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Podcast EP302: How MathWorks Tools Are Used in Semiconductor and IP Design with Cristian Macario

Podcast EP302: How MathWorks Tools Are Used in Semiconductor and IP Design with Cristian Macario
by Daniel Nenni on 08-08-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Cristian Macario, senior technical professional at MathWorks, where he leads global strategy for the semiconductor segment. With a background in electronics engineering and over 15 years of experience spanning semiconductor design, verification, and strategic marketing, Cristian bridges engineering … Read More


Software-defined Systems at #62DAC

Software-defined Systems at #62DAC
by Daniel Payne on 08-06-2025 at 10:00 am

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Modern EVs are prime examples of software-defined systems, so I attended a #62DAC panel session hosted by Siemens to learn more from experts at Collins Aerospace, Arm, AMD and Siemens. Here’s the list of panelists that span several domains, and what follows is my paraphrase of the discussion topics.

Panel Discussion

Q: How does… Read More


DAC TechTalk – A Siemens and NVIDIA Perspective on Unlocking the Power of AI in EDA

DAC TechTalk – A Siemens and NVIDIA Perspective on Unlocking the Power of AI in EDA
by Mike Gianfagna on 08-05-2025 at 6:00 am

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AI was everywhere at DAC. Presentations, panel discussions, research papers and poster sessions all had a strong dose of AI. At the DAC Pavillion on Monday two heavy weights in the industry, Siemens and NVIDIA took the stage to discuss AI for design, both present and future.  What made this event stand out for me was the substantial… Read More


Digital Implementation and AI at #62DAC

Digital Implementation and AI at #62DAC
by Daniel Payne on 08-04-2025 at 10:00 am

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My first panel discussion at DAC 2025 was all about using AI for digital implementation, as Siemens has a digital implementation tool called Aprisa  which has been augmented with AI to produce better results, faster. Panelists were from Samsung, Broadcom, MaxLinear, AWS and Siemens. In the past it could take an SoC design team… Read More


Synopsys Webinar – Enabling Multi-Die Design with Intel

Synopsys Webinar – Enabling Multi-Die Design with Intel
by Mike Gianfagna on 08-04-2025 at 6:00 am

Synopsys Webinar – Enabling Multi Die Design with Intel

As we all know, the age of multi-die design has arrived. And along with it many new design challenges. There is a lot of material discussing the obstacles to achieve more mainstream access to this design architecture, and some good strategies to conquer those obstacles. Synopsys recently published a webinar that took this discussion… Read More


Materials Selection Methodology White Paper

Materials Selection Methodology White Paper
by Daniel Nenni on 08-02-2025 at 6:00 am

Materials Selection Methodology ANSYS

The Granta EduPack White Paper on Materials Selection, authored by Harriet Parnell, Kaitlin Tyler, and Mike Ashby, presents a practical and educational guide to selecting materials in engineering design. Developed by Ansys and based on Ashby’s well-known methodologies, the paper outlines a four-step process to help learners… Read More


Podcast EP301: Celebrating 20 Years on Innovation with yieldHUB’s John O’Donnell

Podcast EP301: Celebrating 20 Years on Innovation with yieldHUB’s John O’Donnell
by Daniel Nenni on 08-01-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by John O’Donnell, Founder and CEO of yieldHUB, a pioneering leader in advanced data analytics for the semiconductor industry. Since establishing the company in 2005 he has transformed it from a two-person startup into a trusted multinational partner that empowers some of the world’s leading semiconductor companies… Read More


cHBM for AI: Capabilities, Challenges, and Opportunities

cHBM for AI: Capabilities, Challenges, and Opportunities
by Kalar Rajendiran on 07-31-2025 at 6:00 am

cHBM Panelists at Synopsys Executive Forum

AI’s exponential growth is transforming semiconductor design—and memory is now as critical as compute. Multi-die architecture has emerged as the new frontier, and custom High Bandwidth Memory (cHBM) is fast becoming a cornerstone in this evolution. In a panel session at the Synopsys Executive Forum, leaders from AWS, Marvell,… Read More


Prompt Engineering for Security: Innovation in Verification

Prompt Engineering for Security: Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 07-30-2025 at 6:00 am

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We have a shortage of reference designs to test detection of security vulnerabilities. An LLM-based method demonstrates how to fix that problem with structured prompt engineering. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and lecturer at Stanford,… Read More


Calibre Vision AI at #62DAC

Calibre Vision AI at #62DAC
by Daniel Payne on 07-29-2025 at 10:00 am

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Calibre is a well-known EDA tool from Siemens that is used for physical verification, but I didn’t really know how AI technology was being used, so I attended a Tuesday session at #62DAC to get up to speed. Priyank Jain, Calibre Product Management presented slides and finished up with a Q&A session.

In the semiconductor world… Read More