Daisuke Okanohara is President and CEO of Matlantis Corporation and Co-founder and CEO of Preferred Networks, Inc. (PFN). He received his PhD in Information Science and Engineering from the University of Tokyo in 2010. In 2006, while still in graduate school, he co-founded Preferred Infrastructure, PFN’s predecessor,… Read More
CXO Interview with Solaiman Rahim of ChipAgentsDr. Solaiman Rahim is a multidisciplinary technology executive…Read More
Three-Dimensional Chess Anyone? The Challenges of Power Integrity for Multi-Die DesignsPower integrity has been a substantial design challenge…Read More
CTO Interview with Ed Plowman of Imagination TechnologiesEd Plowman is Chief Technology Officer at Imagination…Read More
Golden Testcases You Can Check With a CalculatorTwo timing tools that agree can still both…Read More
Curvilinear OPC and next-gen photomask optimizationA vector-based approach for semiconductor manufacturing By Sagar…Read MoreAfter Jensen: A Window for Nvidia’s Rivals, a Problem for Its Suppliers
On November 12, Nvidia announced that Jensen Huang had resigned as president, CEO, and director, effective immediately. CFO Colette Kress is interim CEO, longtime director Harvey Jones becomes the board’s first chair, and on November 17 the company reports quarterly results without its founder for the first time.
The… Read More
Podcast EP378: An Overview of the 2026 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study with Harry Foster
Daniel is joined by Harry Foster, Chief Scientist of Verification for Siemens Digital Industries Software. Harry is also the Co-Founder and Executive Editor for the Verification Academy. Harry served as the 2021 Design Automation Conference General Chair and is currently serving as a Past Chair. He holds multiple patents and … Read More
CEO Interview with Sergiy Nesterenko of Quilter on AI PCB Layout
Sergiy Nesterenko is founder and CEO of Quilter, which builds physics-driven AI for printed circuit board (PCB) layout. He triple majored in mathematics, physics, and chemistry at UC Berkeley and worked in the electromagnetic interference and compatibility (EMI/EMC) group at SpaceX during the early Falcon 9 era before founding… Read More
Jensen Huang and the Cost of Unchecked Influence
As a semiconductor professional with 45 years in the industry, born and raised in Silicon Valley, I’ve followed Nvidia and Jensen Huang from the beginning. Jensen has been my No. 1 semiconductor CEO for many years, and he still is today. My wife and I have met Jensen and his wife, Lori, on several social occasions, and we’ve always … Read More
CTO Interview with Juan Rey, senior VP and general manager of Calibre and CTO of Siemens EDA
Juan Rey is Head of Technology and Innovation for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) at Siemens and Vice President and General Manager for Calibre. He joined Mentor Graphics, now Siemens EDA, in 2001 and led engineering, research, development, and quality for Calibre before retiring in late 2021. He returned to the company a … Read More
What 1,000 Arteris Design Starts Reveal About Semiconductor Innovation
Arteris has surpassed 1,000 customer silicon design starts using its interconnect intellectual property, a milestone that highlights an increasingly consequential shift in chip design: moving data efficiently is becoming as important as processing it.
The company’s November 5 announcement accompanies a report, The State… Read More
Bring Your Innovation to Silicon Valley at DAC 2027
The next generation of electronic systems starts with conversations between people solving difficult design challenges. For companies developing EDA tools, semiconductor IP, design services, and supporting technologies, DAC 2027 offers an opportunity to turn those conversations into customer relationships, partnerships,… Read More
CTO Interview Kevin Robinson, VP of Operations, yieldHUB
Kevin Robinson is VP of Operations at yieldHUB, where he leads global operations, program delivery, and customer execution. He oversees structured onboarding, customer delivery, and the scalability of yieldHUB’s operations worldwide.
Kevin brings more than 25 years of semiconductor experience across product and test engineering.… Read More
Semiconductors and SOI: From Bulk Wafers to Engineered Substrates
1. Why the substrate matters
Every transistor sits in, or on, a few hundred nanometres of crystal; the rest of the wafer is mechanical support and, often, a liability. Silicon won because it combines a moderate bandgap (1.12 eV), a native oxide (SiO2) of excellent quality, and the ability to be grown as near-perfect single crystals… Read More


Jensen Huang and the Cost of Unchecked Influence