CEO Interview: Dr. Sakyasingha Dasgupta of EdgeCortix

CEO Interview: Dr. Sakyasingha Dasgupta of EdgeCortix
by Daniel Nenni on 11-15-2024 at 6:00 am

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Sakya is the founder and Chief Executive officer of EdgeCortix. He is an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning technologist, entrepreneur, and engineer with over a decade of experience in taking cutting edge AI research from ideation stage to scalable products, across different industry verticals.  He has lead… Read More


Build a 100% Python-based Design environment for Large SoC Designs

Build a 100% Python-based Design environment for Large SoC Designs
by Daniel Nenni on 11-11-2024 at 10:00 am

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In the fast-evolving world of semiconductor design, chip designers are constantly on the lookout for EDA tools that can enhance their productivity, streamline workflows, and push the boundaries of innovation. Although Tcl is currently the most widely used language, it seems to be reaching its limits in the face of the growing… Read More


CEO Interview: Bijan Kiani of Mach42

CEO Interview: Bijan Kiani of Mach42
by Daniel Nenni on 11-08-2024 at 6:00 am

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Bijan’s role includes overseeing all product groups, field engineering, customer support, strategy, sales, marketing, and business development. His previous appointments include VP of Marketing at Synopsys Design Group and CEO of InCA. He holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering.

Tell us about your company 
Mach42 is a verification… Read More


Changing RISC-V Verification Requirements, Standardization, Infrastructure

Changing RISC-V Verification Requirements, Standardization, Infrastructure
by Daniel Nenni on 11-07-2024 at 10:00 am

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A lively panel discussion about RISC-V and open-source functional verification highlighted this year’s Design Automation Conference. Part One looked at selecting a RISC-V IP block from a third-party vendor and investigating its functional verification process.

In Part Two, moderator Ron Wilson and Contributing Editor … Read More


Synopsys-Ansys 2.5D/3D Multi-Die Design Update: Learning from the Early Adopters

Synopsys-Ansys 2.5D/3D Multi-Die Design Update: Learning from the Early Adopters
by Daniel Nenni on 11-06-2024 at 10:00 am

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The demand for high-performance computing (HPC), data centers, and AI-driven applications has fueled the rise of 2.5D and 3D multi-die designs, offering superior performance, power efficiency, and packaging density. However, these benefits come with myriads of challenges, such as multi-physics, which need to be addressed.… Read More


CEO Interview: Dr. Adam Carter of OpenLight

CEO Interview: Dr. Adam Carter of OpenLight
by Daniel Nenni on 11-01-2024 at 6:00 am

Adam Carter OpenLight CEO

Previously, Dr. Carter served as Chief Commercial Officer at Foxconn Interconnect and Oclaro. At Oclaro, he served as a member of the senior executive team from July 2014 to December 2018, when it was acquired by Lumentum Holdings for $1.85B. Prior to that, he served as the Senior Director and General Manager of the Transceiver… Read More


CEO Interview: Sean Park of Point2 Technology

CEO Interview: Sean Park of Point2 Technology
by Daniel Nenni on 10-25-2024 at 6:00 am

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Sean Park is a seasoned executive with over 25 years of experience in the semiconductors, wireless, and networking market. Throughout his career, Sean has held several leadership positions at prominent technology companies, including IDT, TeraSquare, and Marvell Semiconductor. As the CEO, CTO, and Founder at TeraSquare,… Read More


From Space-Central to Space-Time Balanced – A Perspective for Moore’s Law 2.0 and A Holistic Paradigm for Emergence

From Space-Central to Space-Time Balanced – A Perspective for Moore’s Law 2.0 and A Holistic Paradigm for Emergence
by Daniel Nenni on 10-24-2024 at 4:00 pm

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A friend of SemiWiki published an article on Moore’s Law in IEEE that I think is worth reading:

IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Vol. 41, Issue 4.

The topic of Moore’s Law is of paramount importance, reaching almost the entire field of electronics (and the semiconductor industry). In the course of six decades, for the first… Read More


The RISC-V and Open-Source Functional Verification Challenge

The RISC-V and Open-Source Functional Verification Challenge
by Daniel Nenni on 10-24-2024 at 10:00 am

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Most of the RISC-V action at the end of June was at the RISC-V Summit Europe, but not all. In fact, a group of well-informed and opinionated experts took over the Pavilion stage at the Design Automation Conference to discuss functional verification challenges for RISC-V and open-source IP.

Technology Journalist Ron Wilson and … Read More


Unlocking SoC Debugging Challenges: Paving the Way for Efficient Prototyping

Unlocking SoC Debugging Challenges: Paving the Way for Efficient Prototyping
by Daniel Nenni on 10-21-2024 at 10:00 am

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As chip design complexity increases, integration scales expand and time-to-market pressures grow, as a result, design verification has become increasingly challenging. In multi-FPGA environments, the complexity of design debugging and verification further escalates, making it difficult for traditional debugging methods… Read More