Chiplets dominate semiconductor industry conversations right now – and after the recent Chiplet Summit, we expect the intensity to go up a couple of notches. One company name often heard is Blue Cheetah, and we had the opportunity to sit down with them recently to discuss their views and their just-announced design win at Tenstorrent.… Read More
Semiconductor Intellectual Property
2024 Outlook with Laura Long of Axiomise
Axiomise pioneered the adoption of formal verification in the semiconductor industry since 2017. Led by visionary CEO, Dr. Ashish Darbari, who has 63 patents in formal verification, and Neil Dunlop an industry veteran with 40 years of experience, Axiomise has helped twenty customers over the last six years by providing them… Read More
2024 Outlook with Coby Hanoch of Weebit Nano
Weebit Nano is an Israeli semiconductor company that specializes in the development and commercialization of silicon oxide-based ReRAM (Resistive Random Access Memory) technology. ReRAM is a type of non-volatile memory that holds great promise for future computing and storage applications due to its potential for high density,… Read More
Moderating Our Open Chiplet Enthusiasm. A NoC Perspective
I recently talked with Frank Schirrmeister (Solutions & Business Development, Arteris) on the state of progress to the open chiplet ideal. You know – where a multi-die system in package can be assembled with UCIe (or other) connections seamlessly connecting data flows between dies. If artificial general intelligence and… Read More
2024 Outlook with Stephen Fairbanks of Certus Semiconductor
Certus Semiconductor is a unique company. Their customer centric business model ensures customer success at many levels. Certus is staffed by a team of IO and ESD experts that go above and beyond what you can get from free libraries, protecting your designs and your customers products from the risks of electrostatic discharge.… Read More
2024 Outlook with Thomas Gerner Nørgaard, Founder Comcores
SemiWiki has been working with Comcores for two years. They are very active in the semiconductor ecosystem and highly regarded.
Comcores specializes in providing digital intellectual property (IP) solutions and design services for communication and networking technologies. They focus on developing and delivering IP cores,… Read More
Expedera Proposes Stable Diffusion as Benchmark for Edge Hardware for AI
A recent TechSpot article suggests that Apple is moving cautiously towards release of some kind of generative AI, possibly with iOS 18 and A17 Pro. This is interesting not just for Apple users like me but also for broader validation of a real mobile opportunity for generative AI. Which honestly had not seemed like a given, for multiple… Read More
Podcast EP206: An assessment of the Chiplet Ecosystem Movement with Alphawave’s Tony Chan Carusone
Dan is joined by Tony Chan Carusone, Chief Technology Officer of Alphawave Semi. Tony has been a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto since 2001 and has served as a Distinguished Lecturer for the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society and on the Technical Program Committees of the world’s leading… Read More
2024 Outlook with Justin Endo of Mixel
Mixel is a semiconductor intellectual property (IP) company that we have been working with for 4 years with outstanding results. Mixel’s focus is on developing mixed-signal IP, which includes analog and digital components. These IP cores are often used in applications such as mobile devices, consumer electronics, … Read More
Chiplets Open Pandora’s Box
Chiplets have simplified one area of design but opened pandora’s box on another front. The simulation complexity of each chiplet is lower but now the chiplet-to-chiplet interconnect has become complex. Folks are experimenting with different interconnect protocols, variations of UCIe, modifying UCIe settings, interface… Read More


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