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Tuple Technologies at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC

Tuple Technologies at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
by Daniel Nenni on 06-17-2025 at 6:00 am

62nd DAC SemiWiki

Tuple Technologies delivers Tropos, a platform automating IT infrastructure across Cloud, Hybrid or On-prem and DevSecOps for semiconductor IC, FPGA, and system design, optimizing costs and cybersecurity.

Attendees who step into the Tuple Technologies booth during DAC (Booth #1237) will see demonstrations of its Tropos … Read More


Semiconductor Market Uncertainty

Semiconductor Market Uncertainty
by Bill Jewell on 05-28-2025 at 2:00 pm

2025 Semiconductor Market Forecast

WSTS reported 1st quarter 2025 semiconductor market revenues of $167.7 billion, up 18.8% from a year earlier and down 2.8% from the prior quarter. The first quarter of 2025 was weak for most major semiconductor companies. Ten of the sixteen companies in the table below had declines in revenue versus 4Q 2024, ranging from -0.1% from… Read More


Alchip’s Technology and Global Talent Strategy Deliver Record Growth

Alchip’s Technology and Global Talent Strategy Deliver Record Growth
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-20-2025 at 10:00 am

Alchip TSMC 2nm N2

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


Webinar – Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability with Samtec and Synopsys

Webinar – Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability with Samtec and Synopsys
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-15-2025 at 6:00 am

Webinar Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability with Samtec and Synopsys

It is well-known that AI is upending conventional wisdom for system design. Workload-specific processor configurations are growing at an exponential rate. Along with this is an exponential growth in data bandwidth needs, creating an urgency for 1.6T Ethernet. A recent SemiWiki webinar dove into these issues. Synopsys and … Read More


Semiconductor Tariff Impact

Semiconductor Tariff Impact
by Bill Jewell on 04-22-2025 at 3:00 pm

US Semiconductor Imports 2024 SemiWiki

President Donald Trump has initially excluded semiconductors from his latest round of U.S. tariffs. However, he could put tariffs on semiconductors in the future. If tariffs are placed on semiconductors imported to the U.S., how would that affect U.S.-based semiconductor companies? The chart below shows U.S. semiconductor… Read More


Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability for High BW HPC AI/ML SoCs: A Technical Webinar with Samtec and Synopsys

Achieving Seamless 1.6 Tbps Interoperability for High BW HPC AI/ML SoCs: A Technical Webinar with Samtec and Synopsys
by Daniel Nenni on 04-17-2025 at 10:00 am

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HPC Bandwidth Explosion and 1.6T Ecosystem Interop Need

The exponential growth in data bandwidth requirements driven by HPC systems, AI, and ML applications has set the stage for an ever-increasing need for 1.6Tbps Ethernet. As data centers strive to manage vast data transfers with maximum efficiency, the urgency for interoperability… Read More


Design IP Market Increased by All-time-high: 20% in 2024!

Design IP Market Increased by All-time-high: 20% in 2024!
by Eric Esteve on 04-14-2025 at 10:00 am

Top5 License

Design IP revenues achieved $8.5B in 2024 and this is an all-time-high growth of 20%. Wired Interface is still driving Design IP growth with 23.5% but we see the Processor category also growing by 22.4% in 2024. This is consistent with the Top 4 IP companies made of ARM (mostly focused on processor) and a team leading wired interface… Read More


Elon Musk Given CHIPS Act & AI Oversight – Mulls Relocation of Taiwanese Fabs

Elon Musk Given CHIPS Act & AI Oversight – Mulls Relocation of Taiwanese Fabs
by Robert Maire on 04-01-2025 at 8:00 am

Trump Elon Doge

– Trump gives CHIPS Act & AI oversight to DOGE/Musk-“Tech Support”
– CHIPS Act to switch from incentive based to tariff/punitive based
– Musk to be responsible for US AI policy & security- Will rule ChatGPT
– Talks underway to relocate Taiwan fabs & staff to avoid China threat… Read More


Semiconductor CapEx Down in 2024 up in 2025

Semiconductor CapEx Down in 2024 up in 2025
by Bill Jewell on 03-30-2025 at 8:00 am

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Semiconductor Intelligence (SC-IQ) estimates semiconductor capital expenditures (CapEx) in 2024 were $155 billion, down 5% from $164 billion in 2023. Our forecast for 2025 is $160 billion, up 3%. The increase in 2025 is primarily driven by two companies. TSMC, the largest foundry company, plans between $38 billion and $42 billion… Read More


Podcast EP278: Details of This Year’s Semiconductor Startups Contest with Silicon Catalyst’s Nick Kepler

Podcast EP278: Details of This Year’s Semiconductor Startups Contest with Silicon Catalyst’s Nick Kepler
by Daniel Nenni on 03-21-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Nick Kepler, COO and Director at Silicon Catalyst. Nick has over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with varied leadership and technology management roles including semiconductor process technology development and manufacturing, design enablement, technical program management, and … Read More