I recently covered what Samtec was doing at DesignCon 26. Samtec has a tendency to dominate any show it attends in multiple dimensions. The prior post focused on the company’s contributions to the technical agenda and the high-profile experts in attendance. While all that is interesting and valuable, attending a large show like… Read More
Author: Mike Gianfagna
How Samtec Blazes a Trail to 224/448 Gbps at DesignCon 26
Webinar: Caspia Shows You How to Fix Security Flaws Before It’s Too Late
I recently posted an overview of an upcoming webinar from Caspia Technologies. That post provides background on the excellent speakers who will present and an overview of the topics they will cover. I recently had the opportunity to attend a dry run of the entire event. The details presented are quite impactful, so I thought I’d… Read More
WEBINAR: Engineering Documentation is a Critical Source of Truth – Do You Know if it’s Accurate?
Embedded systems programs rarely fail because of a lack of execution capability. They fail because critical engineering documentation drifts out of alignment over time and distance. Simply put, the team is correctly following the wrong instructions. This includes requirements, architecture, implementation, verification,… Read More
Learn How llmda Uses Agentic AI to Generate Hardware Docs & Keep Them Consistent
Accurate, complete, and consistent technical documentation is a critical element of success for any embedded system design project. This includes IP, SoCs, and the associated hardware and software infrastructure. When documentation contains errors, the consequences go beyond engineering inefficiency. Errors that drive… Read More
A Look at the High-Profile Speakers Presenting at #DAC2026
Many of us think of DAC as an important trade show for the Semiconductors and EDA industries. That is certainly part of the history of DAC, but the event is also a highly prestigious technical conference dating back to 1964. In fact, the exhibits at DAC began 20 years after the conference started. That long history as a premier technical… Read More
The Hidden Cost of Using Claude for Documentation
Engineering documentation has always been difficult to produce, maintain, and scale. But with the rise of generative AI, many organizations are asking a reasonable question: can a general-purpose large language model (LLM) like Claude automate the work? At first glance, the answer appears to be yes.
Modern LLMs can generate… Read More
WEBINAR: Caspia’s AI Makes You a Security Verification Expert
Let’s face it, powerful, highly trained AI is making it easier to find security flaws in many systems. When the attack surface becomes the underlying hardware, the risks grow exponentially. Unlike software, hardware can’t easily be “patched”. Early, advanced security verification is the way to mitigate these risks, but doing… Read More
How to Overcome the Advanced Node Physical Verification Bottleneck
It is well-known that advanced semiconductor process technology presents substantial challenges across the full design flow and global supply chain. In this piece, we will focus on a particularly difficult problem – physical verification. This design step is the final gate to manufacturing. Producing a final tape‑out GDS … Read More
proteanTecs at Chiplet Summit – Changing the Game for Health & Performance Monitoring of Chiplets
The recent Chiplet Summit 2026 was a great place to learn about new chiplet designs, emerging standards, and a growing array of support technologies to help design and manufacture chiplet-based systems. In my travels at the show, I found a lot of technology that fit these descriptions. But there were also companies at the show that… Read More
Analog Bits Demos Real-Time On-Chip Power Sensing and Delivery on N2P at the TSMC 2026 Technology Symposium
Analog Bits has a way of stealing the show at every event they attend. The formula is actually quite straight-forward – come to the show with the most relevant, highest impact IP running on the most advanced process. The company will be applying this strategy again at the upcoming TSMC 2026 Technology Symposium with an array of real-time… Read More
Available Is Not In Control: Balancing Output, Quality, and Risk in High-Volume Fabs