Yogish Kode is a senior solutions architect with substantial experience in product lifecycle management for over 20 years. His focus has been on semiconductor PLM and IP management. Prior to founding Glide Systems, he was a global solutions architect at Dassault Systèmes, an IT lead at Xilinx, and a senior programmer/analyst… Read More
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CEO Interview: Yogish Kode of Glide Systems
Design Automation Conference #61 Results
This was my 40th Design Automation Conference and based on my follow-up conversations inside the semiconductor ecosystem it did not disappoint. The gauge I use for exhibitors is “qualified customer engagements” that may result in the sale of their products. This DAC was the best for that metric since the pandemic, absolutely.… Read More
CEO Interview: Pim Donkers of ARMA Instruments
Pim Donkers is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Switzerland-based ARMA Instruments, a technology company which produces ultra-secure communication devices.
Pim is a technology serial entrepreneur operating internationally with several successful companies in his portfolio such as his recent IT outsourcing… Read More
CEO Interview: Dr. Babak Taheri of Silvaco
Babak A. Taheri, Ph.D., has served as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Silvaco board of directors from August 2019 to September 2021 and from November 2021 to present. From October 2018 to August 2019, Dr. Taheri served as our Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of Products.
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… Read MoreCEO Interview: Dr. Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre of Finwave
Dr. Lesaicherre holds an MBA with a focus on International Business and Strategy from INSEAD, and has an MS degree and a PhD degree in Material Science from the Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP). He is a Board Leadership Fellow, Governance Fellow and Director Certified for NACD (National Association of Corporate… Read More
A Joint Solution Toward SoC Design “Exploration and Integration” released by Defacto #61DAC
When I was at DAC last month, I had the chance to talk with Chouki Aktouf and Bastien Gratréaux from Defacto and they told me about a new innovative solution to generate Arm-based System-on-Chips. I heard that this solution has now been released.
Defacto and Arm developed a joint SoC design flow to help Arm users cover all needed automation—from… Read More
TSMC Foundry 2.0 and Intel IDM 2.0
When Intel entered the foundry business with IDM 2.0 I was impressed. Yes, Intel had tried the foundry business before but this time they changed the face of the company with IDM 2.0 and went “all-in” so to speak. The progress has been impressive and today I think Intel is well positioned to capture the NOT TSMC business by providing… Read More
CEO Interview: Orr Danon of Hailo
Orr Danon is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hailo. Prior to founding Hailo, Orr spent over a decade working at a leading IDF Technological Unit. During this time he led some of the largest and most complex interdisciplinary projects in the Israeli intelligence community. For the projects he developed and managed, Danon received the … Read More
Evolution of Prototyping in EDA
As AI and 5G technologies burgeon, the rise of interconnected devices is reshaping everyday life and driving innovation across industries. This rapid evolution accelerates the transformation of the chip industry, placing higher demands on SoC design. Moore’s Law indicates that while chip sizes shrink, the number of… Read More
My Experience #61DAC
The theme of this year’s DAC was Chips to Systems which is a full circle type of thing since systems companies used to make their own chips. Old school computer companies were the biggest chip makers when I started in the semiconductor industry. IDMs like Motorola and Intel replaced them at the chip level. Shortly after I joined… Read More
Unlocking the cloud: A new era for post-tapeout flow for semiconductor manufacturing