The world semiconductor market was $208 billion in third-quarter 2025, according to WSTS. This marks the first time the market has been above $200 billion. 3Q 2025 was up 15.8% from 2Q 2025, the highest quarter-to-quarter growth since 19.9% in 2Q 2009. 3Q 2025 was up 25.1% from 3Q 2024, the highest growth versus a year earlier since… Read More
WEBINAR: Revolutionizing Electrical Verification in IC DesignIn the complex world of IC design, electrical…Read More
Hierarchically defining bump and pin regions overcomes 3D IC complexityBy Todd Burkholder and Per Viklund, Siemens EDA…Read More
CDC Verification for Safety-Critical Designs – What You Need to KnowVerification is always a top priority for any…Read More
Ceva Unleashes Wi-Fi 7 Pulse: Awakening Instant AI Brains in IoT and Physical RobotsIn the rapidly evolving landscape of connected devices,…Read More
Adding Expertise to GenAI: An Insightful Study on Fine-TuningI wrote earlier about how deep expertise, say…Read MoreWEBINAR: Is Agentic AI the Future of EDA?
The semiconductor industry is entering a transformative era, and few trends are generating more discussion or confusion than Agentic AI. From autonomous design exploration to next-generation verification strategies, Agentic AI promises dramatic changes in how chips are conceived, validated, and delivered. But as with … Read More
Live Webinar: Considerations When Architecting Your Next SoC: NoC with Arteris and Aion Silicon
The explosive growth of AI and accelerated computing is placing unprecedented demands on system-on-chip (SoC) design. Modern AI workloads require extremely high bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and energy-efficient data movement across increasingly heterogeneous architectures. As SoCs scale to incorporate clusters of… Read More
FPGA Prototyping in Practice: Addressing Peripheral Connectivity Challenges
Modern chip design verification often encounters challenges when connecting peripherals, primarily due to drastic differences in operating speed or hardware limitations. Designs running on hardware emulators or FPGA prototyping platforms typically operate at clock frequencies of tens of megahertz, and in some cases even… Read More
An Insight into Building Quantum Computers
Given my physics background I’m ashamed to admit I know very little about quantum computers (QC) though I’m now working to correct that defect. Like many of you I wanted to start with the basics: what are the components and systems in the physical implementation of a quantum “CPU” and how do they map to classical CPUs? I’m finding the… Read More
I Have Seen the Future with ChipAgents Autonomous Root Cause Analysis
I have seen a lot of EDA tool demos in my time. More than I want to admit. The perceived quality of the demo usually came down to a combination of the speed of the tool, quality of results and the ease of navigating through the graphical user interface. For the last item, how easy the interface was on the eyes, how clear were the relationships… Read More
Arm FCSA and the Journey to Standardizing Open Chiplet-Based Design
I have written before about an inter-chiplet communication challenge to realizing the dream of multi-die designs built around open-market chiplets. Still a worthy dream but it’s going to take a journey to get there. Arm recently donated their Foundation Chiplet System Architecture (FCSA) to the Open Compute Project (OCP) as… Read More
Boosting SoC Design Productivity with IP-XACT
IP-XACT, defined by IEEE 1685, is a standard that pulls together IP packaging, integration, and reuse. For anyone building modern SoCs (Systems on Chip), IP-XACT isn’t just another XML schema: it is a productivity multiplier and a risk-reduction tool that brings order to your electronic system design.
What is IP-XACT?
IP-XACT… Read More
Revolution EDA: A New EDA Mindset for a New Era
Murat Eskiyerli, PhD, is the founder of Revolution EDA
Modern software development environments have evolved dramatically. A developer can download Visual Studio Code, install a few plugins, and be productive within minutes. The cost? Perhaps a few hundred dollars per month for cloud development resources. Compare that to… Read More
CEO Interview with Roy Barnes of TPC
Roy Barnes is the group president of The Partner Companies (TPC), a specialty manufacturer, overseeing TPC’s photochemical etching companies: Elcon, E-Fab, Fotofab, Microphoto and PEI.
Roy is an experienced leader known for building strong teams, driving change and inspiring people to succeed. Throughout his career, he … Read More


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