CEO Interview: Dr. Zeynep Bayram of 35ELEMENTS

CEO Interview: Dr. Zeynep Bayram of 35ELEMENTS
by Daniel Nenni on 01-10-2025 at 6:00 am

Zeynep Bayram headshot

Zeynep is a co-founder and the Chief Executive Officer of 35ELEMENTS Corp., the GaN solutions company, which spun off from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. She worked in small and large semiconductor companies, and managed operations of an equipment manufacturing business. She completed her B.S. and M.S. in EE,… Read More


2025 Outlook with Matt Burns of Samtec

2025 Outlook with Matt Burns of Samtec
by Daniel Nenni on 01-09-2025 at 10:00 am

Matt Burns Samtec

My good friend Matthew Burns develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon-to-Silicon solutions. Over the course of 25 years, he has been a leader in design, applications engineering, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries. Matt holds a B.S. in Electrical… Read More


2025 Outlook with Christelle Faucon of Agile Analog

2025 Outlook with Christelle Faucon of Agile Analog
by Daniel Nenni on 01-09-2025 at 6:00 am

Agile Analog Christelle Faucon headshot

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company. 

I was born in France, but I have been living in the Netherlands for two decades. I have worked in the global semiconductor industry for over 25 years. After my Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering, I started my career as a Design Engineer. Since then I have held senior product… Read More


Stanford showcases the first 60 GHz GaN IMPATT Oscillator at IEDM 2024

Stanford showcases the first 60 GHz GaN IMPATT Oscillator at IEDM 2024
by Daniel Nenni on 01-08-2025 at 10:00 am

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Key takeaways

  • IMPATT (Impact Ionization Avalanche Transit Time) sources operating at millimeter-wave and sub-THz frequencies using GaN technology have the potential to become some of the most powerful high-frequency (RF) generators.
  • At this year’s IEDM, a major breakthrough was reported: a GaN IMPATT RF oscillator achieving
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Semiconductor Industry Update Webinar – Registration Now Open

Semiconductor Industry Update Webinar – Registration Now Open
by Daniel Nenni on 01-07-2025 at 10:00 am

Semiconductor Futures 2025

At first glance, the headline annualized semiconductor market growth numbers remain strong, with HBM Memory leading the way and AI GPUs continuing to sell in a frenzy. However, a deeper dive into the details reveals a much bleaker picture. Inventory levels remain stubbornly high, and mainstream capacity utilization rates are… Read More


WEBINAR: 2025 Semiconductor Year in Preview

WEBINAR: 2025 Semiconductor Year in Preview
by Daniel Nenni on 01-03-2025 at 6:00 am

Webinar 2025 semiconductor year in preview

TechInsights has been in the semiconductor analysis business for more than 35 years and is THE most trusted source of semiconductor information. TechInsights started as a reverse engineering and IP analysis company but has grown into much more. I remember waiting for the teardown reports before buying electronics to make sure… Read More


Happy New Year from SemiWiki

Happy New Year from SemiWiki
by Daniel Nenni on 01-01-2025 at 6:00 am

Happy New Year 2024

As SemiWiki celebrates our 14th anniversary I wanted to wish you all a happy New Year! Working in the semiconductor industry for the past 40 years has been rewarding beyond belief. Working in the trenches and traveling the world has been an education in itself, more so than any other career that I could imagine. SemiWiki has broadened… Read More


CEO Interview: Subi Krishnamurthy of PIMIC

CEO Interview: Subi Krishnamurthy of PIMIC
by Daniel Nenni on 12-31-2024 at 10:00 am

PIMIC CEO formal

Subi Krishnamurthy is the Founder and CEO of PIMIC, an AI semiconductor company pioneering processing-in-memory (PiM) technology for ultra-low-power AI solutions. With over 30 years of experience in silicon design and product development, Subi has led the mass production of 12+ silicon projects and holds 30+ patents. He began… Read More


CEO Interview: Dr Josep Montanyà of Nanusens

CEO Interview: Dr Josep Montanyà of Nanusens
by Daniel Nenni on 12-31-2024 at 6:00 am

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Dr. Josep Montanyà Chief Executive Officer – UK/Spain Co-founder leading the company, with +18 years of experience in MEMS, patents and the semiconductor industry. Founded Baolab Microsystems prior to Nanusens.

Tell us a little bit about your company?

We have a patented technology that allows us to build chips with nano-mechanisms… Read More


The Intel Common Platform Foundry Alliance

The Intel Common Platform Foundry Alliance
by Daniel Nenni on 12-27-2024 at 6:00 am

Common Platform Alliance

When I do a root cause analysis of Intel’s problem it is very simple. If Intel wants to continue to be a leading-edge semiconductor manufacturer, they need to fill their fabs, all of their fabs. Clearly several things need to happen in order to do that but the one that most interests me is on the foundry side.

I think we can all agree that… Read More