Uniquely Understanding Challenges of Chip Design and Verification

Uniquely Understanding Challenges of Chip Design and Verification
by Daniel Nenni on 11-14-2023 at 6:00 am

Jean Marie Brunet (1)

Jean-Marie Brunet is Vice President and General Manager of Siemens Hardware-Assisted Verification. He and I spoke recently about how different his hardware group is from the rest of the software-centric EDA product space and why a hardware-oriented EDA vendor like Siemens fully understands the challenges of the chip design… Read More


IROC at the TSMC Open Innovation Ecosystem Platform

IROC at the TSMC Open Innovation Ecosystem Platform
by Daniel Nenni on 11-09-2023 at 6:00 am

TSMC OIP IROC

Radiation is everywhere. Radiation contributes to Single Event Effects (SEE) in semiconductor circuits and packaging. As chips get larger, containing more functions, and using lower voltage to reduce power, SEEs have become more significant to product reliability, Failures In Time rates (FIT), and meantime between failures… Read More


WEBINAR: Leverage Certified RISC-V IP to Craft ASIL ISO 26262 Grade Automotive Chips

WEBINAR: Leverage Certified RISC-V IP to Craft ASIL ISO 26262 Grade Automotive Chips
by Daniel Nenni on 11-07-2023 at 10:00 am

Webinar Image

The automotive industry imposes stringent requirements on Functional Safety. For semiconductor companies involved in automotive chips and even further upstream in Silicon Intellectual Property (SIP), obtaining ISO 26262 certification is a fundamental requirement for product penetration into automotive applications.… Read More


Make Your RISC-V Product a Fruitful Endeavor

Make Your RISC-V Product a Fruitful Endeavor
by Daniel Nenni on 11-06-2023 at 6:00 am

RISC V Chip

Consider RISC-V ISA as a new ‘unforbidden fruit’. Unlike other fruits (ISAs) that grow in proprietary orchards, RISC-V is available to all, i.e. open-source. Much like a delicious fruit can be transformed into a wide array of delectable desserts, so can RISC-V be utilized to create a plethora of effective applications across … Read More


Executive Interview: Tony Casassa, General Manager of METTLER TOLEDO THORNTON

Executive Interview: Tony Casassa, General Manager of METTLER TOLEDO THORNTON
by Daniel Nenni on 11-03-2023 at 6:00 am

TC MT Thornton

Tony Casassa has served as the General Manager of METTLER TOLEDO THORNTON since 2015, after having joined the company in 2007 to lead the US Process Analytics business. Prior to spending the last 16 years with METTLER TOLEDO, Tony held various business leadership positions for 2 decades with Rohm and Haas Chemical. A common thread… Read More


WEBINAR: How to Achieve 95%+ Accurate Power Measurement During Architecture Exploration

WEBINAR: How to Achieve 95%+ Accurate Power Measurement During Architecture Exploration
by Daniel Nenni on 11-01-2023 at 6:00 am

AVFS IP SOC

Today’s power modeling solutions are trained at measuring power using the micro-events captured from detailed RTL simulation or studying the electromagnetic radiation from IR drop and side channel attacks. These solutions are fantastic for debugging and verification of the implementation. There are both open source and … Read More


S2C’s FPGA Prototyping Accelerates the Iteration of XiangShan RISC-V Processor

S2C’s FPGA Prototyping Accelerates the Iteration of XiangShan RISC-V Processor
by Daniel Nenni on 10-30-2023 at 10:00 am

Pic1

S2C announced that the Beijing Institute of Open Source Chip (BOSC) adopted its Prodigy S7-19P Logic System, a VU19P-based FPGA prototyping solution, in the development of the “XiangShan” RISC-V processor. S7-19P not only accelerates the iterations of processor development but also simplifies other companies to realize … Read More


CEO Interview: Venkata Simhadri of MosChip

CEO Interview: Venkata Simhadri of MosChip
by Daniel Nenni on 10-27-2023 at 6:00 am

Venkata Simhadri

Mr. Venkata Sudhakar Simhadri is a serial entrepreneur with a proven track-record in the semiconductor industry. He was the Founder, President & CEO of Gigacom Semiconductor LLC & Founder / Director of Gigacom India (Both the Companies acquired by MosChip) and the driving force behind establishing IP licensing and … Read More


Keynote Speakers Announced for IDEAS 2023 Digital Forum

Keynote Speakers Announced for IDEAS 2023 Digital Forum
by Daniel Nenni on 10-26-2023 at 10:00 am

ideas 400X400

As we all know, hearing directly from the people who actually use EDA tools, people who are solving real world problems with the latest technologies are the best source of information. Thus EDA User group meetings are always first on my event list every year which brings us to Ansys Ideas.

Ansys User Group Meeting Features Technical

Read More

CEO Interview: Pat Brockett of Celera

CEO Interview: Pat Brockett of Celera
by Daniel Nenni on 10-20-2023 at 6:00 am

Pat Brockett

Pat Brockett is a veteran of the global semiconductor industry. He began his career in sales and marketing at Texas Instruments. After that, he was senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at National Semiconductor. Subsequently, he headed the analog division and is credited with turning it around.

Later, he was… Read More