The concept of built-in self-test for electronics has been around for a while. An article in Electronic Design from 1996 declared that, “built-in self-test (BIST) is nothing new.” The memory subsystem is a particularly large and complex part of any semiconductor design, and it’s one that can be particularly vexing to test. Design… Read More
Smart Verification for Complex UCIe Multi-Die Architectures
By Ujjwal Negi – Siemens EDA
Multi-die architectures are redefining the limits of chip performance and scalability through the integration of multiple dies into a single package to deliver unprecedented computing power, flexibility, and efficiency. At the heart of this transformation is the Universal Chiplet Interconnect… Read More
Orchestrating IC verification: Harmonize complexity for faster time-to-market
By Marko Suominen and Slava Zhuchenya of Siemens Digital Industries Software.
It’s often said that an orchestra without a conductor is just a collection of talented individuals making noise. The conductor’s role is to transform that potential cacophony into a unified, beautiful symphony. The same concept holds… Read More
Perforce and Siemens at #62DAC
Wednesday was the last day at #62DAC for me and I attended an Exhibitor Session entitled, Engineering the Semiconductor Digital Thread, which featured Vishal Moondhra, VP Solutions Engineering of Perforce IPLM and Michael Munsey, VP Semiconductor Industry at Siemens Digital Industries. Instead of just talking from slides,… Read More
Breaking out of the ivory tower: 3D IC thermal analysis for all
Todd Burkholder and Andras Vass-Varnai, Siemens EDA
As semiconductor devices become smaller, more powerful and more densely integrated, thermal management has shifted from an afterthought to a central challenge in modern IC design. In contemporary 3D IC architectures—where multiple chiplets are stacked and closely arrayed—power… Read More
Software-defined Systems at #62DAC
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
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
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
Perforce and Siemens: A Strategic Partnership for Digital Threads in EDA
On July 9, 2025, Michael Munsey, VP of Semiconductor Industry at Siemens, and Vishal Moondhra, VP of Solutions at Perforce, presented a DACtv session announcing their strategic partnership, as seen in the YouTube video. This collaboration integrates Siemens’ digital twin and digital thread technologies with Perforce’s version… Read More
AI-Enhanced Chip Design: Pioneering the Future at DAC 2025
On July 9, 2025, a DACtv session illuminated the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in chip design, as presented by Ankur Gupta of Siemens EDA in the YouTube video. The speaker explored how AI is revolutionizing electronic design automation (EDA), addressing the semiconductor industry’s challenges in managing… Read More