Modern semiconductor devices, a far cry from the chips we once knew, are now highly complex intelligent systems used in datacenters, communications infrastructure, in consumer electronics, automotive, home and office automation, almost everywhere. All such applications build around large subsystems, invariably compute,… Read More
Artificial Intelligence
2025 Outlook with Veerbhan Kheterpal of Quadric
Quadric Inc. is the leading licensor of general-purpose neural processor IP (GPNPU) that runs both machine learning inference workloads and classic DSP and control algorithms. Quadric’s unified hardware and software architecture is optimized for on-device ML inference. Veerbhan Kheterpal is the CEO and one of the co-founders… Read More
Outlook 2025 with David Hwang of Alchip
Dave Hwang joined Alchip in 2021 as General Manager of Alchip’s North America Business Unit. He also serves as Senior Vice President, Business Development. Prior to join Alchip, Dave served as Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Global Unichip and in a variety of management and technical roles at TSMC. He holds… Read More
CEO Interview: Mouna Elkhatib of AONDevices
Mouna Elkhatib is the CEO, CTO, and Co-Founder of AONDevices, Inc., a leading provider of super-low-power Edge AI solutions. A visionary entrepreneur and innovative leader, Mouna has successfully grown AONDevices into a recognized leader in the Edge AI space. With over 20 years of experience in semiconductor technology, she… Read More
2025 Outlook with Uzi Baruch of proteanTecs
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
I am the Chief Strategy Officer at proteanTecs where I oversee our organic and inorganic growth strategies, as well as our go-to-market. This includes collaboration with ecosystem partners, defining our business model, and creating value for our customers through a targeted… Read More
Podcast EP272: An Overview How AI is Changing Semiconductor and System Design with Dr. Sailesh Kumar
Daniel Nenni is joined by Dr. Sailesh Kumar, CEO of Baya Systems. With over two decades of experience, Sailesh is a seasoned expert in SoC, fabric, I/O, memory architecture, and algorithms. Previously, Sailesh founded NetSpeed Systems and served as its Chief Technology Officer until its successful acquisition by Intel. Sailesh… Read More
CEO Interview: With Fabrizio Del Maffeo of Axelera AI
Fabrizio Del Maffeo is the CEO and co-founder of Axelera AI, the Netherlands-based startup building game-changing, scalable hardware for AI at the edge. Axelera AI was incubated by the Bitfury Group, a globally recognised emerging technologies company, where Fabrizio previously served as Head of AI. In his role at Axelera AI,… Read More
2024 Retrospective. Innovation in Verification
As usual in January we start with a look back at the papers we reviewed last year. 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. As always, feedback welcome.
The 2024 Picks
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Synopsys Brings Embedded Memory to the Future with its Flexible, IP-Based Compilers
There is a revolution happening that is fueled by innovation in areas such as AI, IoT and autonomous driving. These new systems put incredible stress on next-generation semiconductor technology. Faster processing, higher density and lower latency must all be delivered with reduced power and thermal profiles. One technology… Read More
MCUs Are Now Embracing Mainstream NoCs
The moral of today’s story is that to succeed in a late-adopter market, sometimes you just have to wait for the market to catch up (assuming you have a strong early adopter market to buy your product today). I have been working with Arteris for 6+ years now promoting their NoC technology, and there was never any question that they offer… Read More
Rapidus, IBM, and the Billion-Dollar Silicon Sovereignty Bet