Dr. Nikhil Balram has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor and display industries. Past executive roles include CEO of EyeWay Vision Inc., a startup developing immersive AR glasses, Head of the Display Group at Google, responsible for developing display systems for all Google consumer hardware, including AR and … Read More
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CEO Interview: Nikhil Balram of Mojo Vision
5 Expectations for the Memory Markets in 2025
TechInsights has a new memory report that is worth a look. It is free if you are a registered member which I am. HBM is of great interest and there is a section on emerging and embedded memories for chip designers. Even though I am more of a logic person, memory is an important part of the semiconductor industry. In fact, logic and memory
CEO Interview: Doug Smith of Veevx
Douglas Smith has focused his career on optimizing advanced technologies for high volume ASIC applications. He has led elite design teams at Motorola SPS then Broadcom for over 25 years. With 200+ successful tape outs generating $10B+ in revenue. Douglas left Broadcom to self-fund a startup focused on advanced memory technologies.… Read More
TSMC 16th OIP Ecosystem Forum First Thoughts
Even though this is the 16th OIP event please remember that TSMC has been working closely with EDA and IP companies for 20+ years with reference flows and other design enablement and silicon verification activities. The father of OIP officially is Dr. Morris Chang who named it the Grand Alliance. However, Dr. Cliff Hou is the one … Read More
CEO Interview: Adam Khan of Diamond Quanta
Adam Khan is a pioneer in diamond semiconductor technology, renowned for his foresight and expertise. As the founder of AKHAN Semiconductor, he played a crucial role in innovating lab-grown diamond thin-films for various applications, such as enhancing smartphone screens and lenses with Miraj Diamond Glass® and improving… Read More
TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum Preview 2024
The 2024 live conferences have been well attended thus far and there are many more to come. The next big event in Silicon Valley is the TSMC Global OIP Ecosystem Forum on September 25th at the Santa Clara Convention Center. I expect a big crowd filled with both customers and partners.
This is the 16th year of OIP and it has been an honor… Read More
Semiconductor Industry Update: Fair Winds and Following Seas!
Malcolm Penn did a great job on his semiconductor update call. This is about the whole semiconductor industry (Logic and Memory) versus what I track which is mostly logic based on design starts and the foundries. Malcolm has been doing this a lot longer than I have and he has a proven methodology, but even then, semiconductors are … Read More
Executive Interview: Michael Wu, GM and President of Phison US
Michael Wu is the GM and President of Phison US. Michael is an acclaimed technology expert in the NAND storage sector and boasts over 17 years of industry experience. Over the course of his 14+ years at Phison, Michael has held positions such as GM, Director of Global Customer Relations and Project Manager to position Phison as the… Read More
Malcom Penn and the Semiconductor Industry Update Webinar
If you think my 40 years of semiconductor experience is impressive, Malcolm Penn has been at it for 55 years starting with the first commercial integrated circuit. Malcolm’s company Future Horizons has been providing legendary semiconductor industry forecasts since 1989. I have attended dozens of these both live and … Read More
WEBINAR: Workforce Armageddon: Onboarding New Hires in Semiconductors
The semiconductor industry is undergoing an unprecedented inflection—not in its technology, but in its very structure. This transformation is happening at a time of phenomenal growth, presenting both opportunity and crisis. The ingredient most critical to meeting the growth demands, but which also poses the greatest risk,… Read More
MediaTek Develops Chip Utilizing TSMC’s 2nm Process, Achieving Milestones in Performance and Power Efficiency