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The Next Hurdle AI Systems Must Clear

The Next Hurdle AI Systems Must Clear
by Bernard Murphy on 03-11-2026 at 6:00 am

datacenter surrounded by power plants

AI isn’t having an easy ride. The media and Wall Street swing wildly between extremes on any hint of a shift in AI sentiment. Dickens saw this coming: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Read More


Operationalizing Secure Semiconductor Collaboration: Safely, Globally, and at Scale

Operationalizing Secure Semiconductor Collaboration: Safely, Globally, and at Scale
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-09-2026 at 6:00 am

Collaboration Framework

Semiconductor manufacturing is among the most complex industrial activities in existence. As device geometries shrink and systems become more interconnected, software has become as critical as process technology itself. Modern fabs depend on extensive automation, real-time analytics, and deep integration between tools,… Read More


Siemens Reveals Agentic Questa

Siemens Reveals Agentic Questa
by Bernard Murphy on 03-05-2026 at 6:00 am

Questa Agentic

There’s no denying that verification now leads the field in agentic AI announcements, accelerating the trend around this significant contribution to design automation. Siemens have just announced their Questa One Agentic Toolkit, their response to this trend, building on the core Questa One platform. Questa One provides … Read More


How Customized Foundation IP Is Redefining Power Efficiency and Semiconductor ROI

How Customized Foundation IP Is Redefining Power Efficiency and Semiconductor ROI
by Kalar Rajendiran on 02-26-2026 at 10:00 am

chip design for blog

As computing expands from data centers to edge devices, semiconductor designers face increasing pressure to optimize both performance and energy efficiency. Advanced process nodes continue to provide transistor-level improvements, but scaling alone cannot meet the demands of hyperscale AI infrastructure or ultra-low-power… Read More


An AI-Native Architecture That Eliminates GPU Inefficiencies

An AI-Native Architecture That Eliminates GPU Inefficiencies
by Lauro Rizzatti on 02-26-2026 at 6:00 am

VSORA SemiWiki 2026

A recent analysis highlighted by MIT Technology Review puts the energy cost of generative AI into stark perspective. Generating a simple text response from Llama 3.1-405B—a model with 405 billion parameters, the adjustable “knobs” that enable prediction—requires on average 3,353 joules, nearly 1 watt-hour (Wh). Once cooling… Read More


An Agentic Formal Verifier. Innovation in Verification

An Agentic Formal Verifier. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 02-25-2026 at 6:00 am

Innovation New

In a break from our academic-centric picks, here we look at an agentic verification flow developed within a semiconductor company. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer at Stanford, EE292A) and I continue our series on research ideas.… Read More


Agentic EDA Panel Review Suggests Promise and Near-Term Guidance

Agentic EDA Panel Review Suggests Promise and Near-Term Guidance
by Bernard Murphy on 02-24-2026 at 6:00 am

Massive AI datacenter

NetApp recently hosted a webinar on Agentic AI as the future for EDA and implications for infrastructure. Good list of panelists including Mahesh Turaga (VP Cadence Cloud) with an intro preso on infrastructure and agentic AI at Cadence, then our own Dan Nenni (Mr. SemiWiki) moderating, Khaled Heloue (Fellow AMD, CAD CAD/Methodology/AI),… Read More


Podcast EP332: How AI Really Works – the Perspectives of Linley Gwennap

Podcast EP332: How AI Really Works – the Perspectives of Linley Gwennap
by Daniel Nenni on 02-20-2026 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Linley Gwennap, technology analyst and author of the new book “How AI Really Works: The Models, Chips, and Companies Powering a Revolution.” Linley was the long-time editor of Microprocessor Report and chaired the popular Linley Processor Conferences.

Dan explores what impact AI is having on the market and… Read More


Improving Retrieval Accuracy in AI

Improving Retrieval Accuracy in AI
by Bernard Murphy on 02-18-2026 at 6:00 am

Agentic RAG expert

While there are big ambitions for virtual engineers and other self-guiding agentic applications, today estimates show 83-90% of AI inferences are for internet searches. On a related note, chatbots are now said to account for nearly 60% of internet traffic. Search and support are the biggest market drivers for automation and … Read More


Bronco Debug Stress Tested Measures Up

Bronco Debug Stress Tested Measures Up
by Bernard Murphy on 02-16-2026 at 6:00 am

Automated debugger

I wrote last year about a company called Bronco, offering an agentic approach to one of the hottest areas in verification – root-cause debug. I find Bronco especially interesting because their approach to agentic is different than most. Still based on LLMs of course but emphasizing playbooks of DV wisdom for knowledge capture … Read More