It is well-known that AI is upending conventional wisdom for system design. Workload-specific processor configurations are growing at an exponential rate. Along with this is an exponential growth in data bandwidth needs, creating an urgency for 1.6T Ethernet. A recent SemiWiki webinar dove into these issues. Synopsys and … Read More
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How Arteris is Revolutionizing SoC Design with Smart NoC IP
Recently, Design & Reuse held its IP-SoC Days event at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara. Advanced IP drives a lot of the innovation we are seeing in chip design. This event provides a venue for IP providers to highlight the latest products and services and share a vision of the future. IP consumers are anxious to hear about all the… Read More
Analog Bits Steals the Show with Working IP on TSMC 3nm and 2nm and a New Design Strategy
The TSMC Technology Symposium recently kicked off in Santa Clara, with a series of events scheduled around the world. This event showcases the latest TSMC technology. It is also an opportunity for TSMC’s vast ecosystem to demonstrate commercial application on TSMC’s technology. There is a lot to unpack at an event like this. There… Read More
Silicon Creations Presents Architectures and IP for SoC Clocking
Design & Reuse recently held its IP-SoC Days event at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara. Advanced IP is now the fuel for a great deal of innovation in semiconductor design. This popular event allows IP providers to highlight the latest products and services and share a vision of the future. IP consumers can easily get updates on… Read More
TSMC Describes Technology Innovation Beyond A14
The inaugural event for the 2025 TSMC Technology Symposium recently concluded in Santa Clara, California. This will be followed by events around the world over the next two months. We have summarized information from this event regarding process technology innovation and advanced packaging innovation. Overall, the A14 process… Read More
Siemens Describes its System-Level Prototyping and Planning Cockpit
We all know semiconductor design is getting harder. Much harder when you consider the demands of AI workloads and heterogeneous integration of many chiplets in a single package. This class of system demands co-optimization across the entire design flow. For example, functional verification, thermal analysis, signal and power… Read More
TSMC Brings Packaging Center Stage with Silicon
The worldwide TSMC 2025 Technology Symposium recently kicked off with the first event in Santa Clara, California. These events typically focus on TSMC’s process technology and vast ecosystem. These items were certainly a focus for this year’s event as well. But there is now an additional item that shares the spotlight – packaging… Read More
Balancing the Demands of OTP for Advanced Nodes with Synopsys IP
One-time programmable (OTP) non-volatile memory has been around for a long time. Compared to other non-volatile memory technologies OTP has a smaller footprint and does not require additional manufacturing steps, making it a popular choice to store items such as boot code and encryption keys. While this sounds simple, the growth… Read More
A Synopsys Webinar Detailing IP Requirements for Advanced AI Chips
Generative AI is dramatically changing the compute power that must be delivered by advanced designs. This demand has risen by more than 10,000 times in the past five to six years. This increased demand has impacted the entire SoC design flow. We are now faced with going beyond 1 trillion transistors per chip, and systems now consist… Read More
Going Beyond DRC Clean with Calibre DE
For advanced semiconductor designs, achieving both design rule check clean layouts and optimal electrical performance is crucial for minimizing design iterations, reducing time-to-market and ensuring product reliability. Balancing electrical performance and layout integrity is a difficult task. Achieving an optimal… Read More
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