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Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems

Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems
by Mike Gianfagna on 06-03-2024 at 6:00 am

Follow the Leader – Synopsys Provides Broad Support for Processor Ecosystems

Synopsys has expanded its ARC processor portfolio to include a family of RISC-V processors. This was originally reported on SemiWiki last October. There is also a recent in-depth article on the make-up of the ARC-V family on SemiWiki here. This is important and impactful news; I encourage you to read these articles if you haven’t… Read More


CEO Interview: Dr. Nikos Zervas of CAST

CEO Interview: Dr. Nikos Zervas of CAST
by Daniel Nenni on 05-31-2024 at 6:00 am

Nikos Zervas CAST 2022

Dr. Nikos Zervas joined CAST company in 2010, having previously served as VP of Marketing and Engineering and as COO. Prior to working at CAST, Nikos co-founded Alma Technologies and served as its Chairman and CEO for nine years.  Under his leadership Alma Technologies bootstrapped to become a reputable IP provider, developing… Read More


The Fallacy of Operator Fallback and the Future of Machine Learning Accelerators

The Fallacy of Operator Fallback and the Future of Machine Learning Accelerators
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-30-2024 at 6:00 am

Chimera GPNPU Block Diagram

As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models continue to evolve at a breathtaking pace, the demands on hardware for inference and real-time processing grow increasingly complex. Traditional hardware architectures for acceleration are proving inadequate to keep up with these rapid advancements in ML … Read More


The 2024 Design Automation Conference and Certus Semiconductor

The 2024 Design Automation Conference and Certus Semiconductor
by Daniel Nenni on 05-28-2024 at 6:00 am

DAC Banner 2024

DAC is right around the corner and this could possibly be the last one in San Francisco for a while so do not miss it. The weather will be absolutely great and there are many things to do outside of the conference including sailing on the bay.

The Design Automation Conference (DAC) is a premier event that focuses on the design and automation… Read More


AI System Connectivity for UCIe and Chiplet Interfaces Demand Escalating Bandwidth Needs

AI System Connectivity for UCIe and Chiplet Interfaces Demand Escalating Bandwidth Needs
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-27-2024 at 10:00 am

Alphwave Semi UCIe PHY Support for All Package Types

Artificial Intelligence (AI) continues to revolutionize industries, from healthcare and finance to automotive and manufacturing. AI applications, such as machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks, rely on vast amounts of data for training, inference, and decision-making processes. As AI algorithms become … Read More


Webinar – CHERI: Fine-Grained Memory Protection to Prevent Cyber Attacks

Webinar – CHERI: Fine-Grained Memory Protection to Prevent Cyber Attacks
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-27-2024 at 6:00 am

Webinar – CHERI Fine Grained Memory Protection to Prevent Cyber Attacks

Cyber attacks are top of mind for just about everyone these days. As massive AI data sets become more prevalent (and more valuable), data security is no longer “nice to have”. Rather, it becomes critical for continued online operation and success. The AI discussion is a double-edged sword as well. While AI enables many new and life-changing… Read More


CEO Interview: Barry Paterson of Agile Analog

CEO Interview: Barry Paterson of Agile Analog
by Daniel Nenni on 05-24-2024 at 6:00 am

Agile Analog CEO Barry Patterson

Agile Analog is transforming the world of analog IP with Composa™, its innovative, highly configurable, multi-process analog IP technology.  Agile Analog has developed a unique way to automatically generate analog IP that meet the customer’s exact specifications, for any foundry and on any process, from legacy nodes right … Read More


An open letter regarding Cyber Resilience of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure

An open letter regarding Cyber Resilience of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure
by admin on 05-20-2024 at 10:00 am

Codasip UK Security Letter 1

Codasip announced a commercially available RISC-V processor with CHERI for license in October of 2023 and is demonstrating technology for IP provenance. 

Dear Members of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee,

Let me start by applauding your hearing on 24 April 2024, and in particular the evidence of Professor John… Read More


CEO Interview: Roger Espasa of Semidynamics

CEO Interview: Roger Espasa of Semidynamics
by Daniel Nenni on 05-17-2024 at 6:00 am

Roger Espasa

Roger Espasa is the CEO and founder of Semidynamics, an IP supplier of two RISC-V cores, Avispado (in-order) and Atrevido (out-of-order) supporting the RISC-V vector extension and Gazzillion(tm) misses, both targeted at HPC and Artificial Intelligence. Prior to the foundation of the company, Roger was Technical Director/Distinguished… Read More


A Recipe for Performance Optimization in Arm-Based Systems

A Recipe for Performance Optimization in Arm-Based Systems
by Bernard Murphy on 05-16-2024 at 6:00 am

Performance cookbook for Arm min (1)

Around the mid-2000’s the performance component of Moore’s Law started to tail off. That slack was nicely picked up by architecture improvements which continue to march forward but add a new layer of complexity in performance optimization and verification. Nick Heaton (Distinguished Engineer and Verification Architect at… Read More