The ever-increasing demands placed on Intellectual Property (IP) and System-on-Chip (SoC) development teams have resulted in an ever-increasing need for automation solutions that can boost productivity without contributing to further risk. Certainly, demands for automation have long been the drivers behind the growth… Read More
SEMICON West 2023 Summary – No recovery in sight – Next Year?
-SEMICON well attended but bouncing along the biz bottom
-Recovery seems at least a year away with memory even more
-AI creates hope but not impactful- Disconnect tween stocks & reality
-AMAT me too platform- Back end benefits from chiplets
SEMICON busy but subdued
SEMICON is certainly back to pre-covid levels or perhaps better.… Read More
WEBINAR: Leap Ahead of the Competition with AI-Driven EDA Technology
The demands on today’s designs are relentless. Each generation of devices needs to be faster, smaller, more functional, more connected and more secure than the previous generation. In the face of all this, the time required for next-generation devices to hit the market is dramatically shrinking. That means the competitive landscape… Read More
AMIQ: Celebrating 20 Years in Consulting and EDA
We’re getting close to the annual July Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco, and every year I like to make the rounds of the exhibitors beforehand and see what’s new. When I checked with AMIQ EDA, I found that this is a big year for them. Their parent company AMIQ just reached its 20th anniversary, and they’ll be celebrating… Read More
Visit with Agnisys at DAC 2023 in San Francisco July 10-12
I’d like to extend an invitation to you and your development team to visit with Agnisys in our booth, #2512, at this week’s Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2023, Monday, July 10-12.
In its 60th year, DAC is recognized as the premier event for the design and design automation of electronic chips to systems, so you can count on team… Read More
Defacto Celebrates 20th Anniversary @ DAC 2023!
Defacto Technologies is a company that specializes in Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software and solutions. Defacto offers a range of EDA software solutions that help streamline and optimize various stages of the front-end design process. Their tools focus on chip design assembly and integration before logic synthesis
A preview of Weebit Nano at DAC – with commentary from ChatGPT
Weebit Nano, a provider of advanced non-volatile memory (NVM) IP, will be exhibiting at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) this month. As part of this briefing I shared some of the basic the details with ChatGPT to see how it would phrase things. Here is some of what it suggested: “You won’t want to miss out on the epic experience… Read More
Unique IO & ESD Solutions @ DAC 2023!
The semiconductor industry continues to drive innovation and constantly seeks methods to lower costs and improve performance. The advantages of custom I/O libraries versus free libraries can be seen as cost-savings or, more importantly, new markets, new customers, and new business
opportunities.
At DAC 2023, Certus Semiconductor… Read More
Samsung Foundry on Track for 2nm Production in 2025
On the heels of the TSMC Symposium and the Intel Foundry update, Samsung held their Foundry Forum today live in Silicon Valley. As usual it was a well attended event with hundreds of people and dozens of ecosystem partners. The theme was the AI Era which is appropriate. As I have mentioned before, AI will touch most every chip and there… Read More
Ansys Revving up for Automotive and 3D-IC Multiphysics Signoff at DAC 2023
Highlights:
- Ansys CTO Prith Banerjee will be delivering the Visionary Speaker opening address on Tuesday 11th
- There will be technical presentations every hour in the Ansys Booth Theater (#1539)
- Get yourself a complimentary sit-down breakfast and a discussion on automotive electronics by registering for the Ansys DAC


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