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Intel Foundry Expands the 18A Platform with 18A-P and Demonstrates Long-Term Technology Leadership at VLSI 2026

Intel Foundry Expands the 18A Platform with 18A-P and Demonstrates Long-Term Technology Leadership at VLSI 2026
by Daniel Nenni on 06-16-2026 at 2:00 pm

Intel Foundry Trust 2026

At the 2026 VLSI Symposium, Intel Foundry provided a detailed update on its process technology roadmap, highlighting the continued maturation of Intel 18A, the introduction of Intel 18A-P, and several advanced research initiatives that extend beyond current gate-all-around (GAA) transistor architectures. The presentation… Read More


GPU-native mask rule checking eliminates the curvilinear mask rule check bottleneck

GPU-native mask rule checking eliminates the curvilinear mask rule check bottleneck
by Admin on 06-16-2026 at 10:00 am

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As semiconductor manufacturing pushes toward advanced nodes with tighter feature sizes, the optical proximity correction (OPC) workflow is adopting curvilinear masks to achieve the larger process windows that traditional Manhattan geometries cannot deliver.

Traditional Manhattan masks constrain shapes to vertical … Read More


A tower-like heterogeneous packaging architecture for the AI era

A tower-like heterogeneous packaging architecture for the AI era
by Moh Kolb on 06-16-2026 at 6:00 am

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For years, advanced packaging has been described mostly in planar terms: chiplets placed side by side, connected through interposers, bridges, redistribution layers, substrates, and short-reach electrical links. This view remains important. It supports today’s GPU, HBM, chiplet, and 2.5D integration architectures.… Read More


Akeana Collaborates with Samsung Electronics, Fast-Tracking RISC-V Customers and Ecosystem for Server and Agentic AI Silicon

Akeana Collaborates with Samsung Electronics, Fast-Tracking RISC-V Customers and Ecosystem for Server and Agentic AI Silicon
by Daniel Nenni on 06-15-2026 at 10:00 am

Akeana Collaborates with Samsung Electronics, Fast Tracking RISC V Customers and Ecosystem for Server and Agentic AI Silicon

The momentum behind RISC-V continues to accelerate as Akeana announced a strategic collaboration with Samsung Electronics aimed at reducing time-to-market for next-generation server and agentic AI silicon. The partnership combines Akeana’s high-performance RISC-V compute platform with Samsung Foundry’s advanced process… Read More


Chips&Media’s Next-Generation Video CODEC IP Powers Ambarella’s Expanding Edge AI Portfolio

Chips&Media’s Next-Generation Video CODEC IP Powers Ambarella’s Expanding Edge AI Portfolio
by Daniel Nenni on 06-15-2026 at 8:00 am

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Chips&Media has announced a strategic licensing agreement with Ambarella for its latest-generation video CODEC intellectual property (IP), marking a significant milestone in the evolution of edge AI, computer vision, and physical AI systems. The agreement follows an extensive technical evaluation process and further… Read More


Agentic AI and the Future of Chip Design: From Productivity Tool to Engineering Partner

Agentic AI and the Future of Chip Design: From Productivity Tool to Engineering Partner
by Kalar Rajendiran on 06-15-2026 at 6:00 am

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Highlights from a recent panel session moderated by Ed Sperling (Semiconductor Engineering) featuring Walden Rhines (Silvaco), Vincent Wong (Verific), Dave Kelf (Breker Verification Systems), Shelly Henry (MooresLab AI), Ann Wu (Silimate), and Cindy Cui (ChipAgents). The panel session was hosted by Electronic System … Read More


CEO Interview with Suresh Vasudevan of Clockwork.io

CEO Interview with Suresh Vasudevan of Clockwork.io
by Daniel Nenni on 06-14-2026 at 6:00 pm

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Suresh Vasudevan is CEO of Clockwork.io, pioneering Software-Driven AI Fabrics™ that recover the 60-80% of cluster capacity that today goes completely unutilized. Previously, he led Nimble Storage to IPO and HPE acquisition, and served as CEO of Sysdig. Prior to that, he was at NetApp and McKinsey & Co.

His focus: making Read More


Q&A Interview with Mo Steinman, Lightelligence’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, U.S.

Q&A Interview with Mo Steinman, Lightelligence’s Senior Vice President and General Manager, U.S.
by Daniel Nenni on 06-14-2026 at 4:00 pm

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Maurice (Mo) Steinman is Senior Vice President and General Manager, U.S. at Lightelligence. He took a few minutes out of a busy week to answer questions about Lightelligence, its optical solutions, application areas for its optical computing products and how it differentiates itself in this market.

Tell us about Lightelligence.
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CEO Interview with Mike Horton CEO of HYFIX

CEO Interview with Mike Horton CEO of HYFIX
by Daniel Nenni on 06-14-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Mike Horton is a co-founder of HYFIX Spatial Intelligence, which builds GNSS hardware for decentralized positioning and timing networks,  and GEODNET, the world’s largest decentralized GNSS reference network, and HYFIX Spatial Intelligence, which builds GNSS hardware for decentralized positioning and timing networks.… Read More


Podcast EP350: The Growing Threat of Hardware Security Breaches and What to do About it with Dr. Andreas Kuehlmann

Podcast EP350: The Growing Threat of Hardware Security Breaches and What to do About it with Dr. Andreas Kuehlmann
by Daniel Nenni on 06-12-2026 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Dr. Andreas Kuehlmann, General Manager of Security Solutions at Arteris. He has over 35 years of experience in semiconductor design, software, and cybersecurity, including roles at IBM Research, UC Berkeley, Cadence, and Synopsys. Previously, he was CEO of Cycuity, which was acquired by Arteris.

Dan explores… Read More