Agentic AI is often presented as a revolutionary shift in semiconductor manufacturing, driven by large language models and generative AI. However, this framing overlooks an important reality: today’s advances are built on decades of prior work. As Jonathan Holt of PDF Solutions emphasizes in his recent keynote at the APCM 2026… Read More
Podcast EP345: The Impact of the New proteanTecs PVT Plus Sensors with Nir Sever
Daniel is joined by Nir Sever, Senior Director of Business Development at proteanTecs. Nir has over 30 years of experience in advanced VLSI engineering. Before joining proteanTecs, he served for 10 years as the COO of Tehuti Networks, a pioneer in high-speed networking semiconductors. Prior to that, he served for 9 years as Senior… Read More
Two Paths for AI in Semiconductor Manufacturing: Platform Integration vs. Point Solutions
Semiconductor manufacturing has become one of the most data-intensive industrial environments in the world, and AI is rapidly becoming central to how fabs operate and optimize. Yet, rather than converging on a single model for AI adoption, the industry is evolving along two distinct paths. One centered on platform-scale… 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
yieldHUB Expands Its Impact with New Technology and a New Website
yieldHUB is a unique company that focuses on yield optimization for the semiconductor industry. The company aims to bring engineering teams together with a platform that allows sharing of data analytics and knowledge about products to improve yield. This goal is certainly fueled by unifying data from multiple steps in the manufacturing… Read More
Intelligent Networks: Power, Reliability, and Maintenance in Telecom — Webinar Preview
The upcoming webinar “Intelligent Networks: Power, Reliability, and Maintenance in Telecom” will focus on how telecommunications networks are adapting to growing demands for efficiency, resilience, and scalability. As telecom operators expand 5G deployments, integrate cloud-native architectures, and prepare for AI-driven… Read More
Manufacturing Is Strategy: Leadership Lessons from the Semiconductor Front Lines
This article is an editorial synthesis of a fireside chat between Tom Caulfield, Executive Chairman of GlobalFoundries, and John Kibarian, CEO of PDF Solutions that took place on December 3rd 2025, during the PDF Solutions Users Conference. John Kibarian led the conversation to get Tom Caulfield’s perspectives on leadership… Read More
Accelerating NPI with Deep Data: From First Silicon to Volume
For decades, semiconductor teams have relied on traditional methods such as corner-based analysis, surrogate monitors, and population-level statistical screening for post-silicon validation. These methods served well when variability was modest, and timing paths behaved predictably. However, today’s advanced nodes… Read More
Failure Prevention with Real-Time Health Monitoring: A proteanTecs Innovation
In the complex world of semiconductors, reliability, availability, and serviceability (RAS) have become paramount, especially as devices shrink to nanoscale geometries like 2nm. At the recent 2025 TSMC OIP Forum Noam Brousard, VP of Solutions Engineering at proteanTecs, presented “Failure Prevention with Real-Time… Read More
Podcast EP313: How proteanTecs Optimizes Production Test
Daniel is joined by Alex Burlak is Vice President of Test & Analytics at proteanTecs. With combined expertise in production testing and data analytics of ICs and system products, Alex joined proteanTecs in October, 2018. Before joining the company, Alex held a Senior Director of Interconnect and Silicon Photonics Product… Read More


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