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Who Are the Next Anchor Tenants at DAC? #61DAC

Who Are the Next Anchor Tenants at DAC? #61DAC
by Mike Gianfagna on 07-11-2024 at 10:00 am

DAC Roundup – Who Are the Next Anchor Tenants at DAC?

#61DAC is evolving. The big get bigger and ultimately focus on other venues for customer outreach and branding. This is a normal evolution in any industry. For EDA, it was noticed by many that Cadence and Synopsys have downsized their booths at DAC. Everyone knows CDNLive and SNUG are very successful events for these companies and… Read More


Navigating the Complexities of Software Asset Management in Modern Enterprises

Navigating the Complexities of Software Asset Management in Modern Enterprises
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-03-2024 at 10:00 am

Engineering Environment

In today’s digital age, software has become the backbone of modern enterprises, powering critical operations, driving innovation, and facilitating collaboration. However, with the proliferation of software applications and the complexity of licensing models, organizations are facing significant challenges … Read More


2024 Outlook with Jim Cantele of Altair

2024 Outlook with Jim Cantele of Altair
by Daniel Nenni on 03-12-2024 at 10:00 am

Jim Cantele

Jim Cantele, global SVP of sales and technology at Altair, is an electronics industry veteran with deep knowledge of EDA software and services. Before joining Altair during the acquisition of Runtime Design Automation in 2017, Jim held executive-level management positions at a number of leading EDA and semiconductor companies,… Read More


Altair’s Jim Cantele Predicts the Future of Chip Design

Altair’s Jim Cantele Predicts the Future of Chip Design
by Mike Gianfagna on 07-25-2023 at 10:00 am

Altair’s Jim Cantele Predicts the Future of Chip Design

We all know chip design is changing in substantial ways and at a fast pace. The demands being placed on semiconductor systems are growing dramatically, and the innovation being delivered to address those demands is just as dramatic. Everyone seems to have an opinion on these trends, and a set of predications to make sense out of it… Read More


How to Enable High-Performance VLSI Engineering Environments

How to Enable High-Performance VLSI Engineering Environments
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-25-2023 at 10:00 am

License Operations Figure

Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) engineering organizations are known for their intricate workflows that require high-performance simulation software and an abundance of simulation licenses to create cutting-edge chips. These workflows involve complex dependency trees, where one task depends on the completion of another… Read More


Optimizing Return on Investment (ROI) of Emulator Resources

Optimizing Return on Investment (ROI) of Emulator Resources
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-12-2023 at 6:00 am

Verification Options SW vs HAV

Modern day chips are increasingly complex with stringent quality requirements, very demanding performance requirement and very low power consumption requirement. Verification of these chips is very time consuming and accounts for approximately 70% of the simulation workload on EDA server farms. As software-based simulators… Read More


Measuring Success in Semiconductor Design Optimization: What Metrics Matter?

Measuring Success in Semiconductor Design Optimization: What Metrics Matter?
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-12-2022 at 6:00 am

Altair Generic Image for SDO Metrics

When it comes to electronic design automation (EDA), there are two aspects to this technologically challenging and highly competitive field. First, there is the task of designing very complex chips for which a full suite of various software tools are needed. Then there is the task of managing extremely complex EDA workflows and… Read More


Load-Managing Verification Hardware Acceleration in the Cloud

Load-Managing Verification Hardware Acceleration in the Cloud
by Bernard Murphy on 09-22-2022 at 6:00 am

Scheduling emulation min

There’s a reason the verification hardware accelerator business is growing so impressively. Modern SoCs – now routinely multi-billion gate devices – must be verified/validated against massively demanding test plans, requiring high levels of test coverage. Use cases extend all the way up to firmware, OSes, even application… Read More


Altair at #59DAC with the Concept Engineering Acquisition

Altair at #59DAC with the Concept Engineering Acquisition
by Daniel Nenni on 07-07-2022 at 10:00 am

Altair HPC Banner

The Design Automation Conference has been the pinnacle for semiconductor design for almost 60 years. This year will be my 38th DAC and I can’t wait to see everyone again. One of the companies I will be spending time with this year is Altair.

Last month Altair acquired our friends at Concept Engineering, the leading provider… Read More


Future.HPC is Coming!

Future.HPC is Coming!
by Daniel Nenni on 05-03-2022 at 6:00 am

HPC Image Altair SemiWiki

According to the experts, the semiconductor industry is poised for a decade of growth and is projected to become a trillion dollar industry by 2030. In 2021 the semiconductor industry finally hit $600B so $1T by 2030 seems like a big ask, but not really if you look at the indicators inside the semiconductor ecosystem. Foundries, … Read More