On July 18, 2025, ChipAgents AI, a Santa Barbara-based startup, showcased its innovative agentic AI platform for chip design and verification at a DACtv session. Led by CEO William Wong, a former CMU PhD and UC Santa Barbara professor, Chip Agent is redefining electronic design automation (EDA) by leveraging advanced AI agents… Read More
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Chip Agent: Revolutionizing Chip Design with Agentic AI
AI and VLSI: A Symbiotic Revolution at DAC 2025
On July 18, 2025, a DACtv panel discussion titled “AI and VLSI: A Symbiotic Revolution” explored the transformative interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and very-large-scale integration (VLSI) design. Moderated by Ramuni Nagasetty from NATCast. The panel featured Arijit Raychowdhury (Georgia Tech), Dr. Rob … Read More
The Future of Mobility: Insights from Steve Greenfield
On July 18, 2025, Steve Greenfield, an early-stage investor and author, delivered a compelling 45-minute talk at DACtv on the future of mobility. Quoting futurist William Gibson—“The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed”—Greenfield explored how emerging technologies and business models are reshaping… Read More
From Atoms to Tokens: Semiconductor Supply Chain Evolution
On July 18, 2025, a DACtv session titled “From Atoms to Tokens” explored the semiconductor supply chain’s transformation, as presented in the YouTube video. The speaker tackled the challenges and innovations from the atomic level of chip fabrication to the tokenized ecosystems of AI-driven data centers, emphasizing the critical… Read More
Siemens EDA and Nvidia: Pioneering AI-Driven Chip Design
On July 18, 2025, Siemens EDA and Nvidia presented a compelling vision for the future of electronic design automation (EDA) at a DACtv event, emphasizing the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in semiconductor and PCB design. Amit Gupta, Vice President and General Manager at Siemens EDA, and John Lynford, head… Read More
AI and Machine Learning in Chip Design: DAC Keynote Insights
In a keynote at the 62nd Design Automation Conference (#62DAC) on July 8, 2025, Jason Cong, Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence Professor, UCLA, reflected on over 30 years in the DAC community, highlighting the transformative role of AI and machine learning (ML) in semiconductor design. The speaker, whose first DAC paper… Read More
Enabling the AI Revolution: Insights from AMD’s DAC Keynote
In a keynote by Michaela Blott, AMD Senior Fellow, at the 62nd Design Automation Conference (DAC) on July 8, 2025, explored the trends shaping the AI revolution, emphasizing inference efficiency and hardware customization. While acknowledging AMD’s efforts in scaling GPUs and achieving energy efficiency goals (30x… Read More
AI Evolution and EDA’s Role in the Fourth Wave: William Chappell’s DAC Keynote
In a keynote at the 62nd Design Automation Conference (DAC) on July 8, 2025, William Chappell, Vice President of Mission Systems at Microsoft, reflected on the intertwined evolution of AI and semiconductor design. Drawing from his DARPA experience, Chappell traced AI’s progression from 2016 onward, highlighting its… Read More
AI-Driven ECAD Library Creation: Streamlining Semiconductor Design
On July 9, 2025, Julie Liu, PalPilot International presented for DACtv, unveiling Footprintku AI, a groundbreaking platform for automating configurable ECAD (Electronic Computer-Aided Design) library creation. This innovative solution addresses the inefficiencies of manual library generation, leveraging AI and … Read More
Modern Data Management: Overcoming Bottlenecks in Semiconductor Engineering
In a DACtv session on July 9, 2025, Pedro Pires from Keysight EDA addressed the critical role of data management in modern semiconductor engineering projects. The presentation highlighted why data has become a bottleneck, how Keysight’s SOS (Save Our Source) platform mitigates these challenges, and best practices for optimizing… Read More
Basilisk at Hot Chips 2025 Presented Ominous Challenge to IP/EDA Status Quo