Emerging Memories Overview

Emerging Memories Overview
by Daniel Nenni on 08-15-2024 at 10:00 am

ReRAM History 2024

This year’s Future of Memory and Storage Conference (formerly the Flash Memory Summit) was again very well attended. The Santa Clara Convention Center is definitely the place to be for a Silicon Valley Conference.

This post is about the Emerging Memories session organized by Dave Eggleston. We will be covering other sessions… Read More


CEO Interview: Zeev Collin of Semitech Semiconductor

CEO Interview: Zeev Collin of Semitech Semiconductor
by Daniel Nenni on 08-14-2024 at 10:00 am

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Zeev Collin is a seasoned technology executive and serial entrepreneur with over 25 years of experience in executive management across international semiconductor companies and startups. Prior to co-founding Semitech, Zeev co-founded and successfully exited two ventures focused on vehicle and trailer tracking devices.… Read More


WEBINAR: Silicon Area Matters!

WEBINAR: Silicon Area Matters!
by Daniel Nenni on 08-14-2024 at 8:00 am

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When designing IP for system-on-chip (SoC) and application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) implementations, IP designers strive for perfection. Optimal engineering often yields the smallest die area, thereby reducing both cost and power consumption while maximizing performance.

Similarly, when incorporating embedded… Read More


CEO Interview: Yogish Kode of Glide Systems

CEO Interview: Yogish Kode of Glide Systems
by Daniel Nenni on 08-09-2024 at 6:00 am

Yogish Kode

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


Design Automation Conference #61 Results

Design Automation Conference #61 Results
by Daniel Nenni on 08-08-2024 at 10:00 am

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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

CEO Interview: Pim Donkers of ARMA Instruments
by Daniel Nenni on 08-02-2024 at 6:00 am

Pim Donkers

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

CEO Interview: Dr. Babak Taheri of Silvaco
by Daniel Nenni on 07-26-2024 at 6:00 am

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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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CEO Interview: Dr. Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre of Finwave

CEO Interview: Dr. Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre of Finwave
by Daniel Nenni on 07-25-2024 at 10:00 am

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

A Joint Solution Toward SoC Design “Exploration and Integration” released by Defacto #61DAC
by Daniel Nenni on 07-23-2024 at 6:00 am

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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

TSMC Foundry 2.0 and Intel IDM 2.0
by Daniel Nenni on 07-22-2024 at 10:00 am

TSMC 2Q2024 Investor Call

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