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By Niranjan Sitapure
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping industries worldwide. Consumer-grade AI solutions are getting significant attention in the media for their creativity, speed, and accessibility—from ChatGPT and Meta’s AI app to Gemini for image creation, Sora for video, Sona for music, and Perplexity for web… Read More
By Nikhil Sharma, Sunghwan Son, Paul Mantey
The semiconductor industry faces an unprecedented crisis that threatens the very foundation of technological innovation. According to the latest Siemens EDA / Wilson Research Study, first-silicon success rates have plummeted to just 14%[1]—the lowest figure in more than twenty… Read More
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
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
By Todd Burkholder and Per Viklund, Siemens EDA
The landscape of advanced IC packaging is rapidly evolving, driven by the imperative to support innovation on increasingly complex and high-capacity products. The broad industry trend toward heterogeneous integration of diverse die and chiplets into advanced semiconductor… Read More
By Liyue Yan (lyan1@bu.edu)
Fact 1: In the Computer History Museum, how many artifacts are about Electronic Design Automation (EDA)? Zero.
Fact 2: The average starting base salary for a software engineer at Netflix is $219K, and that number is $125K for Cadence; the starting base salary for a hardware engineer at Cadence is $119K… Read More
By Kamal Khan
The semiconductor world has always been the beating heart of tech innovation, powering everything from our smartphones to the latest AI breakthroughs. However, as chip complexity increases and market demands accelerate, adherence to traditional development cycles may be stagnating design teams and slowing … Read More
By Kamal Khan
In today’s semiconductor industry, success hinges not only on innovation but also on discipline in managing complexity. Every system-on-chip (SoC) is built from hundreds of reusable IP blocks—standard cells, memories, interfaces, and analog components. These IPs are the foundation of the design. But if the foundation… Read More
By Omar Elabd
As semiconductor designs move below 7 nm, parasitic effects—resistance, capacitance and inductance—become major threats to IC performance and reliability, often hiding where netlist reviews cannot reach. Design teams need advanced visualization tools like heat maps, layer-based analysis and direct layout… Read More
By Mark Tawfik
Overview: Protecting ICs from costly ESD and latch-up failures
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) events cost the semiconductor industry an estimated $8 billion annually in lost productivity, warranty claims and product failures [1].
Ensuring the robust protection of integrated circuits (ICs) against various… Read More
An Insight into Building Quantum Computers