And just like that, the AI PC arrived. It will be hard to miss high-profile advertising campaigns like the one just launched by Microsoft touting them. Gartner said this September that AI PCs will be 43% of all PC shipments in 2025 (with 114M units projected) and that by 2026, AI PCs will be the only choice for business laptop users. … Read More
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Podcast EP267: The Broad Impact Weebit Nano’s ReRAM is having with Coby Hanoch
Dan is joined by Coby Hanoch, Coby joined Weebit Nano as CEO in 2017. He has 15 years of experience in engineering and engineering management roles, and 28 years of experience in sales management and executive roles.
Coby describes the impact Weebit Nano’s ReRAM technology is having for: Embedded non-volatile memory, in… Read More
Certification for Post-Quantum Cryptography gaining momentum
A crucial step in helping any new technology specification gain adoption is certification. NIST has been hard at work establishing more than post-quantum cryptography algorithms – they’ve also integrated the new algorithms into their process for third-party validation testing to ensure implementations are as advertised.… Read More
Scaling AI Data Centers: The Role of Chiplets and Connectivity
Artificial intelligence (AI) has revolutionized data center infrastructure, requiring a reimagining of computational, memory, and connectivity technologies. Meeting the increasing demand for high performance and efficiency in AI workloads has led to the emergence of innovative solutions, including chiplets, advanced… Read More
One Thousand Production Licenses Means Silicon Creations PLL IP is Everywhere
If you sell sneakers, 1,000 pair is called a humble beginning. On the other hand, selling 1,000 licenses for specialized analog IP is a home run. Silicon Creations celebrated a home run for a critical piece of analog IP that finds its way into a diverse array of applications. Succeeding in so many markets is noteworthy, and I want … Read More
Relationships with IP Vendors
An animated panel discussion Design Automation Conference in June offered up a view of the state of RISC-V and open-source functional verification and a wealth of good material for a three-part blog post series.
Parts One and Two covered a range of topics from microcontroller versus more general-purpose processor versus running… Read More
Silicon Creations is Fueling Next Generation Chips
Next generation semiconductor design puts new stress on traditionally low-key parts of the design process. One example is packaging, which used to be the clean-up spot at the end of the design. Thanks to chiplet-based design, package engineers are now rock stars. Analog design is another one of those disciplines.
Not long ago,… Read More
Get Ready for a Shakeout in Edge NPUs
When the potential for AI at the edge first fired our imagination, semiconductor designers recognized that performance (and low power) required an accelerator and many decided to build their own. Requirements weren’t too complicated, commercial alternatives were limited and who wanted to add another royalty to further reduce… Read More
Tier1 Eye on Expanding Role in Automotive AI
The unsettled realities of modern automotive markets (BEV/HEV, ADAS/AD, radical views on how to make money) don’t only affect automakers. These disruptions also ripple down the supply chain prompting a game of musical chairs, each supplier aiming to maximize their chances of still having a chair (and a bigger chair) when the … Read More
Podcast EP260: How Ceva Enables a Broad Range of Smart Edge Applications with Chad Lucien
Dan is joined by Chad Lucien, vice president and general manager of Ceva’s Sensing and Audio Business Unit. Previously he was president of Hillcrest Labs, a sensor fusion software and systems company, which was acquired by Ceva in July 2019. He brings nearly 25 years of experience having held a wide range of roles with software, … Read More
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