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Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Kirin 9030 Hints at SMIC’s Possible Paths Toward >300 MTr/mm2 Without EUV

Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Kirin 9030 Hints at SMIC’s Possible Paths Toward >300 MTr/mm2 Without EUV
by Fred Chen on 12-28-2025 at 2:00 pm

Number of masks required for the M0 through M3 layers

Earlier this month, TechInsights did a teardown of the Kirin 9030 chip found in Huawei’s Mate 80 Pro Max [1]. Two clear statements were made on the findings: (1) the transistor density of SMIC’s “N+3” process was definitely below that of the earlier 5nm processes from Samsung and TSMC, and (2) metal pitch was aggressively scaled

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The 10 Practical Steps to Model and Design a Complex SoC: Insights from Aion Silicon

The 10 Practical Steps to Model and Design a Complex SoC: Insights from Aion Silicon
by Daniel Nenni on 12-24-2025 at 6:00 am

10 Practical SoC Steps AION Silicon

In the fast-evolving world of semiconductor design, creating a complex System-on-Chip (SoC) requires meticulous planning to ensure performance, power efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Aion Silicon’s white paper, authored by Piyush Singh, outlines a streamlined methodology that leverages advanced modeling… Read More


Cost, Cycle Time, and Carbon aware TCAD Development of new Technologies

Cost, Cycle Time, and Carbon aware TCAD Development of new Technologies
by Daniel Nenni on 12-18-2025 at 10:00 am

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Our good friend Scotten Jones wrote a paper on a product that has been in joint development with Synopsys and is now available. Scott is currently President Semiconductor Manufacturing Economics and Senior Fellow at TechInsights. Scott and I have discussed this product many times and I feel it is ground breaking technology for… Read More


imec on the Benefits of ASICs and How to Seize Them

imec on the Benefits of ASICs and How to Seize Them
by Daniel Nenni on 12-14-2025 at 2:00 pm

imec ASIC White Paper

In an era where product differentiation increasingly depends on performance, power efficiency, and form factor, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) have become the ultimate competitive weapon for innovative companies. Unlike off-the-shelf processors, FPGAs, or even ASSPs, a full- or semi-custom ASIC is… Read More


Revitalizing Semiconductor StartUps

Revitalizing Semiconductor StartUps
by Daniel Nenni on 12-09-2025 at 6:00 am

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Tarun Verma, Managing Partner of Silicon Catalyst, delivered a keynote at Verification Futures Austin titled “Revitalizing Semiconductor StartUps.” Drawing from his role in the world’s only accelerator focused on the global semiconductor industry, Tarun outlined the sector’s resurgence, persistent… Read More


Podcast EP320: The Emerging Field of Quantum Technology and the Upcoming Q2B Event with Peter Olcott

Podcast EP320: The Emerging Field of Quantum Technology and the Upcoming Q2B Event with Peter Olcott
by Daniel Nenni on 12-01-2025 at 9:00 am

Daniel is joined by Peter Olcott, Deeptech Principal at First Spark Ventures specializing in early-stage investments. His background encompasses over 20 years of experience in electrical engineering, software engineering, algorithm design, combined hardware-software robotic devices, and novel innovations in biomedical… Read More


Live Webinar: Considerations When Architecting Your Next SoC: NoC with Arteris and Aion Silicon

Live Webinar: Considerations When Architecting Your Next SoC: NoC with Arteris and Aion Silicon
by Daniel Nenni on 11-27-2025 at 8:00 am

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The explosive growth of AI and accelerated computing is placing unprecedented demands on system-on-chip (SoC) design. Modern AI workloads require extremely high bandwidth, ultra-low latency, and energy-efficient data movement across increasingly heterogeneous architectures. As SoCs scale to incorporate clusters of… Read More


Cloud-Accelerated EDA Development

Cloud-Accelerated EDA Development
by Admin on 11-24-2025 at 10:00 am

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By Nikhil Sharma, Sunghwan Son, Paul Mantey

The semiconductor industry faces an unprecedented crisis that threatens the very foundation of technological innovation. According to the latest Siemens EDA / Wilson Research Study, first-silicon success rates have plummeted to just 14%[1]—the lowest figure in more than twenty… Read More


WEBINAR: Is Agentic AI the Future of EDA?

WEBINAR: Is Agentic AI the Future of EDA?
by Daniel Nenni on 11-20-2025 at 6:00 am

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The semiconductor industry is entering a transformative era, and few trends are generating more discussion or confusion than Agentic AI. From autonomous design exploration to next-generation verification strategies, Agentic AI promises dramatic changes in how chips are conceived, validated, and delivered. But as with … Read More


Semiconductors Up Over 20% in 2025

Semiconductors Up Over 20% in 2025
by Bill Jewell on 11-19-2025 at 2:00 pm

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The world semiconductor market was $208 billion in third-quarter 2025, according to WSTS. This marks the first time the market has been above $200 billion. 3Q 2025 was up 15.8% from 2Q 2025, the highest quarter-to-quarter growth since 19.9% in 2Q 2009. 3Q 2025 was up 25.1% from 3Q 2024, the highest growth versus a year earlier since… Read More