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Panel Discission: Beyond Moore’s Law and the Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing

Panel Discission: Beyond Moore’s Law and the Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing
by Daniel Nenni on 05-11-2026 at 6:00 am

Beyond Moore's Law Future of Manufacturing

The semiconductor industry is entering a post-Moore’s Law era in which scaling transistor density alone is no longer sufficient to sustain historical performance growth. As discussed in the panel Beyond Moore’s Law: The Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing, the industry is increasingly dependent on advanced manufacturing… Read More


WEBINAR: Beyond Moore’s Law and The Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing Intelligence

WEBINAR: Beyond Moore’s Law and The Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing Intelligence
by Daniel Nenni on 04-16-2026 at 6:00 am

The Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing Intelligence

This is a live panel with industry experts who are on the leading edge of AI in semiconductor manufacturing. This is a must attend event for all levels of semiconductor professionals. I hope to see you there. 

The semiconductor industry faces unprecedented challenges as it pushes toward advanced nodes below 3nm, managing exponential… Read More


GTC 2026: Agentic AI for Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing

GTC 2026: Agentic AI for Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing
by Daniel Nenni on 03-24-2026 at 8:00 am

Agentic AI is emerging as a transformative paradigm in semiconductor design and manufacturing, driven by the exponential growth in data, system complexity, and performance demands. Modern semiconductor fabs generate massive volumes of heterogeneous data at unprecedented velocity. For instance, a single minute of operation

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Agentic EDA Panel Review Suggests Promise and Near-Term Guidance

Agentic EDA Panel Review Suggests Promise and Near-Term Guidance
by Bernard Murphy on 02-24-2026 at 6:00 am

Massive AI datacenter

NetApp recently hosted a webinar on Agentic AI as the future for EDA and implications for infrastructure. Good list of panelists including Mahesh Turaga (VP Cadence Cloud) with an intro preso on infrastructure and agentic AI at Cadence, then our own Dan Nenni (Mr. SemiWiki) moderating, Khaled Heloue (Fellow AMD, CAD CAD/Methodology/AI),… 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

NetApp Cadence Webinar Banner

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


Agentic AI and the EDA Revolution: Why Data Mobility, Security, and Availability Matter More Than Ever

Agentic AI and the EDA Revolution: Why Data Mobility, Security, and Availability Matter More Than Ever
by Michael Johnson on 08-07-2025 at 10:00 am

NetApp Agentic AI

The EDA (Electronic Design Automation) and semiconductor industries are experiencing a transformative shift—one that’s being powered by the rise of Agentic AI. If you attended this year’s SNUG, CDNLive, and/or DAC 2025, you couldn’t miss it: agentic AI was the hot topic, dominating keynotes, demos, and booth conversations… Read More


Importance of an Analytics Platform Before Migrating to the Cloud

Importance of an Analytics Platform Before Migrating to the Cloud
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-31-2022 at 10:00 am

TCS NeurEDA Advisor Architecture

After many years of hesitancy to jump with both feet in, semiconductor companies are seriously considering implementing cloud strategies and making required investments. Their concern though is, how much investment is it going to take? Some of the block-and-tackle challenges they face in implementing a cloud strategy are … Read More


Hardware Data Acceleration for Semiconductor Design

Hardware Data Acceleration for Semiconductor Design
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-11-2021 at 6:00 am

What if you could Table

This blog is a follow-on piece to an earlier one titled NetApp’s ONTAP Enables Engineering Productivity Boost.  If you have not had an opportunity to read that blog,  please do so for context. Using real life examples, it showcases how customers could improve real-world design engineering productivity as much as 10%.

For the … Read More


Podcast EP36: Semiconductor Design Acceleration

Podcast EP36: Semiconductor Design Acceleration
by Daniel Nenni on 09-03-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan and Mike are joined by Michael Johnson (MJ), CTO at NetApp. MJ provides “behind the scene” insights into NetApp technology and how it has quietly revolutionized information storage and management for chip design. The key enabling technologies along with specific use cases are discussed. MJ also discusses moving… Read More