Artificial intelligence is becoming part of the infrastructure that powers healthcare, transportation, finance, manufacturing, and everyday digital services. As these systems grow more capable, they also process more sensitive information and depend on increasingly complex hardware. The Synopsys white paper, “Securing… Read More
Electronic Design Automation
CTO Interview with Sirish Munipalli of Moores Lab AI
Sirish Munipalli is Co-Founder and CTO of Moores Lab AI, where he leads the development of agentic AI for chip design verification, including SpecAgent(tm), the company’s specification and modeling platform. He has spent about 15 years designing and verifying complex silicon: FPGA prototyping at Intel, post-silicon validation… Read More
CTO Interview with Dr. Zakir Syed of ClockEdge
Dr. Zakir Syed is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of ClockEdge, where he has played a central role in developing specialized simulation technology for advanced semiconductor clock networks. He brings more than 30 years of experience in electronic design automation and semiconductor verification. He joined Simplex… Read More
Overcoming the Edge AI Power Wall with Low-Voltage Foundation IP
As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads migrate to endpoint hardware, edge AI devices face immense pressure to deliver real-time inference within highly restrictive power and thermal envelopes. Traditional silicon scaling no longer yields the power-density returns it once did. To compensate, engineering teams are turning… Read More
Keysight Advances its Design Software with Agentic AI
Keysight Technologies is opening a new route for artificial intelligence into radio frequency engineering. Announced on October 6, 2026, its latest software capabilities let engineers connect their own AI agents and large language models to Advanced Design System (ADS) 2027. Agents can help generate and optimize circuits,… Read More
ChipAgents and NVIDIA Put Autonomous Chip Design to the Test
ChipAgents has introduced Build-A-Chip-Bench, a benchmark developed with NVIDIA to evaluate whether AI agents can complete digital chip design tasks from specification through physical implementation. The initiative measures progress beyond generating hardware code, asking whether autonomous systems can deliver verified… Read More
Podcast EP373: The Impact of yieldHUB Live and Details of Upcoming Show Participation with Gillian O’Donnell
Daniel is joined by Gillian O’Donnell, Director of Growth at yieldHUB, the enterprise yield management platform trusted by semiconductor and photonics manufacturers worldwide. She leads business development, marketing, PR, and partnerships, with a particular focus on yieldHUB Live, the company’s real-time… Read More
The silent killer of analog reliability: Why SPICE misses floating net
By Bhanu Pandey
The semiconductor industry is currently facing a significant challenge in functional verification. According to the most recent Wilson Research Group / Siemens EDA Functional Verification Study, first-silicon success rates have hit a historic low, with nearly 68% of designs requiring two or more spins. While… Read More
Wilson Survey Signals Need for New Understanding of Verification Success
Siemens has again sponsored a Wilson-led survey on the state of (functional) verification in the industry, and this time Harry Foster (Chief Scientist, Verification at Siemens) has condensed his major takeaways from the report. These are intriguing – particularly an apparent revolutionary change in first-silicon trends.… Read More
Podcast EP372: An Overview of Some Important New Sessions at Semicon West with Julie Rogers
Daniel is joined by Julie Rogers, Executive Director, ESD Alliance. Julie brings deep expertise in industry collaboration, technical conferences, and executive engagement. She brings more than 30 years of experience driving growth, visibility, and alignment across complex, highly technical markets. She is widely recognized… Read More


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