As expected, security was a big topic at DAC this year. The growth of AI has demanded complex, purpose-built semiconductors to run ever-increasing workloads. AI has helped to design those complex chips more efficiently and with less power demands. There was a lot of discussion on these topics. But there is another part of this trend.… Read More
Artificial Intelligence
CEO Interview with Peter L. Levin of Amida
Peter L. Levin has served at senior levels of leadership in the federal government, the private sector, and academe. Immediately prior to co-founding Amida, he was Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Chief Technology Officer of the Department of Veterans Affairs, where he led their health record modernization initiative. His… Read More
CEO Interview with John Akkara of Uptime Crew
John Akkara is the Founder and CEO of Uptime Crew, where he channels his entrepreneurial spirit to create impactful opportunities in the IT industry. An immigrant from India, John’s journey began with a full-ride tennis scholarship to a Division I university, where he studied finance. Today, as the leader of Uptime Crew, John … Read More
CEO Interview with Dr. Naveen Verma of EnCharge AI
Naveen Verma, Ph.D., is the CEO and Co-founder of EnCharge AI, the only company to have developed robust and scalable analog in-memory computing technology essential for advanced AI deployments, from edge to cloud. Dr. Verma co-founded EnCharge AI in 2022, building on six years of research and five generations of prototypes … Read More
ChipAgents Tackles Debug. This is Important
Innovation is never ending in verification, for performance, coverage, connection to verification plans and other aspects of DV. But debug, accounting for 40% of the verification cycle, has remained stubbornly resistant to significant automation. Debug IDEs help to visualize but don’t address the core problem: given a failure,… Read More
Siemens EDA Unveils Groundbreaking Tools to Simplify 3D IC Design and Analysis
In a major announcement at the 2025 Design Automation Conference (DAC), Siemens EDA introduced a significant expansion to its electronic design automation (EDA) portfolio, aimed at transforming how engineers design, validate, and manage the complexity of next-generation three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D ICs).… Read More
CEO Interview with Faraj Aalaei of Cognichip
Faraj Aalaei is a successful visionary entrepreneur with over 40 years of distinguished experience in communications and networking technologies. As a leading entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, Faraj was responsible for building and leading two semiconductor companies through IPOs as a founder and CEO.
Post acquisition of … Read More
Rethink Scoreboards to Supercharge AI-Era CPUs
By Dr. Thang Minh Tran, CEO/CTO Simplex Micro
Today’s AI accelerators—whether built for massive data centers or low-power edge devices—face a common set of challenges: deep pipelines, complex data dependencies, and the high cost of speculative execution. These same concerns have long been familiar in high-frequency microprocessor… Read More
Reachability in Analog and AMS. Innovation in Verification
Can a combination of learning-based surrogate models plus reachability analysis provide first pass insight into extrema in circuit behavior more quickly than would be practical through Monte-Carlo analysis? Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys… Read More
Flynn Was Right: How a 2003 Warning Foretold Today’s Architectural Pivot
In 2003, legendary computer architect Michael J. Flynn issued a warning that most of the industry wasn’t ready to hear. The relentless march toward more complex CPUs—with speculative execution, deep pipelines, and bloated instruction handling—was becoming unsustainable. In a paper titled “Computer Architecture … Read More
Rapidus, IBM, and the Billion-Dollar Silicon Sovereignty Bet