Hardware verification has always been one of the most demanding phases of system design, but today it faces an unprecedented crisis. As hardware systems grow exponentially in complexity verification resources, time, compute, and human expertise, scale far more slowly. This widening gap has resulted in endless regression … Read More
TSMC's 6th ESG AWARD Receives over 5,800 Proposals, Igniting Sustainability PassionTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has once again demonstrated…Read More
Tiling Support in SiFive's AI/ML Software Stack for RISC-V Vector-Matrix ExtensionAt the 2025 RISC-V Summit North America, Min…Read More
TSMC based 3D Chips: Socionext Achieves Two Successful Tape-Outs in Just Seven Months!Socionext’s recent run of rapid 3D-IC tape-outs is…Read More
RISC-V Extensions for AI: Enhancing Performance in Machine LearningIn a presentation at the RISC-V Summit North…Read More
Runtime Elaboration of UVM Verification CodeRecently, I reported on my conversation with Cristian…Read More2026 Outlook with Howard Pakosh of Tekstart
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
I founded TekStart Group in Ontario, Canada, in 1998 with a very clear objective: to help innovators turn breakthrough technology concepts into real, market-ready products. Over the past 25-plus years, we have worked across the full lifecycle of technology development, from… Read More
Automotive Digital Twins Out of The Box and Real Time with PAVE360
Digital twins are amazing technology, virtual representations mirroring a real physical system. Twin virtual models span software, electrical/electronic and mechanical subsystems, closing the loop with feedback from real physical counterparts. The virtual model calibrates against real sensing feedback gathered in … Read More
CEO Interview with Rabin Sugumar of Akeana
Rabin Sugumar was Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect at Marvell/Cavium and built and led the architecture group for the ThunderX Arm server processor line. Most recently he led the architecture of the ThunderX3 processor, which had industry leading single thread performance and socket level performance at time of … Read More
Acceleration of Complex RISC-V Processor Verification Using Test Generation Integrated with Hardware Emulation
The rapid evolution of RISC-V processors has introduced unprecedented verification challenges. Modern high-end RISC-V cores now incorporate complex features such as vector and hypervisor extensions, virtual memory systems, multi-level caches, advanced interrupt architectures, and multi-hart out-of-order execution.… Read More
Quantum Computers: Are We There Yet?
R&D for any fundamentally new technology takes time, especially for hardware; over 10 years passed from the first transistor to the first (very small) integrated circuit. The engineering behind quantum computers is arguably even more challenging than for electronic circuits, at least from today’s perspective. We shouldn’t… Read More
Chips&Media and Visionary.ai Unveil the World’s First AI-Based Full Image Signal Processor, Redefining the Future of Image Quality
In a groundbreaking announcement that is poised to transform digital imaging, Chips&Media, a leading provider of video codec and image processing hardware IP, has partnered with Visionary.ai, an innovative startup specializing in AI-driven vision technology, to unveil the world’s first fully AI-based Image Signal … Read More
2026 Outlook with William Wang of ChipAgents.ai
William Wang is a world-leading expert in artificial intelligence, specializing in generative AI and large language models. As the Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Alpha Design AI, he brings a wealth of experience from academia and industry, having previously shipped Amazon Q at Amazon AWS Bedrock
A Mellichamp Chair Professor … Read More
2026 Outlook With Mahesh Tirupattur of Analog Bits
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
As CEO of Analog Bits, I am quite excited to be at the helm of a company that plays a critical role in managing power both efficiently and in an intelligent manner. The sustainability challenges resulting from the explosive growth in AI demand this. I joined the company over 22… Read More
Silicon Catalyst: Searching for the Next Great Start-up
Silicon Catalyst has emerged as a distinctive force in the global start-up ecosystem, positioning itself not merely as an accelerator, but as a launchpad for deep-technology innovation. Focused primarily on semiconductor and hardware-based start-ups, Silicon Catalyst addresses a long-standing gap in the venture landscape:… Read More


Quantum Advantage is About the Algorithm, not the Computer