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Generating Chip Subsystems Automatically: A New Answer to Manage Chip Design Complexity  

Generating Chip Subsystems Automatically: A New Answer to Manage Chip Design Complexity  
by Admin on 11-04-2026 at 10:00 am

By Defacto Staff

Today’s chips are no longer just processors, they are entire systems. A System-on-Chip (SoC) brings together CPU clusters, accelerators, memories, interconnects and dozens of peripherals, often coming from many different teams and vendors. With AI, high-performance computing and IoT driving demand for … Read More


Reimagining 3D IC Design: From Architecture to Signoff

Reimagining 3D IC Design: From Architecture to Signoff
by Admin on 11-04-2026 at 8:00 am

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By Keith Felton, Andras Vass-Varnai and Todd Burkholder, Siemens EDA

The semiconductor industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Heterogeneous integration, the practice of combining multiple chiplets and specialized components into a single advanced packaging platform, has emerged as a powerful alternative… Read More


How Allegro MicroSystems Increased OEE by Several Percentage Points with yieldHUB Live

How Allegro MicroSystems Increased OEE by Several Percentage Points with yieldHUB Live
by Daniel Nenni on 11-03-2026 at 6:00 am

How Allegro MicroSystems Increased OEE by Several Percentage Points with yieldHUB Live

Allegro MicroSystems’ experience with yieldHUB Live shows how better use of production data can translate into measurable manufacturing gains. At its high-volume semiconductor operation in the Philippines, Allegro set out to improve overall equipment effectiveness, or OEE, by one percentage point. According to the customer… Read More


Using AI for Root Cause Analysis of Simulation Failures

Using AI for Root Cause Analysis of Simulation Failures
by Tom Anderson on 11-02-2026 at 8:00 am

RCA Demo

I’ve been working with AMIQ EDA for almost nine years now, writing about their cool technologies and interviewing users about their experiences. I’ve read through more user guides and release notes than I can count. I’ve watched many dozens of video clips showing how to use their products. I’ve even visited their headquarters … Read More


Agentic AI accelerates 3D IC engineering for the AI factory era

Agentic AI accelerates 3D IC engineering for the AI factory era
by Admin on 11-02-2026 at 6:00 am

Agentic AI Reimagines 3D IC Engineering

By Sudarshan Deo, software R&D Manager for 3D IC, Siemens

What if you could completely rethink what an EDA workflow looks like for the increasingly complex 3D ICs powering the next generation of AI factories? Siemens’ expanded agentic AI portfolio is automating the hardest parts of 3D IC engineering.

At NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026,… Read More


CEO Interview with Dr. Sean Wei of Easy-Logic

CEO Interview with Dr. Sean Wei of Easy-Logic
by Daniel Nenni on 10-30-2026 at 10:00 am

Easy Logic Technology functional ECO profile

Dr. Wei has served as CEO of Easy-Logic since 2020, focusing on building a strong operational foundation for the company. Previously, as CTO, he led the development of the core algorithms and tool architecture for the flagship product EasylogicECO, seamlessly aligning EasylogicECO technology with user needs.

Dr. Wei holds … Read More


SEMICON West 2026: AI Made the Steps Faster. The Time Between Them Is Next.

SEMICON West 2026: AI Made the Steps Faster. The Time Between Them Is Next.
by Joel Jorgensen on 10-29-2026 at 10:00 am

SemiWiki SEMICON West Inline Time Between

The semiconductor industry crossed $1 trillion in annual revenue this year, almost four years ahead of earlier projections. SEMI President and CEO Ajit Manocha opened the CEO Summit at SEMICON West with a chart that told the story. A year ago, the forecast for 2030 was $1 trillion. Now it is $2 trillion, with $3 trillion possible … Read More


PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 Trip Report

PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 Trip Report
by Lauro Rizzatti on 10-29-2026 at 8:00 am

PDF Solutions CONNECT 2026 trip report

On October 15–16, at the tail end of SEMICON West 2026, PDF Solutions held its 2026 CONNECT Conference at the Westin St. Francis in San Francisco.

PDF Solutions Vitals
Santa Clara–based PDF Solutions is a semiconductor data, analytics, and connectivity company, founded in 1991. Today, its business rests on three pillars, all … Read More


ML-Based Power Models for CPUs. Innovation in Verification

ML-Based Power Models for CPUs. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 10-29-2026 at 6:00 am

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An effective learned power model for a CPU could be a significant advantage in early estimation of power performance against realistic workloads in complex architectures. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer at Stanford, EE292A)… Read More


ChipAgents Expands AI Across Chip Design. The Test Is Faster, Verified Results

ChipAgents Expands AI Across Chip Design. The Test Is Faster, Verified Results
by Daniel Nenni on 10-27-2026 at 10:00 am

chipagents announcement

ChipAgents is expanding its agentic AI platform across digital and analog semiconductor engineering, aiming to connect fragmented design workflows through a common system that can plan tasks, operate engineering tools and evaluate results.

The Santa Clara company says its IC-Star engine combines organizational design … Read More