Let’s face it, powerful, highly trained AI is making it easier to find security flaws in many systems. When the attack surface becomes the underlying hardware, the risks grow exponentially. Unlike software, hardware can’t easily be “patched”. Early, advanced security verification is the way to mitigate these risks, but doing… Read More
Podcast EP347: Agentic Workflows from Caspia Technologies for Advanced Chip Security Verification with Stuart Audley
Daniel is joined by Stuart Audley, vice president and general manager of product management at Caspia Technologies, where he focuses on agentic security workflows. He has decades of experience designing and deploying cryptographic hardware and security IP for top defense and leading semiconductor companies. He previously… Read More
Caspia Technologies Unveils A Breakthrough in RTL Security Verification Paving the Way for Agentic Silicon Security
In a significant advancement for the semiconductor industry, Caspia Technologies announced the broad availability of CODAx V2026.1, its flagship RTL security analyzer. The new release strengthens early-stage hardware security verification and positions the company to deliver fully agentic workflows that automate vulnerability… Read More
2026 Outlook with Richard Hegberg of Caspia Technologies
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company
I’m Rick Hegberg and I’ve been CEO of Caspia Technologies since 2024. I have a deep semiconductor background, including CEO roles at three semiconductor start-ups and executive roles at SanDisk/WD, Qualcomm, Atheros, Numonyx/Micron, ATI/AMD, and VLSI Technology.
Throughout… Read More
Webinar: Why AI-Assisted Security Verification For Chip Design is So Important
It is well-known that AI is everywhere, and the incredible power of this new technology is enabled by highly complex, purpose-built silicon. But there is a silent enemy of this substantial, world-changing progress. Something that has the power to steal a bright future from all of us. The hardware root of trust for those advanced… Read More
A Six-Minute Journey to Secure Chip Design with Caspia
Hardware-level chip security has become an important topic across the semiconductor ecosystem. Thanks to sophisticated AI-fueled attacks, the hardware root of trust and its firmware are now vulnerable. And unlike software security, an instantiated weakness cannot be patched. The implications of such vulnerabilities are… Read More
Large Language Models: A New Frontier for SoC Security on DACtv
On July 18, 2025, Mark Tehranipoor, chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Florida and co-founder of Caspia Technologies, delivered a compelling talk at DACtv on leveraging large language models (LLMs) for System-on-Chip (SoC) security, as seen in the YouTube video. Addressing… Read More
Caspia Focuses Security Requirements at DAC
As expected, security was a big topic at DAC this year. The growth of AI has demanded complex, purpose-built semiconductors to run ever-increasing workloads. AI has helped to design those complex chips more efficiently and with less power demands. There was a lot of discussion on these topics. But there is another part of this trend.… Read More
Caspia Technologies at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
Security will be an important topic at DAC this year. The hardware root of trust is the foundation of all security for complex systems implementing AI workloads. Thanks to new and sophisticated techniques the hardware root of trust is now vulnerable and must be protected. But adding deep security verification to existing design… Read More
CEO Interview with Richard Hegberg of Caspia Technologies
Rick has a long and diverse career in the semiconductor industry. He began as VP of sales at Lucent Microelectronics. He has held executive roles at several high-profile companies and participated in several acquisitions along the way. These include NetApp, SanDisk/WD, Atheros/Qualcomm, Numonyx/Micron, ATI/AMD, and VLSI… Read More

