07-23-2026 at 6:00 am

The other side of bug localization

Automated debugging – starting from an unexpected behavior to find a bug root-cause or a small set of possible root-causes – is a hot topic now that agentic systems are playing a bigger role in automation. Unsurprising since debug remains the most time and resource-consuming aspect of verification, in turn the most time/resource-consuming… Read More


Agentrys Weighs in on LLM Benchmarking for Chip Design at DAC 2026

Agentrys Weighs in on LLM Benchmarking for Chip Design at DAC 2026
by Mike Gianfagna on 07-22-2026 at 2:00 pm

Agentrys Weighs in on LLM Benchmarking for Chip Design at DAC 2026

Si2 is conducting quite a few sessions at DAC this year covering everything from power model standards to agentic AI. There is one session that is a bit different, focusing on LLM benchmarking. Since AI is popping up everywhere, the ability to accurately assess and measure the quality of new models becomes more important. That’s… Read More


CEO Interview with Dan Fritchman of Generation Alpha Transistor

CEO Interview with Dan Fritchman of Generation Alpha Transistor
by Daniel Nenni on 07-22-2026 at 10:00 am

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Dan Fritchman is an electrical engineer and semiconductor-software entrepreneur. He is the founder and CEO of Generation Alpha Transistor, a San Francisco startup developing AI-based tools for integrated-circuit design.

He earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from UC Berkeley in 2023. His dissertation,… Read More


RISC-V Advantage in Accelerator Control Highlights System Verification Challenges

RISC-V Advantage in Accelerator Control Highlights System Verification Challenges
by Bernard Murphy on 07-22-2026 at 6:00 am

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When considering best-fit applications for RISC-V, the appeal of extending the instruction set and competitive pricing for storage and edge applications has been pretty clear. But I have always struggled to understand the appeal in head-on competition with Arm in premium applications such as servers and infrastructure systems.… Read More


Silicon Creations at DAC 2026: Solutions for clocking, SerDes, and sensing in 2nm (and beyond)

Silicon Creations at DAC 2026: Solutions for clocking, SerDes, and sensing in 2nm (and beyond)
by Daniel Nenni on 07-21-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Silicon Creations provides world-class IP for precision and general-purpose timing (PLLs and oscillators), high-performance multi-protocol, latency optimized and protocol-specific SerDes, high-speed I/Os, and accurate VT sensors. Applications include high-performance computing for AI, smart phones, wearables,… Read More


The Architecture of Success: Why a Unified Semiconductor IP Strategy Is the Foundation of Modern SoC Design

The Architecture of Success: Why a Unified Semiconductor IP Strategy Is the Foundation of Modern SoC Design
by Kalar Rajendiran on 07-21-2026 at 10:00 am

Application Contexts That Span Markets

As architects push toward advanced nodes and increasingly demanding workloads, modern silicon design has entered an era of unprecedented complexity. A single design respin can cost millions of dollars and delay market entry. Against this backdrop, designs must be balanced for performance, bandwidth, power efficiency, security… Read More


Whalechip Uses ChipAgents to Compress Root Cause Analysis into Minutes

Whalechip Uses ChipAgents to Compress Root Cause Analysis into Minutes
by Daniel Nenni on 07-21-2026 at 6:00 am

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AI-powered platform identified four critical SoC bugs and helped prevent up to two weeks of potential development delays

Semiconductor verification is increasingly constrained not by simulation capacity, but by the engineering effort required to understand why a simulation failed. Modern ASIC and system-on-chip designs… Read More


See Defacto Technologies at DAC 2026

See Defacto Technologies at DAC 2026
by Daniel Nenni on 07-20-2026 at 2:00 pm

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I have had the pleasure of working with Defacto Technologies for the past 10 years on SemiWiki and I am always impressed with their professionalism and ability to quickly address the challenges of complex SoC design.

From my perspective, Defacto’s technology is designed to improve productivity and design quality by enabling … Read More


Keysight Design Engineering Software at DAC 2026: Going Deep on Chiplets, RF and AI-Driven Design

Keysight Design Engineering Software at DAC 2026: Going Deep on Chiplets, RF and AI-Driven Design
by Daniel Nenni on 07-20-2026 at 10:00 am

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Keysight Technologies returns to 2026 DAC, The Chips to Systems Conference this year as a Silver Sponsor and an “I LOVE DAC” sponsor, bringing its Design Engineering Software portfolio to Booth #927 at DAC 2026, which runs July 26-29 in Long Beach, Calif. The Keysight team will be on-site Monday through Wednesday … Read More