How llmda.ai Coaxed Me Out of Retirement, an Interview with Kurt Shuler

How llmda.ai Coaxed Me Out of Retirement, an Interview with Kurt Shuler
by Daniel Nenni on 06-12-2026 at 6:00 am

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Arteris is one of the most impressive companies SemiWiki has worked with over the last fifteen years. We have collaborated on one hundred and seventy-three articles/podcasts that have garnered more than two million views/listens. The success of Arteris can be easily tracked to the executive team and Kurt Shuler was the executive… Read More


The Memory Sector Is Becoming One of the Main Beneficiaries of the AI Boom

The Memory Sector Is Becoming One of the Main Beneficiaries of the AI Boom
by Daniel Nenni on 06-11-2026 at 10:00 am

The Memory Sector Is Becoming One of the Main Beneficiaries of the AI Boom

The explosive growth of artificial intelligence is transforming the semiconductor industry, and nowhere is this more evident than in the memory sector. AI training and inference workloads are fundamentally memory-intensive, driving unprecedented demand for advanced DRAM architectures, High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), and… Read More


Technical Paper: FPGA Prototyping That Creates Useful PreSilicon Evidence

Technical Paper: FPGA Prototyping That Creates Useful PreSilicon Evidence
by Daniel Nenni on 06-11-2026 at 6:00 am

FPGA Prototyping Beyond RTL Fit Building Useful Pre Silicon Evidence

As semiconductor designs continue to grow in complexity, FPGA prototyping has become an essential component of modern pre-silicon validation strategies. While FPGA capacity and gate-count equivalence often dominate discussions around prototyping platforms, the true value of an FPGA prototype lies elsewhere: its ability… Read More


Accelerating AI with RISC-V ISA

Accelerating AI with RISC-V ISA
by Daniel Nenni on 06-10-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Author: Trevor Cooper

Lessons from Hands-On DGEMM Benchmarking

Using cycle-accurate simulation to explore how RISC-V vector extensions accelerate one of computing’s most important workloads

1. Why Vector Performance Matters

While GPUs dominate large-scale model training, CPUs execute a vast amount of matrix math in inference… Read More


Optimizing Photonic Integrated Circuit Production with yieldHUB Analytics

Optimizing Photonic Integrated Circuit Production with yieldHUB Analytics
by Daniel Nenni on 06-10-2026 at 6:00 am

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As Photonic Integrated Circuits (PIC) continue to gain momentum across datacom, telecom, AI infrastructure, sensing, and quantum computing applications, the need for advanced manufacturing analytics has become increasingly critical. To address the challenges associated with scaling PIC production while maintaining… Read More


Rambus Delivers Complete DDR5 Client Chipset for High-Speed CUDIMM and CSODIMM Memory Modules

Rambus Delivers Complete DDR5 Client Chipset for High-Speed CUDIMM and CSODIMM Memory Modules
by Daniel Nenni on 06-09-2026 at 8:00 am

Rambus DDR5 9600 Client Memory Module Chipset

The rapid emergence of AI-enabled personal computers is driving unprecedented demand for higher memory bandwidth, improved signal integrity and greater system reliability. To address these requirements, Rambus has introduced a complete client memory interface chipset for Clocked Unbuffered Dual In-Line Memory Modules… Read More


Synopsys and Samsung Foundry Extend AI-Driven Design Collaboration for Advanced 2nm and Multi-Die Systems

Synopsys and Samsung Foundry Extend AI-Driven Design Collaboration for Advanced 2nm and Multi-Die Systems
by Daniel Nenni on 06-08-2026 at 10:00 am

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At SAFE Forum 2026, Synopsys announced significant advancements in its collaboration with Samsung Foundry, expanding AI-powered design, verification, test, and IP solutions for Samsung’s most advanced process technologies. The announcement underscores the growing importance of electronic design automation (EDA), … Read More


Weebit Nano ReRAM Reaches Commercial Tape-Out Milestone

Weebit Nano ReRAM Reaches Commercial Tape-Out Milestone
by Daniel Nenni on 06-08-2026 at 6:00 am

Weebit Nano ReRAM Reaches Commercial Tape Out Milestone

Weebit Nano has achieved a critical milestone in the commercialization of Resistive Random Access Memory (ReRAM) technology with the successful tape-out of two customer products integrating its embedded non-volatile memory IP. One of the products has already returned first silicon and demonstrated functional operation,… Read More


CEO Interview with Chuck Gershman of Owl Autonomous Imaging

CEO Interview with Chuck Gershman of Owl Autonomous Imaging
by Daniel Nenni on 06-07-2026 at 4:00 pm

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Chuck Gershman is the CEO and co-founder of Owl Autonomous Imaging. He has spent more than 30 years in semiconductors, AI imaging, computer vision, and autonomous sensing technologies across executive management, engineering, marketing, business development, and operations.

Chuck is a Drexel University College of Engineering… Read More


CEO Interview with Mike Horton of HYFIX Spatial Intelligence

CEO Interview with Mike Horton of HYFIX Spatial Intelligence
by Daniel Nenni on 06-07-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Mike Horton is a co-founder of HYFIX Spatial Intelligence, which builds GNSS hardware for decentralized positioning and timing networks,  and GEODNET, the world’s largest decentralized GNSS reference network, and HYFIX Spatial Intelligence, which builds GNSS hardware for decentralized positioning and timing networks.… Read More