Chiplets Open Pandora’s Box

Chiplets Open Pandora’s Box
by Daniel Nenni on 01-31-2024 at 6:00 am

Chiplet

Chiplets have simplified one area of design but opened pandora’s box on another front. The simulation complexity of each chiplet is lower but now the chiplet-to-chiplet interconnect has become complex. Folks are experimenting with different interconnect protocols, variations of UCIe, modifying UCIe settings, interface… Read More


2024 Outlook with Steve Roddy of Quadric

2024 Outlook with Steve Roddy of Quadric
by Daniel Nenni on 01-29-2024 at 10:00 am

Man on Llama

Quadric Inc. is the leading licensor of general-purpose neural processor IP (GPNPU) that runs both machine learning inference workloads and classic DSP and control algorithms.  Quadric’s unified hardware and software architecture is optimized for on-device ML inference. I have know Steve Roddy for many years, he is a high … Read More


Why Did Synopsys Really Acquire Ansys?

Why Did Synopsys Really Acquire Ansys?
by Daniel Nenni on 01-25-2024 at 10:00 am

Synopsys Ansys Logos

Mergers and acquisitions have been a big part of EDA since the beginning. We keep an EDA/IP Mergers and Acquisitions Wiki, it is 13 years old now and has more than one million views. Personally, I have been involved with dozens of acquisitions over my 40 year career, some good, some bad, all are interesting and are an important part … Read More


2024 Outlook with John O’Donnel of yieldHUB

2024 Outlook with John O’Donnel of yieldHUB
by Daniel Nenni on 01-23-2024 at 10:00 am

yieldHUB Team

yieldHUB is a SaaS company that provides yield management and comprehensive data analysis for semiconductor (IDMs and fabless) companies around the world. SemiWiki has been working with yieldHUB for the past three years doing blogs, webinars, and podcasts with great success. John O’Donnel spent 18 years at Analog Devices… Read More


Chiplet Summit 2024 Preview

Chiplet Summit 2024 Preview
by Daniel Nenni on 01-22-2024 at 10:00 am

Chiplet Summit 2024 Logo

The second annual Chiplet Summit is coming up and if it is anything like the first one it will not disappoint. Chiplets are a disruptive semiconductor technology that are already being used by the top semiconductor companies like Intel, Nvidia, AMD and others. These companies design their own chiplets so they are blazing the trail… Read More


2024 Outlook with Chris Morrison of Agile Analog

2024 Outlook with Chris Morrison of Agile Analog
by Daniel Nenni on 01-19-2024 at 6:00 am

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Agile Analog focuses on providing analog and mixed-signal IP (Intellectual Property) solutions for the semiconductor industry. They specialize in developing analog and mixed-signal designs that can be integrated into various electronic devices and systems.  Composa™ is their unique technology that automatically generates… Read More


Transformative Year for Sondrel

Transformative Year for Sondrel
by Daniel Nenni on 01-18-2024 at 6:00 am

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This is our third year working with Sondrel and it has been a great experience. I have always been fascinated with the ASIC business and put a full chapter about it in our first book “Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor industry.” Companies like Sondrel enabled our move to the fabless model and now they … Read More


WEBINAR: Mastering DC-DC Converters: Your Guide to Better Hardware

WEBINAR: Mastering DC-DC Converters: Your Guide to Better Hardware
by Daniel Nenni on 01-16-2024 at 10:00 am

Webinar (2)

Renie Ananthakumar, Principal Engineer at TenXer Labs., invites System Design Engineers globally to a webinar that’s all about practical insights—From Bench to Board: A Comprehensive Guide to DC-DC Converter Selection and Remote Testing.

See the Replay Here

In this session, we are breaking down the complexity of DC-DC… Read More


How Disruptive will Chiplets be for Intel and TSMC?

How Disruptive will Chiplets be for Intel and TSMC?
by Daniel Nenni on 01-15-2024 at 10:00 am

UCIe Consortium

Chiplets (die stacking) is not new. The origins are deeply rooted in the semiconductor industry and represent a modular approach to designing and manufacturing integrated circuits. The concept of chiplets has been energized as a response to the recent challenges posed by the increasing complexity of semiconductor design. … Read More


2024 Outlook with Anupam Bakshi of Agnisys

2024 Outlook with Anupam Bakshi of Agnisys
by Daniel Nenni on 01-12-2024 at 6:00 am

Agnisys Company Photo

We have worked with Agnisys for the last two years and it has been a pleasure. Anupam and his team of specification automation experts have pioneered a family of products and solutions for streamlining the generation of the required files for design, software, verification, validation, and documentation for semiconductor development… Read More