Design-Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) has been a foundational concept in semiconductor engineering for years. So, when Synopsys referenced DTCO in their April 2025 press release about enabling Angstrom-scale chip designs on Intel’s 18A and 18A-P process technologies, it may have sounded familiar—almost expected. … Read More
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WEBINAR: PCIe 7.0? Understanding Why Now Is the Time to Transition
PCIe is familiar to legions of PC users as a high-performance enabler for expansion slots, especially GPU-based graphics cards and M.2 SSDs. It connects higher-bandwidth networking adapters and niche applications like system expansion chassis in server environments. Each PCIe specification generation has provided a leap… Read More
Andes Technology: Powering the Full Spectrum – from Embedded Control to AI and Beyond
As the computing industry seeks more flexible, scalable, and open hardware architectures, RISC-V has emerged as a compelling alternative to proprietary instruction set architectures. At the forefront of this revolution stands Andes Technology, offering a comprehensive lineup of RISC-V processor solutions that go far beyond… Read More
Voice as a Feature: A Silent Revolution in AI-Enabled SoCs
When Apple introduced Siri in 2011, it was the first serious attempt to make voice interaction a mainstream user interface. Embedded into the iPhone 4S, Siri brought voice into consumers’ lives not as a standalone product, but as a built-in feature—a hands-free way to interact with an existing device. Siri set the expectation… Read More
From All-in-One IP to Cervell™: How Semidynamics Reimagined AI Compute with RISC-V
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
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
Musk’s new job as Samsung Fab Manager – Can he disrupt chip making? Intel outside