Emotion AI, also known as affective computing or artificial emotional intelligence, is a rapidly growing field within artificial intelligence that seeks to understand, interpret, and respond to human emotions. This technology is designed to bridge the gap between human emotions and machine understanding, enabling more … Read More
Artificial Intelligence
AI: Will It Take Your Job? Understanding the Fear and the Reality
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force across industries, driving both optimism and anxiety. As AI continues to evolve, its potential to automate tasks and improve efficiency raises an inevitable question: Will AI take our jobs? This fear is compounded by frequent reports of layoffs,… Read More
Bug Hunting in NoCs. Innovation in Verification
Despite NoCs being finely tuned in legacy subsystems, when subsystems are connected in larger designs or even across multi-die structures, differing traffic policies and system-level delays between NoCs can introduce new opportunities for deadlocks, livelocks and other hazards. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence),… Read More
Alphawave Semi Unlocks 1.2 TBps Connectivity for HPC and AI Infrastructure with 9.2 Gbps HBM3E Subsystem
In the rapidly evolving fields of high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), reducing time to market is crucial for maintaining competitive advantage. HBM3E systems play a pivotal role in this regard, particularly for hyperscaler and data center infrastructure customers. Alphawave Semi’s… Read More
The State of The Foundry Market Insights from the Q2-24 Results
If you work in the Semiconductor or related industry, you know that industry cycles can profoundly impact your business. It is crucial for strategic development to invest at the appropriate time and to rope the sails when necessary.
As a semiconductor investor, you’re accustomed to the ebb and flow of industry cycles. It’s… Read More
AMAT Underwhelms- China & GM & ICAP Headwinds- AI is only Driver- Slow Recovery
- AMAT reports good but underwhelming quarter
- China slowing creates revenue & GM headwinds- ICAPs weak
- AI remains the one and only bright spot in both foundry & memory
- Cyclical recovery remains slow – Single digit Y/Y growth
OK quarter – still slow growing, revs up only 5% Y/Y
AMAT came in at revenues of $6.78B… Read More
The Impact of UCIe on Chiplet Design: Lowering Barriers and Driving Innovation
The semiconductor industry is experiencing a significant transformation with the advent of chiplet design, a modular approach that breaks down complex chips into smaller, functional blocks called chiplets. A chiplet-based design approach offers numerous advantages, such as improved performance, reduced development … Read More
CEO Interview: Yogish Kode of Glide Systems
Yogish Kode is a senior solutions architect with substantial experience in product lifecycle management for over 20 years. His focus has been on semiconductor PLM and IP management. Prior to founding Glide Systems, he was a global solutions architect at Dassault Systèmes, an IT lead at Xilinx, and a senior programmer/analyst… Read More
The Future of Logic Equivalence Checking
Logic equivalence checking (LEC) is an automated process to verify that modified versions of a design evolving through implementation remain logically equivalent to the functionally signed-off RTL. This becomes important when accounting for retiming optimizations and for necessary implementation-stage ECOs which must… Read More
Mitigating AI Data Bottlenecks with PCIe 7.0
During a recent LinkedIn webcast, Dr. Ian Cutress, Chief Analyst at More than Moore and Host at TechTechPotato, and Priyank Shukla, Principal Product Manager at Synopsys, shared their thoughts regarding the industry drivers, design considerations, and critical advancements in compute interconnects enabling data center… Read More
Reachability in Analog and AMS. Innovation in Verification