At the AI Infra Summit 2025, Synopsys showed how artificial intelligence has become inseparable from the process of creating advanced silicon. The company’s message was clear: AI is an end-to-end engine that drives every phase of chip development. Three Synopsys leaders illustrated this from distinct vantage points. Godwin… Read More
Artificial Intelligence
Neurosymbolic code generation. Innovation in Verification
Early last year we talked about state space models, a recent advance over large language modeling with some appealing advantages. In this blog we introduce neurosymbolic methods, another advance in foundation technologies, here applied to automated code generation. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano… Read More
Podcast EP308: How Clockwork Optimizes AI Clusters with Dan Zheng
Daniel is joined by Dan Zheng, VP of Partnerships and Operations at Clockwork. Dan was the General Manager for Product and Partnerships at Urban Engines which was acquired by Google in 2016. He has also held roles at Stanford University and Google.
Dan explores the challenges of operating massive AI hardware infrastructure at … Read More
CEO Interview with Howard Pakosh of TekStart
Howard Pakosh is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Mr. Pakosh is also Founder & CEO of the TekStart Group, a Toronto-based boutique incubator focusing on Fractional-C business development support, as well as developing, promoting and licensing technology into markets such as blockchain, Internet-of-Things… Read More
Arm Lumex Pushes Further into Standalone GenAI on Mobile
When I first heard about GenAI on mobile platforms – from Arm, Qualcomm and others – I confess I was skeptical. Surely there wouldn’t be enough capacity or performance to deliver more than a proof of concept? But Arm, and I’m sure others, have been working hard to demonstrate this is more than a party trick. It doesn’t hurt that foundation… Read More
The Impact of AI on Semiconductor Startups
At the AI Infra Summit 2025 was a panel conversation that captured the semiconductor industry’s anxieties and hopes. The session, titled “The Impact of AI on Semiconductor Startups,” examined how artificial intelligence is transforming not just what chips can do, but how we design them.
The backdrop is stark. Developing a leading-edge… Read More
MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Unleashes Best-in-Class Performance, AI Experiences, and Power Efficiency for the Next Generation of Mobile Devices
In a bold move to dominate the premium mobile chipset market, MediaTek unveiled the Dimensity 9500 on September 22, 2025, from Shenzhen, China. This flagship SoC promises to elevate 5G smartphones with unparalleled performance, on-device AI capabilities, and energy efficiency, positioning MediaTek as the undisputed leader… Read More
Video EP10: An Overview of Mach42’s AI Platform with Brett Larder
In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Brett Larder, co-founder and CTO at March42. Brett explains what March42’s AI technology can do and the benefits of using the platform to quickly analyze designs to find areas that may be out of spec and require more work. He describes the way Mach42… Read More
Eric Xu’s Keynote at Huawei Connect 2025: Redefining AI Infrastructure
At Huawei Connect 2025, held in Shanghai, Eric Xu, the Rotating Chairman of Huawei, delivered a keynote speech that laid out the company’s ambitious roadmap for AI infrastructure, computing power, and ecosystem development. His speech reflected Huawei’s growing focus on building high-performance systems that can support… Read More
SiFive Launches Second-Generation Intelligence Family of RISC-V Cores
SiFive, founded by the original creators of the RISC-V instruction set, has become the leading independent supplier of RISC-V processor IP. More than two billion devices already incorporate SiFive designs, ranging from camera controllers and SSDs to smartphones and automotive systems. The company no longer sells its own chips,… Read More


Musk’s Orbital Compute Vision: TERAFAB and the End of the Terrestrial Data Center