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CTO Interview with Taylor Barton of Certus SemiconductorTaylor Barton is a Lead Analog/Mixed-Signal and I/O…Read More
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Reimagining 3D IC Design: From Architecture to SignoffBy Keith Felton, Andras Vass-Varnai and Todd Burkholder,…Read More
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NIST Sets a Clearer Course for the Post-Quantum Security TransitionNIST’s report, Transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards, gives…Read MoreGolden Testcases You Can Check With a Calculator
Two timing tools that agree can still both be wrong. A small testcase where you can re-derive every printed digit by hand shows that the engine is correct, and when it isn’t, it shows which term is wrong.
By Dr. Sameer Pawanekar, Founder & CEO, Ramtera Inc.
The problem: agreement is not correctness
New static timing engines, and… Read More
Curvilinear OPC and next-gen photomask optimization
A vector-based approach for semiconductor manufacturing
By Sagar Saxena is a Senior Product Engineer at Siemens EDA
Curvilinear OPC transforms advanced semiconductor manufacturing
Modern semiconductor manufacturing is experiencing a fundamental shift in the way photomasks are created and optimized. As the industry pushes… Read More
Who Owns the Voice in Your Head?
On May 13, 2024, OpenAI demonstrated GPT-4o, a model that could carry on a spoken conversation with the timing and inflection of a person. One of its voices, called Sky, was warm, quick and more than a little flirtatious. After the demo, Sam Altman posted a single word on X: “her.” Nobody in the industry needed the reference… Read More
CEO Interview with Mark Rushworth of Finchetto
Mark Rushworth is CEO of the all-optical network switch company, Finchetto, a photonics startup developing fully optical network switching technology for AI and hyperscale data centers. He specializes in integrated photonics and optical networking, with a focus on reducing the power consumption and latency of modern computing… Read More
CEO Interview With Trey Closson of Amplio
Trey Closson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Amplio, an AI-powered industrial asset recovery company helping manufacturers recover value from surplus equipment and inventory. With over a decade of experience in global logistics, supply chain strategy, and operations, Trey previously led international logistics at Georgia-Pacific… Read More
CEO Interview with Albert Liu of Kneron
Albert Liu founded Kneron in 2015 with a mission to bring on-device Edge AI and machine learning to mass-market devices and usher in the age of AI everywhere. His vision for Kneron is to realize the Edge AI Net, democratizing AI by moving inferencing away from the centralized cloud “brain” and onto devices everywhere.
Liu previously… Read More
CEO Interview with Moshiel Biton of Addionics
Dr. Moshiel Biton is the CEO and Founder of Addionics, a pioneer in battery innovation. Under his leadership, the company has raised over $85 million, built partnerships with global industry leaders, and established the world’s first manufacturing facility for its 3D Current Collectors. With a Ph.D. in materials science, Moshiel… Read More
CEO Interview with Brett Walker of Electroninks
S. Brett Walker, Ph.D. is the Co-Founder and CEO of Electroninks and has extensive Materials Science experience. Dr. Walker built Electroninks, Inc. to over $1M in revenue after 1 year in business. He has also successfully introduced Circuit Scribe, a consumer electronic prototyping product via wildly successful kick starter… Read More
CEO Interview with Tallat M. Shafaat of Vectara
Tallat M. Shafaat is CEO and co-founder of Vectara, an enterprise AI company that helps organizations build AI applications capable of retrieving information and generating reliable, grounded responses. Prior to founding Vectara, he worked at Google, contributing to its Search and Ads infrastructure, including the Knowledge… Read More


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