Koji Motomori is a seasoned business leader and technologist with 30+ years of experience in semiconductors, AI, embedded systems, data centers, mobile, and memory solutions, backed by an engineering background. Over 26 years at Intel, he drove strategic growth initiatives, securing $2B+ in contracts with OEMs and partners.… Read More
Author: Daniel Nenni
Executive Interview with Koji Motomori, Senior Director of Marketing and Business Development at Numem
CEO Interview with Richard Hegberg of Caspia Technologies
Rick has a long and diverse career in the semiconductor industry. He began as VP of sales at Lucent Microelectronics. He has held executive roles at several high-profile companies and participated in several acquisitions along the way. These include NetApp, SanDisk/WD, Atheros/Qualcomm, Numonyx/Micron, ATI/AMD, and VLSI… Read More
Emerging NVM Technologies: ReRAM Gains Visibility in 2024 Industry Survey
A recent survey of more than 120 anonymous semiconductor professionals offers a grounded view of how the industry is evaluating non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies—and where things may be heading next.
The 2024 NVM Survey, run in late 2024 and promoted through various semiconductor-related platforms and portals including… Read More
Cost-Effective and Scalable: A Smarter Choice for RISC-V Development
The RISC-V ecosystem is witnessing remarkable growth, driven by increasing industry adoption and a thriving open-source community. As companies and developers seek customizable computing solutions, RISC-V has become a top choice. Providing a scalable and cost-effective ISA foundation, RISC-V enables high-performance… Read More
TSMC 2025 Technical Symposium Briefing
At the pre-conference briefing, Dr. Kevin Zhang gave quite a few of us media types an overview of what will be highlighted at the 2025 TSMC Technical Symposium here in Silicon Valley. Since most of the semiconductor media are not local this was a very nice thing to do. I will be at the conference and will write more tomorrow after the … Read More
CEO Interview with Dr. Michael Förtsch of Q.ANT
Dr. Michael Förtsch, CEO of Q.ANT, is a physicist and innovator driving advancements in photonic computing and sensing technologies. With a PhD from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, he leads Q.ANT’s development of Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) technology, delivering groundbreaking energy efficiency … Read More
Andes RISC-V CON in Silicon Valley Overview
RISC-V conferences have been at full capacity and I expect this one will be well attended as well. Andes is the biggest name in RSIC-V. The most notable thing about RISC-V conferences is the content. Not only is the content deep, it is international from the top companies in the industry. It is hard to find a design win these days without… Read More
Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability for High BW HPC AI/ML SoCs: A Technical Webinar with Samtec and Synopsys
HPC Bandwidth Explosion and 1.6T Ecosystem Interop Need
The exponential growth in data bandwidth requirements driven by HPC systems, AI, and ML applications has set the stage for an ever-increasing need for 1.6Tbps Ethernet. As data centers strive to manage vast data transfers with maximum efficiency, the urgency for interoperability… Read More
Executive Interview with Leo Linehan, President, Electronic Materials, Materion Corporation
Leo Linehan leads Materion’s Electronic Materials business segment, an important supplier to the global semiconductor market and an industry leader in the production of advanced chemicals, microelectronic packaging, precious and non-precious metals, and deposition, reclamation and refining services.
Prior to joining… Read More
CEO Interview with Ronald Glibbery of Peraso
Mr. Glibbery leads all functional areas of Peraso Inc. and has served as chief executive officer since December 2021. He co-founded Peraso Technologies Inc. in 2009 and previously served as its chief executive officer. Prior to co-founding Peraso Technologies, Mr. Glibbery was President of Intellon, a pioneer and leader in … Read More
Intel Foundry is a Low Risk Aternative to TSMC