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DAC 2026: Join Accellera for a dynamic luncheon exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the standards landscape for design and verification.

DAC 2026: Join Accellera for a dynamic luncheon exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping the standards landscape for design and verification.
by Daniel Nenni on 07-13-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Accellera Systems Initiative invites the design and verification community to join us at the 2026 Design Automation Conference for a focused technical luncheon, Embracing AI for Advanced Design and Verification,” on Tuesday, July 28, from 12:30–1:45 p.m. at the Long Beach Convention Center, Meeting Room 104C.

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Podcast EP355: An Overview of the Q126 Electronic Design Market Data Report with Wally Rhines

Podcast EP355: An Overview of the Q126 Electronic Design Market Data Report with Wally Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 07-13-2026 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Wally Rhines, CEO of Silvaco to discuss the Electronic Design Market Data report that was just released. Wally is the industry coordinator for the EDA data collection program called EDMD. SEMI and the Electronic System Design Alliance collect data from almost all of the electronic design automation companies… Read More


Enabling AI to Understand Complex Runtime Behavior for Accurate, Automated Root Cause Analysis — DAC 2026

Enabling AI to Understand Complex Runtime Behavior for Accurate, Automated Root Cause Analysis — DAC 2026
by Daniel Nenni on 07-13-2026 at 6:00 am

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Undo gives AI coding agents the runtime context they need to solve hard problems in complex software and system verification workflows Undo’s technology records complete program execution, allowing engineers and AI coding agents to understand exactly what happened during execution rather than inferring behavior from source… Read More


AI Driven Semiconductor Systems

AI Driven Semiconductor Systems
by Daniel Nenni on 07-12-2026 at 8:00 pm

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AI-driven semiconductor systems are the next major transformation in chip design and manufacturing. The central idea is that semiconductor workflows are becoming too complex, too data-intensive, and too time-sensitive to be managed only through traditional human-driven engineering processes. Modern chips now involve… Read More


CEO Interview with Dr. Albert Liu of Kneron

CEO Interview with Dr. Albert Liu of Kneron
by Daniel Nenni on 07-12-2026 at 6:00 pm

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Dr. Albert Liu is the Founder and CEO of Kneron, a full-stack edge AI company pioneering next-generation Neural Processing Unit (NPU) architectures and localized AI infrastructure.

Widely recognized as a pioneer in NPU architecture, Dr. Liu has spent decades advancing AI hardware, semiconductor systems, and computer vision… Read More


Executive Interview with Ebrahim Hussain and Aaditya Subediand of Architect Labs

Executive Interview with Ebrahim Hussain and Aaditya Subediand of Architect Labs
by Daniel Nenni on 07-12-2026 at 4:00 pm

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Ebrahim Hussain is Co-Founder of Architect Labs, where he is building AI-powered systems to accelerate semiconductor design and engineering. He brings deep expertise in AI and hardware development, with a focus on transforming how advanced chips are designed and brought to market.

Aaditya (Aadi) Subedi is Co-Founder of … Read More


Podcast EP354: How Siemens EDA is Conquering New Lithography Challenges with Sagar Saxena

Podcast EP354: How Siemens EDA is Conquering New Lithography Challenges with Sagar Saxena
by Daniel Nenni on 07-10-2026 at 2:00 pm

Daniel is joined by Sagar Saxena, Senior Product Engineer at Siemens EDA specializing in computational lithography, optical proximity correction (OPC), and advanced patterning solutions for leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing. Sagar has led the development and deployment of advanced OPC technologies, including… Read More


CEO Interview with Mark Ren of Agentrys

CEO Interview with Mark Ren of Agentrys
by Daniel Nenni on 07-10-2026 at 10:00 am

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Mark Ren has 26 years of EDA and AI R&D experience spanning IBM Research and NVIDIA Research, driving design automation innovations that power modern chip design. He received the IBM Corporate Award for contributions to the design closure for high-performance microprocessors. At NVIDIA, he helped establish the company

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TSMC A16 Backside Power at VLSI 2026

TSMC A16 Backside Power at VLSI 2026
by Daniel Nenni on 07-10-2026 at 6:00 am

TSMC A16 Backside Power at VLSI 2026

TSMC’s A16 technology, presented as Paper T1.5 at the June 2026 IEEE/JSAP VLSI Symposium, marks the company’s first angstrom-class CMOS platform combining enhanced nanosheet gate-all-around transistors with backside power delivery. The key integration feature is Super Power Rail, or SPR, which TSMC describes as a backside… Read More


Consolidation and Competition: Who is Winning the $4.5 Billion Interface IP Race?

Consolidation and Competition: Who is Winning the $4.5 Billion Interface IP Race?
by Kalar Rajendiran on 07-09-2026 at 2:00 pm

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The semiconductor landscape is currently undergoing a structural transformation as the “Data-Centric Shift” moves the industry’s center of gravity from smartphones toward High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI infrastructure.

This transition is clearly validated by TSMC’s 2025 filings, which show… Read More