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
Author: Daniel Nenni
TSMC 16th OIP Ecosystem Forum First Thoughts
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
CEO Interview: Wendy Chen of MSquare Technology
Wendy Chen, MBA from the University of Manchester, has been the Founder and CEO of MSquare Technology since 2021. With over 23 years in the semiconductor industry, Wendy’s career includes roles as Sales Director at Synopsys Technology, Vice President at TF-AMD, and Vice President at Alchip Asia Pacific. Her extensive experience… Read More
CEO Interview: BRAM DE MUER of ICsense
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Bram co-founded ICsense in 2004 as a spin-off of the University of Leuven. He is CEO since 2004 and helped growing the company from 4 to over 100 people in 20 years while being profitable every year. He managed the acquisition by TDK in 2017. He is an experienced entrepreneur in the micro-electronics field with a strong interest in … Read More
Synopsys IP Processor Summit 2024
Now that live events are filling up there are even more live events especially here in Silicon Valley. Synopsys, the #1 full IP provider, will host a processor summit here in Santa Clara next month. Given the popularity of anything RISC-V, I would expect this event to be very well attended so be sure and register in advance.
The networking… Read More
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