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5 Lessons the Semiconductor Industry Can Learn from Gaming

5 Lessons the Semiconductor Industry Can Learn from Gaming
by Admin on 11-05-2025 at 10:00 am

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By Kamal Khan
The semiconductor world has always been the beating heart of tech innovation, powering everything from our smartphones to the latest AI breakthroughs. However, as chip complexity increases and market demands accelerate, adherence to traditional development cycles may be stagnating design teams and slowing … Read More


A Compelling Differentiator in OEM Product Design

A Compelling Differentiator in OEM Product Design
by Bernard Murphy on 11-05-2025 at 6:00 am

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Jennifer, an OEM hardware designer, is planning a product around a microcontroller she thinks will meet her needs and wants to supply power from a 3V coin cell battery which she must connect though a boost controller. Jennifer searches a rough description of the part she needs, generating a long list of component manufacturers … Read More


PDF Solutions Charts a Course for the Future at Its User Conference and Analyst Day

PDF Solutions Charts a Course for the Future at Its User Conference and Analyst Day
by Mike Gianfagna on 11-04-2025 at 8:19 am

PDF Solutions Charts a Course for the Future at Its User Conference and Analyst Day

Every major supplier has its user event. This is usually where the latest innovations from the company are revealed and progress over the past year is promoted. While there may be user presentations and exhibits, the primary focus is typically the vendor communicating its messages to the user base. The upcoming PDF Solutions Users… Read More


TCAD Update from Synopsys

TCAD Update from Synopsys
by Daniel Payne on 11-03-2025 at 10:00 am

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We live in an exploding AI world, and this has put pressure on foundries to deliver new products faster than ever before. Any help to accelerate the semiconductor R&D goes a long way to make the life of Fab engineers easier. EDA tools in the TCAD (Technology Computer Aided Design) category are critical for TCAD engineers to accelerating… Read More


Synopsys and NVIDIA Forge AI Powered Future for Chip Design and Multiphysics Simulation

Synopsys and NVIDIA Forge AI Powered Future for Chip Design and Multiphysics Simulation
by Daniel Nenni on 11-03-2025 at 6:00 am

Synopsys Nvidia Agentic AI 2025

In a landmark announcement at NVIDIA’s GTC Washington, D.C. conference Synopsys unveiled deepened collaborations with NVIDIA to revolutionize semiconductor design and engineering through agentic AI, GPU-accelerated computing, and AI-driven physics simulations. This partnership, building on over three decades… Read More


Podcast EP315: The Journey to Multi-Die and Chiplet Design with Robert Kruger of Synopsys

Podcast EP315: The Journey to Multi-Die and Chiplet Design with Robert Kruger of Synopsys
by Daniel Nenni on 10-31-2025 at 10:00 am

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


Why IP Quality and Governance Are Essential in Modern Chip Design

Why IP Quality and Governance Are Essential in Modern Chip Design
by Admin on 10-30-2025 at 6:00 am

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By Kamal Khan

In today’s semiconductor industry, success hinges not only on innovation but also on discipline in managing complexity. Every system-on-chip (SoC) is built from hundreds of reusable IP blocks—standard cells, memories, interfaces, and analog components. These IPs are the foundation of the design. But if the foundation… Read More


AI-Driven DRC Productivity Optimization: Revolutionizing Semiconductor Design

AI-Driven DRC Productivity Optimization: Revolutionizing Semiconductor Design
by Daniel Nenni on 10-28-2025 at 10:00 am

AI Driven DRC Productivity Optimization Siemens AMD TSMC

The semiconductor industry is undergoing a transformative shift with the integration of AI into DRC workflows, as showcased in the Siemens EDA presentation at the 2025 TSMC OIP. Titled “AI-Driven DRC Productivity Optimization,” this initiative, led by Siemens EDA’s David Abercrombie alongside AMD’s… Read More


Emulator-Like Simulation Acceleration on GPUs. Innovation in Verification

Emulator-Like Simulation Acceleration on GPUs. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 10-28-2025 at 6:00 am

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GPUs have been proposed before to accelerate logic simulation but haven’t quite met the need yet. This is a new attempt based on emulating emulator flows. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer at Stanford, EE292A) and I continue our series… Read More


IPLM Today and Tomorrow from Perforce

IPLM Today and Tomorrow from Perforce
by Daniel Nenni on 10-24-2025 at 6:00 am

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Today, Perforce IPLM stands at the intersection of data management, automation, and collaboration, shaping the way companies design the next generation of chips and systems. Looking ahead, its evolution will reflect the growing convergence of hardware, software, and AI-driven engineering.

WEBINAR – Future Forward:Read More