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Podcast EP227: The Significance of the RISC-V Movement and the Upcoming Andes RISC-V event with Mark Himelstein

Podcast EP227: The Significance of the RISC-V Movement and the Upcoming Andes RISC-V event with Mark Himelstein
by Daniel Nenni on 06-07-2024 at 10:00 am
Categories: IP, RISC-V

Dan is joined by Mark Himelstein, President of Heavenstone. Most recently, as Chief Technology Officer at RISC-V International, Mark contributed to shaping RISC-V technology through visionary leadership and industry expertise. He has a track record of executive roles at Graphite Systems, Quantum, and Infoblox.

Dan discusses… Read More

June 6, 2024May 30, 2024

Arteris is Solving SoC Integration Challenges

Arteris is Solving SoC Integration Challenges
by Mike Gianfagna on 06-06-2024 at 6:00 am
Categories: Arteris, IP

The difficulty of SoC integration is clearly getting more demanding. Driven by process node density, multi-chip integration and seemingly never-ending demands for more performance at lower power, the hurdles continue to increase. When you consider these challenges in the context of Arteris, it’s natural to think about hardware… Read More

June 5, 2024August 7, 2024

Arm Client 2024 Growing into AI Phones and AI PCs

Arm Client 2024 Growing into AI Phones and AI PCs
by Bernard Murphy on 06-05-2024 at 6:00 am
Categories: AI, Arm, IP

I wrote last year about the challenge Arm Client/Mobile faces in growing in a saturated phone market and how they put a big focus on mobile gaming to stimulate growth. The gaming direction continues but this year they have added (of course) an AI focus, not just to mobile but also to other clients, notably PCs. It would be easy to be cynical… Read More

June 4, 2024June 4, 2024

Silicon Creations is Enabling the Chiplet Revolution

Silicon Creations is Enabling the Chiplet Revolution
by Mike Gianfagna on 06-04-2024 at 6:00 am
Categories: Chiplet, Events, IP, Silicon Creations

The multi-die chiplet-based revolution is upon us. The ecosystem will need to develop various standards and enabling IP to make the “mix and max” concept a reality. UCIe, or Universal Chip Interconnect express is an open, multi-protocol on-package die-to-die interconnect and protocol standard that promises to pave the way … Read More

June 3, 2024September 5, 2024

Unlocking the Future: Join Us at RISC-V Con 2024 Panel Discussion!

Unlocking the Future: Join Us at RISC-V Con 2024 Panel Discussion!
by Daniel Nenni on 06-03-2024 at 10:00 am
Categories: AI, Andes Technology, Automotive, Events, IP

Are you ready to dive into the heart of cutting-edge computing? RISC-V Con 2024 is just around the corner, and we’re thrilled to invite you to a riveting panel discussion that promises to reshape your understanding of advanced computing. On June 11th, from 4:00 to 5:00 PM, at the prestigious DoubleTree Hotel in San Jose, California,… Read More

June 3, 2024July 18, 2025

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
Categories: IP, Synopsys

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

May 31, 2024July 29, 2025

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
Categories: CAST, CEO Interviews, IP

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

May 30, 2024October 2, 2025

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
Categories: AI, IP, Quadric

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

May 28, 2024June 7, 2024

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
Categories: Certus Semiconductor, Events, IP

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

May 27, 2024January 24, 2025

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
Categories: 3D IC, AI, Alphawave Semi, IP

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

Intel’s 14A Is Winning the Race Against Defects
Remember, 22nm was a big surprise. I was in Taiwan when it launched and quite a few people there were…

— Daniel Nenni on September 1, 2026
Intel’s 14A Is Winning the Race Against Defects
From a consumer perspective - 22nm was a pretty good node, though not perfect. It launched about 1.5 quarters later…

— Xebec on September 1, 2026
Intel’s 14A Is Winning the Race Against Defects
0.9 is scheduled to release by October

— siliconbruh999 on September 1, 2026
Intel’s 14A Is Winning the Race Against Defects
Intel 14A PDK is at rev 0.5 currently, so talking about defect density improvement should be interpreted to be getting…

— Fred Chen on September 1, 2026
Huawei Can’t Shrink Its Chips, So It’s Folding Them
There is a catch in this logic here. The primary issue that you mention is actually cost, but we need…

— kingmouf on August 31, 2026
Five Billion Pulses Later: What DUV Optics Testing Reveals About Semiconductor Tool Uptime
EUV mirror situation is more serious, though. The collector reflectivity fluctuates significantly (+/-10%) within an hour.

— Fred Chen on August 30, 2026
Will Agentic AI Help the Open-Source EDA Market?
Claude helped me build the best software simulator as an open-source project, it does the mixed-signal as well as the…

— simguru on August 30, 2026
Intel Wildcat Lake: Right-Sizing Silicon Without Sinking Performance
Just read that 29% of Intel 18A compute dies can be recovered: https://www.servethehome.com/intel-core-series-3-wildcat-lake-cpu-at-hot-chips-2026/

— Fred Chen on August 30, 2026

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