Semidynamics takes a non-traditional approach to design enablement. Not long ago, the company’s Founder and CEO, Roger Espasa unveiled extreme customization at the RISC-V Summit. That announcement focused on a RISC-V Tensor Unit designed for ultra-fast AI solutions. Recently, at Embedded World 2024 the company took this … Read More
Artificial Intelligence
Managing Power at Datacenter Scale
That datacenters are power hogs is not news, especially now AI is further aggravating this challenge. I found a recent proteanTecs-hosted panel on power challenges in datacenter infrastructure quite educational both in quantifying the scale of the problem and in understanding what steps are being taken to slow growth in power… Read More
Synopsys Design IP for Modern SoCs and Multi-Die Systems
Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) plays a critical role in modern system-on-chip (SoC) designs. That’s not surprising given that modern SoCs are highly complex designs that leverage already proven building blocks such as processors, interfaces, foundational IP, on-chip bus fabrics, security IP, and others. This… Read More
Intel is Bringing AI Everywhere
On April 8 and 9 Intel held its Intel Vision event in Phoenix Arizona. This is Intel’s premier event for business and technology executive leaders to come together and learn about the latest industry trends and solutions in advancements from client, to edge, to data center and cloud. The theme of this year’s event was Bringing AI … Read More
Arteris Frames Network-On-Chip Topologies in the Car
On the heels of Arm’s 2024 automotive update, Arteris and Arm announced an update to their partnership. This has been extended to cover the latest AMBA5 protocol for coherent operation (CHI-E) in addition to already supported options such as CHI-B, ACE and others. There are a couple of noteworthy points here. First, Arm’s new Automotive… Read More
The Data Crisis is Unfolding – Are We Ready?
The rapid advancement of technology, including generative AI, IoT, and autonomous vehicles, is revolutionizing industries and enhancing efficiency. At the same time, such advances also generate huge amounts of data to be transmitted and processed to make sense and provide value to consumers and society as a whole. In essence,… Read More
Synopsys Presents AI-Fueled Innovation at SNUG 2024
SNUG is the premier event for Synopsys to showcase its technology and impact on the industry. This year’s SNUG did not disappoint. The two-day event packed many fantastic user presentations along with exciting news of innovation from Synopsys. Jensen Huang and Sassine Ghazi even held a live, interactive Q&A session. Compelling… Read More
Are Agentic Workflows the Next Big Thing in AI?
AI continues to be a fast-moving space and we’re always looking for the next big thing. There’s a lot of buzz now around something called agentic workflows – ugly name but a good idea. LLMs had a good run as the state-of-the-AI-art, however evidence is building that the foundation model behind LLMs alone has limitations, both theoretically… Read More
Scaling Data Center Infrastructure for the Terabit Era
Earlier this month, SemiWiki wrote about Synopsys’s complete 1.6T Ethernet IP solution to drive AI and Hyperscale Data Center chips. A technology’s success is all about when, where and how it gets adopted within the ecosystem. In the high-speed ethernet ecosystem, the swift adoption of 1.6T Ethernet relies on key roles and coordinated… Read More
Synopsys SNUG Silicon Valley Conference 2024: Powering Innovation in the Era of Pervasive Intelligence
After the leadership transition at the top, Synopsys had just a little more than two months before the company’s flagship event, the Synopsys User Group (SNUG) conference. The Synopsys user community and entire ecosystem were waiting to hear new CEO Sassine Ghazi’s keynote to learn where the company is going and its strategic … Read More
Reachability in Analog and AMS. Innovation in Verification