In an era where artificial intelligence workloads are growing in scale, complexity, and diversity, chipmakers are facing increasing pressure to deliver solutions that are not only fast, but also flexible and programmable. Semidynamics recently announced Cervell™, a fully programmable Neural Processing Unit (NPU) designed… Read More
Semiconductor Intellectual Property
Podcast EP288: How Alphawave Semi Enables Next Generation Connectivity with Bharat Tailor
Dan is joined by Bharat Tailor who is responsible for the Alphawave standard connectivity products portfolio focused on DSP chipsets enabling AI data center interconnects. He is a veteran of the high-speed connectivity semiconductor industry having participated in the evolution of connectivity technologies from 10Gbps … Read More
Andes Technology: A RISC-V Powerhouse Driving Innovation in CPU IP
As it celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2025, Andes Technology stands as a defining force in the RISC-V movement—an open computing revolution. What began in 2005 as a bold vision to deliver high-efficiency Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) processor IP has evolved into a company whose innovations power billions of devices… Read More
Turnkey Multi-Protocol Wireless for Everyone
There is no IoT without wireless. If you have a great idea for a world-beating IoT device, you must integrate a wireless module (Bluetooth, Zigbee, Wi-Fi, UWB…) into that device. A ready-made companion wireless chip connected to MCU is one approach but will significantly increase unit cost and reduce profits. Products … Read More
Alchip’s Technology and Global Talent Strategy Deliver Record Growth
Alchip Technologies Ltd., a global leader in high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) ASIC design and production services, continues its trajectory of rapid growth and technical leadership by pushing the boundaries of advanced-node silicon, expanding its global design capabilities, and building… Read More
The Road to Innovation with Synopsys 224G PHY IP From Silicon to Scale: Synopsys 224G PHY Enables Next Gen Scaling Networks
The explosive growth of large language models (LLMs) has created substantial new requirements for chip-to-chip interconnects. These very large models are trained in high-performance data centers. Multiple accelerators need to work seamlessly to make all this possible as the bandwidth between accelerators directly impacts… Read More
Leveraging Common Weakness Enumeration (CWEs) for Enhanced RISC-V CPU Security
As RISC-V adoption accelerates across the semiconductor industry, so do the concerns about hardware security vulnerabilities that arise from its open and highly customizable nature. From hardware to firmware and operating systems, every layer of a system-on-chip (SoC) design must be scrutinized for security risks. Unlike… Read More
How Arteris is Revolutionizing SoC Design with Smart NoC IP
Recently, Design & Reuse held its IP-SoC Days event at the Hyatt Regency in Santa Clara. Advanced IP drives a lot of the innovation we are seeing in chip design. This event provides a venue for IP providers to highlight the latest products and services and share a vision of the future. IP consumers are anxious to hear about all the… Read More
Analog Bits Steals the Show with Working IP on TSMC 3nm and 2nm and a New Design Strategy
The TSMC Technology Symposium recently kicked off in Santa Clara, with a series of events scheduled around the world. This event showcases the latest TSMC technology. It is also an opportunity for TSMC’s vast ecosystem to demonstrate commercial application on TSMC’s technology. There is a lot to unpack at an event like this. There… Read More
RISC-V Virtualization and the Complexity of MMUs
In the early days of RISC-V adoption, applications were microcontroller-centric with no need for virtualization support. But horizons expanded and now RISC-V is appearing in application processors, very much needing to be able to virtualize multiple apps concurrently. Take another step forward to datacenter servers running… Read More


Advancing Automotive Memory: Development of an 8nm 128Mb Embedded STT-MRAM with Sub-ppm Reliability