Expedera provides customizable neural engine semiconductor IP that dramatically improves performance, power, and latency while reducing cost and complexity in edge AI inference applications. Da is co-founder and CEO of Expedera. Previously, he was cofounder and COO of Memoir Systems, an optimized memory IP startup, leading… Read More
Author: Daniel Nenni
INTERCHIP achieves 3x faster verification for next-gen clocking oscillator with advanced analog and mixed-signal EDA technology
Customer case studies have always been my favorite source of information. Press releases are a great start but there is always more to the story. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to speak with Sumit Vishwakarma, principal product manager at Siemens EDA about their recent press release with Interchip. I was an advisor to Berkeley… Read More
CEO Interview: Larry Zu of Sarcina Technology
Larry has grown Sarcina from designing semiconductor packages for a few small companies, to doing package designs for top semiconductor companies around the world. From 2014 to 2018, Larry led the expansion of Sarcina beyond package design into final test and wafer sort hardware and software development.
Larry is a semiconductor… Read More
WEBINAR: Chipmakers can leverage generative AI to speed up RTL design and verification
The subjects of Generative AI and Large Language Models (LLMs) permeate businesses and the public conversation. It’s not without good reason! While this emergent field of AI develops, it is now seen at a minimum as a valuable assistant, or, often, a dramatic accelerant to productivity, even to technical workflows.
As we’re … Read More
2024 Outlook with Adam Olson of Perforce
Perforce is a company that provides software solutions primarily focused on version control, especially for large-scale development projects. Version control systems manage changes to documents, computer programs, large web sites, or other collections of information. Perforce’s main product is Helix Core, formerly… Read More
WEBINAR: Enabling Long Lasting Security for Semiconductors
Today we live in a world where technology is a part of our everyday lives, not only our personal data, but all devices we rely on on a daily basis including our automobiles, cell phones, and home devices. Hackers have found creative and novel ways to corrupt these products, disable systems, steal secrets and threaten our identities.… Read More
CEO Interview: Michael Sanie of Endura Technologies
Michael Sanie is a veteran of the semiconductor and EDA industries. His career spans several executive roles in diverse businesses with multifunctional responsibilities. He is a passionate evangelist for disruptive technologies.
Most recently, he was the chief marketing executive and senior VP of Enterprise Marketing and… Read More
2024 Signal & Power Integrity SIG Event Summary
It was a dark and stormy night here in Silicon Valley but we still had a full room of semiconductor professionals. I emceed the event. In addition to demos, customer and partner presentations, we did a Q&A which was really great. One thing I have to say is that Intel really showed up for both DesignCon and the Chiplet Summit. Quite… Read More
A Candid Chat with Sean Redmond About ChipStart in the UK
When I first saw the Silicon Catalyst business plan 10 years ago I had very high hopes. Silicon Valley design starts were falling and Venture Capital Firms were distracted by software companies even though without silicon there would be no software.
Silicon Catalyst is an organization focused on accelerating silicon-based startups.… Read More
Handling Preprocessed Files in a Hardware IDE
For several years now, I’ve been meeting with AMIQ EDA co-founder Cristian Amitroaie every few months to discuss the state of the industry, key trends in design and verification, and the ways that they help facilitate and accelerate chip development. I noticed an interesting new feature mentioned in their latest press release… Read More









Silicon Insurance: Why eFPGA is Cheaper Than a Respin — and Why It Matters in the Intel 18A Era