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Andes Technology: Powering the Full Spectrum – from Embedded Control to AI and Beyond

Andes Technology: Powering the Full Spectrum – from Embedded Control to AI and Beyond
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-27-2025 at 6:00 am

Overview of Andes Product Categories

As the computing industry seeks more flexible, scalable, and open hardware architectures, RISC-V has emerged as a compelling alternative to proprietary instruction set architectures. At the forefront of this revolution stands Andes Technology, offering a comprehensive lineup of RISC-V processor solutions that go far beyond… Read More


Voice as a Feature: A Silent Revolution in AI-Enabled SoCs

Voice as a Feature: A Silent Revolution in AI-Enabled SoCs
by Jonah McLeod on 05-26-2025 at 10:00 am

Voice as a Feature

When Apple introduced Siri in 2011, it was the first serious attempt to make voice interaction a mainstream user interface. Embedded into the iPhone 4S, Siri brought voice into consumers’ lives not as a standalone product, but as a built-in feature—a hands-free way to interact with an existing device. Siri set the expectation… Read More


From All-in-One IP to Cervell™: How Semidynamics Reimagined AI Compute with RISC-V

From All-in-One IP to Cervell™: How Semidynamics Reimagined AI Compute with RISC-V
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-26-2025 at 6:00 am

Started with a look at CPU

In an era where artificial intelligence workloads are growing in scale, complexity, and diversity, chipmakers are facing increasing pressure to deliver solutions that are not only fast, but also flexible and programmable. Semidynamics recently announced Cervell™, a fully programmable Neural Processing Unit (NPU) designedRead More


Alchip’s Technology and Global Talent Strategy Deliver Record Growth

Alchip’s Technology and Global Talent Strategy Deliver Record Growth
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-20-2025 at 10:00 am

Alchip TSMC 2nm N2

Alchip Technologies Ltd., a global leader in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) ASIC design and production services, continues its trajectory of rapid growth and technical leadership by pushing the boundaries of advanced-node silicon, expanding its global design capabilities, and building… Read More


The Journey of Interface Protocols: Adoption and Validation of Interface Protocols – Part 2 of 2

The Journey of Interface Protocols: Adoption and Validation of Interface Protocols – Part 2 of 2
by Lauro Rizzatti on 05-20-2025 at 6:00 am

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Part 2 examines the transformation of the interface protocols industry from a fragmented market of numerous specialized vendors to a more consolidated one dominated by a few major solutions providers as driven by the increasing complexity of modern protocols. It highlights the importance of rigorous validation of interfaceRead More


CEO Interview with Thar Casey of AmberSemi

CEO Interview with Thar Casey of AmberSemi
by Daniel Nenni on 05-16-2025 at 6:00 am

AmberSemi CEO Thar Casey

Thar Casey is a serial entrepreneur, focused on disruptive, game changing technology architecture. Today, he is the CEO of AmberSemi, a young California-based fabless semiconductor company advancing next-generation power management (conversion, control and protection) that revolutionizes electrical products and semiconductor… Read More


EDA AI agents will come in three waves and usher us into the next era of electronic design

EDA AI agents will come in three waves and usher us into the next era of electronic design
by Admin on 05-15-2025 at 10:00 am

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Author: Niranjan Sitapure, AI Product Manager, Siemens EDA

We are at a pivotal point in Electronic Design Automation (EDA), as the semiconductors and PCB systems that underpin critical technologies, such as AI, 5G, autonomous systems, and edge computing, grow increasingly complex. The traditional EDA workflow, which includes… Read More


Webinar – Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability with Samtec and Synopsys

Webinar – Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability with Samtec and Synopsys
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-15-2025 at 6:00 am

Webinar Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability with Samtec and Synopsys

It is well-known that AI is upending conventional wisdom for system design. Workload-specific processor configurations are growing at an exponential rate. Along with this is an exponential growth in data bandwidth needs, creating an urgency for 1.6T Ethernet. A recent SemiWiki webinar dove into these issues. Synopsys and … Read More


A Timely Update on Secure-IC

A Timely Update on Secure-IC
by Bernard Murphy on 05-14-2025 at 6:00 am

Semi value chain

I last wrote about Secure IC back in 2023, a provider of embedded security technologies and services. Cadence announced at the beginning of 2025 their intention to acquire this company, which warrants a check-in again on what they have to offer. Secure-IC addresses multiple markets, from automotive, through defense/space and… Read More


The Journey of Interface Protocols: The Evolution of Interface Protocols – Part 1 of 2

The Journey of Interface Protocols: The Evolution of Interface Protocols – Part 1 of 2
by Lauro Rizzatti on 05-13-2025 at 10:00 am

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Prolog – Interface Protocols: Achilles’ Heels in Today’s State-of-the-art SOCs

June 30 was only a week away when Varun had a sleepless night. The call from the datacenter manager the evening before alerted him on a potential problem with the training of a new Generative AI model. Six months earlier Varun’s employer installedRead More