With over 18 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, Rodrigo Jaramillo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Circuify Semiconductors, an engineering design solutions startup based in Guadalajara, Mexico. Circuify provides ASIC, SoC, and Chiplet design services for the North American semiconductor industry, with experience… Read More
Podcast EP315: The Journey to Multi-Die and Chiplet Design with Robert Kruger of Synopsys
Daniel is joined by Robert Kruger, product management director at Synopsys, where he oversees IP solutions for multi-die designs, including 2D, 3D, and 3.5D topologies. Throughout his career, Robert has held key roles in product marketing, business development, and roadmap planning at leading companies such as Intel, Broadcom,… Read More
Podcast EP313: How proteanTecs Optimizes Production Test
Daniel is joined by Alex Burlak is Vice President of Test & Analytics at proteanTecs. With combined expertise in production testing and data analytics of ICs and system products, Alex joined proteanTecs in October, 2018. Before joining the company, Alex held a Senior Director of Interconnect and Silicon Photonics Product… Read More
Chiplets: Powering the Next Generation of AI Systems
AI’s rapid expansion is reshaping semiconductor design. The compute and I/O needs of modern AI workloads have outgrown what traditional SoC scaling can deliver. As monolithic dies approach reticle limits, yields drop and costs rise, while analog and I/O circuits gain little from moving to advanced process nodes. To sustain … Read More
Podcast EP312: Approaches to Advance the Use of Non-Volatile Embedded Memory with Dave Eggleston
Daniel is joined by Dave Eggleston is senior business development manager at Microchip with a focus on licensing SST SuperFlash technology. Dave’s extensive background in Flash, MRAM, RRAM, and storage is built on 30+ years of industry experience. This includes serving as VP of Embedded Memory at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, CEO… Read More
Exploring TSMC’s OIP Ecosystem Benefits
Now that the dust has settled let’s talk more about TSMC’s Open Innovation Platform. Launched in 2008, OIP represents a groundbreaking collaborative model in the semiconductor industry. Unlike IDMs that controlled the entire supply chain, OIP fosters an “open horizontal” ecosystem uniting TSMC… Read More
GlobalFoundries, MIPS, and the Chiplet Race for AI Datacenters
GlobalFoundries’ (GF) acquisition of MIPS in 2025 wasn’t a nostalgic move to revive a legacy CPU brand. It was a calculated step into one of the most lucrative frontiers in semiconductors: AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and datacenters. As Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and hyperscalers embrace chiplet architectures, GF is betting… Read More
Teradyne and TSMC: Pioneering the Future of Semiconductor Testing Through the 2025 OIP Partner of the Year Award
In a significant milestone for the semiconductor industry, Teradyne was honored as the 2025 TSMC Open Innovation Platform® Partner of the Year for TSMC 3DFabric® Testing. This award, announced on September 25, 2025, underscores the deep collaboration between Teradyne, a leader in automated test equipment and robotics, and… Read More
Revolutionizing AI Infrastructure: Alchip and Ayar Labs’ Co-Packaged Optics Breakthrough at TSMC OIP 2025
In the relentless race to power next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) systems, data connectivity has emerged as the critical bottleneck. As AI models balloon in size—from billions to trillions of parameters—compute resources alone are insufficient. According to Ayar Labs, approximately 70% of AI compute time is … Read More
AI Everywhere in the Chip Lifecycle: Synopsys at AI Infra Summit 2025
At the AI Infra Summit 2025, Synopsys showed how artificial intelligence has become inseparable from the process of creating advanced silicon. The company’s message was clear: AI is an end-to-end engine that drives every phase of chip development. Three Synopsys leaders illustrated this from distinct vantage points. Godwin… Read More


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