Each year, Silicon Catalyst assembles a panel of industry luminaries to discuss important questions about the future. The charter of the Silicon Catalyst Industry Forum is to: “create a platform for broad-topic dialog among all stakeholders involved in the semiconductor industry value chain. The Forum topics focus on technical… Read More
Author: Mike Gianfagna
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Register Management is the Foundation of Every Chip
Virtually every chip today runs software. And that software needs to interact with and control the hardware on the chip. There are typically many interfaces to manage as well as dedicated hardware accelerators to coordinate. In fact, many of those hardware accelerators are present only to support the execution of the software… Read More
Cliosoft Webinar: What’s Needed for Next Generation IP-Based Digital Design
There’s plenty of talk about requirements for IP data management. The fundamental methods to prevent chaos, waste or worse are popular topics. I’ve covered webinars from Cliosoft on the topic on SemiWiki. But what about the future? What’s really needed to set up a path that scales, addressing the challenges of today and the new … Read More
Alchip Reveals How to Extend Moore’s Law at TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum
The TSMC Open Innovation Platform (OIP) event brings together a wide array of companies reporting cutting edge work that are part of TSMC’s rather substantial ecosystem. The event covers everything from high-performance computing to mobile, automotive, IoT, RF and 3D IC design. Of particular interest for this post is a presentation… Read More
Latest Updates to Altair Accelerator, the Industry’s Fastest Enterprise Job Scheduler
Altair is a broad-based company that delivers critical enabling technology across many disciplines that will be familiar to SemiWiki readers. According to its website, Altair delivers open-architecture solutions for data analytics & AI, computer-aided engineering, and high-performance computing (HPC). You can learn… Read More
Webinar: A Practical Approach to FinFET Layout Automation That Really Works
There are certain tasks that have been the holy grail of EDA for some time. A real silicon compiler – high level language as input and an optimal, correct layout as output is one. Fully automated analog design – objectives as input, optimal circuit as output is another. With the increased layout times, due to the ever-increasing design… Read More
Samtec, Otava and Avnet Team Up to Tame 5G Deployment Hurdles
Everyone is talking about 5G deployment. The promises and the hype are finally turning into reality and products. While excitement is appropriate, victory is not yet in hand. There are still technical hurdles to conquer before the full potential of 5G is realized. In this post, I’ll explore one such challenge – the reliable use … Read More
Take the Achronix Speedster7t FPGA for a Test Drive in the Lab
Achronix is known for its high-performance FPGA solutions. In this post, I’ll explore the Speedster7T FPGA. This FPGA family is optimized for high-bandwidth workloads and eliminates performance bottlenecks with an innovative architecture. Built on TSMC’s 7nm FinFET process, the family delivers ASIC-level performance … Read More
Webinar – SoC Planning for a Modern, Component-Based Approach
We all know that project planning and tracking are critical for any complex undertaking, especially a complex SoC design project. We also know that IP management is critical for these same kinds of projects – there is lots of IP from many sources being integrated in any SoC these days. If you don’t keep track of what you’re using and… Read More
ESD Alliance Reports Double-Digit Growth – The Hits Just Keep Coming
The latest Electronic Design Market Data report was just published. The headline announces continued substantial growth for the sector: Electronic System Design Industry Logs Double-Digit Q2 2021 Year-Over-Year Revenue Growth, ESD Alliance Reports. While not quite the record-breaking growth reported last quarter, the… Read More
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