The Efabless Generative AI Challenges and Why They Matter

The Efabless Generative AI Challenges and Why They Matter
by Daniel Nenni on 07-20-2023 at 10:00 am

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Last week, Efabless announced the second edition of its AI Generated Open-Source Silicon Design Challenge series.  As we discussed in earlier blogs, the first challenge was a great success with twelve submissions and six successful designs created in just three weeks. The contestants used natural language prompts to create… Read More


WEBINAR: Driving Golden Specification-Based IP/SoC Development

WEBINAR: Driving Golden Specification-Based IP/SoC Development
by Daniel Nenni on 07-19-2023 at 10:00 am

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The ever-increasing demands placed on Intellectual Property (IP) and System-on-Chip (SoC) development teams have resulted in an ever-increasing need for automation solutions that can boost productivity without contributing to further risk. Certainly, demands for automation have long been the drivers behind the growth… Read More


CEO Interview: Rob Gwynne of QPT

CEO Interview: Rob Gwynne of QPT
by Daniel Nenni on 07-14-2023 at 6:00 am

Rob Gwynne

I am joined today by Rob Gwynne, Founder and CEO of QPT. He is a genuine polymath as his technical experience spans digital, analogue, mixed signal and RF electronics, EMC, radar, DSP, FPGA, software development (embedded, drivers, application level), advanced PCB layout and simulation, optics, precision instrumentation,… Read More


CEO Interview: Ashraf Takla of Mixel

CEO Interview: Ashraf Takla of Mixel
by Daniel Nenni on 07-07-2023 at 6:00 am

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Ashraf Takla is Founder and CEO of Mixel Inc., which he founded in 1998 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA. Mixel is a leading provider of mixed-signal IPs and offers a wide portfolio of high-performance mixed-signal connectivity IP solutions. Mixel’s mixed-signal portfolio includes PHYs and SerDes, such as MIPI D-PHY, MIPI… Read More


AMIQ: Celebrating 20 Years in Consulting and EDA

AMIQ: Celebrating 20 Years in Consulting and EDA
by Daniel Nenni on 07-06-2023 at 10:00 am

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We’re getting close to the annual July Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco, and every year I like to make the rounds of the exhibitors beforehand and see what’s new. When I checked with AMIQ EDA, I found that this is a big year for them. Their parent company AMIQ just reached its 20th anniversary, and they’ll be celebrating… Read More


Defacto Celebrates 20th Anniversary @ DAC 2023!

Defacto Celebrates 20th Anniversary @ DAC 2023!
by Daniel Nenni on 07-05-2023 at 10:00 am

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Defacto Technologies is a company that specializes in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software and solutions. Defacto offers a range of EDA software solutions that help streamline and optimize various stages of the front-end design process. Their tools focus on chip design assembly and integration before logic synthesis

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Semiconductors, Apple Pie, and the 4th of July!

Semiconductors, Apple Pie, and the 4th of July!
by Daniel Nenni on 07-04-2023 at 6:00 am

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Semiconductors, apple pie, and the 4th of July are American traditions. You can read about the history of semiconductors in our book “Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry” and the history of Arm in our book “Mobile Unleashed: The Origin and Evolution of Arm processors in our Devices“.… Read More


A preview of Weebit Nano at DAC – with commentary from ChatGPT

A preview of Weebit Nano at DAC – with commentary from ChatGPT
by Daniel Nenni on 07-03-2023 at 6:00 am

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Weebit Nano, a provider of advanced non-volatile memory (NVM) IP, will be exhibiting at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) this month. As part of this briefing I shared some of the basic the details with ChatGPT to see how it would phrase things. Here is some of what it suggested: “You won’t want to miss out on the epic experience… Read More


Unique IO & ESD Solutions @ DAC 2023!

Unique IO & ESD Solutions @ DAC 2023!
by Daniel Nenni on 06-29-2023 at 6:00 am

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The semiconductor industry continues to drive innovation and constantly seeks methods to lower costs and improve performance. The advantages of custom I/O libraries versus free libraries can be seen as cost-savings or, more importantly, new markets, new customers, and new business
opportunities.

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Samsung Foundry on Track for 2nm Production in 2025

Samsung Foundry on Track for 2nm Production in 2025
by Daniel Nenni on 06-27-2023 at 3:00 pm

Samsung Foundry Forum 2023

On the heels of the TSMC Symposium and the Intel Foundry update, Samsung held their Foundry Forum today live in Silicon Valley. As usual it was a well attended event with hundreds of people and dozens of ecosystem partners. The theme was the AI Era which is appropriate. As I have mentioned before, AI will touch most every chip and there… Read More