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Podcast EP318: An Overview of Axelera AI’s Newest Chip with Fabrizio Del Maffeo

Podcast EP318: An Overview of Axelera AI’s Newest Chip with Fabrizio Del Maffeo
by Daniel Nenni on 11-26-2025 at 8:00 am

Daniel is joined by Fabrizio Del Maffeo, CEO and co-founder of Axelera AI, a Netherlands-based startup delivering the world’s most powerful and advanced solutions for AI at the edge.

Fabrizio describes the significant momentum Axelera AI has achieved in the market, with over 350 customers. Dan then explores the company’s… Read More


Agentic Bug Localization. Innovation in Verification

Agentic Bug Localization. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 11-26-2025 at 6:00 am

Innovation New

Bug localization continues to be a challenge for both bug triage and root-cause analysis. Agentic approaches suggest a way forward. 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


A Tour of Advanced Data Conversion with Alphacore

A Tour of Advanced Data Conversion with Alphacore
by Mike Gianfagna on 11-24-2025 at 6:00 am

A Tour of Advanced Data Conversion with Alphacore

There is always a lot of buzz about advanced AI workloads at trade shows. How to train them and how to run them. Advanced chip and multi-die designs are how AI is brought to life, so it was a perfect fit for discussion at a show. But there is another side of this discussion. Much of the work going on in AI workloads has to do with processing… Read More


Video EP12: How Mach42 is Changing Analog Verification with Antun Domic

Video EP12: How Mach42 is Changing Analog Verification with Antun Domic
by Daniel Nenni on 11-21-2025 at 10:00 am

In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Antun Domic, who discusses Mach42’s work on AI and analog verification. Antun covers many aspects of analog/AMS verification and how Mach42’s unique AI-fueled approach provides significant benefits. He explains the balance of speed … Read More


WEBINAR: Is Agentic AI the Future of EDA?

WEBINAR: Is Agentic AI the Future of EDA?
by Admin on 11-20-2025 at 6:00 am

NetApp Cadence Webinar Banner

The semiconductor industry is entering a transformative era, and few trends are generating more discussion or confusion than Agentic AI. From autonomous design exploration to next-generation verification strategies, Agentic AI promises dramatic changes in how chips are conceived, validated, and delivered. But as with … Read More


I Have Seen the Future with ChipAgents Autonomous Root Cause Analysis

I Have Seen the Future with ChipAgents Autonomous Root Cause Analysis
by Mike Gianfagna on 11-18-2025 at 10:00 am

I Have Seen the Future with ChipAgents Autonomous Root Cause Analysis

I have seen a lot of EDA tool demos in my time. More than I want to admit. The perceived quality of the demo usually came down to a combination of the speed of the tool, quality of results and the ease of navigating through the graphical user interface. For the last item, how easy the interface was on the eyes, how clear were the relationships… Read More


Arm FCSA and the Journey to Standardizing Open Chiplet-Based Design

Arm FCSA and the Journey to Standardizing Open Chiplet-Based Design
by Bernard Murphy on 11-18-2025 at 6:00 am

AI driven car

I have written before about an inter-chiplet communication challenge to realizing the dream of multi-die designs built around open-market chiplets. Still a worthy dream but it’s going to take a journey to get there. Arm recently donated their Foundation Chiplet System Architecture (FCSA) to the Open Compute Project (OCP) as… Read More


Adding Expertise to GenAI: An Insightful Study on Fine-Tuning

Adding Expertise to GenAI: An Insightful Study on Fine-Tuning
by Bernard Murphy on 11-12-2025 at 6:00 am

AI Model Tuner

I wrote earlier about how deep expertise, say for high-quality RTL design or verification, must be extracted from in-house know-how and datasets. In general, such methods start with one of many possible pre-trained models (GPT, Llama, Gemini, etc.). To this consultants or in-house teams add fine-tuning training, initially… Read More


Lessons from the DeepChip Wars: What a Decade-old Debate Teaches Us About Tech Evolution

Lessons from the DeepChip Wars: What a Decade-old Debate Teaches Us About Tech Evolution
by Lauro Rizzatti on 11-10-2025 at 10:00 am

Lessons from the DeepChip wars Table

The competitive landscape of hardware-assisted verification (HAV) has evolved dramatically over the past decade. The strategic drivers that once defined the market have shifted in step with the rapidly changing dynamics of semiconductor design.

Design complexity has soared, with modern SoCs now integrating tens of billions… Read More


TSMC Kumamoto: Pioneering Japan’s Semiconductor Revival

TSMC Kumamoto: Pioneering Japan’s Semiconductor Revival
by Daniel Nenni on 11-07-2025 at 6:00 am

TSMC Kumamoto Fab 2

In the lush landscapes of Kumamoto Prefecture, on Japan’s Kyushu Island, TSMC is etching a new chapter in global chip production. The TSMC Kumamoto facility, operationalized through its wholly-owned subsidiary Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing (JASM), represents the Taiwanese giant’s bold foray… Read More