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WEBINAR: The Power of Formal Verification: From flops to billion-gate designs

WEBINAR: The Power of Formal Verification: From flops to billion-gate designs
by Daniel Nenni on 08-15-2023 at 5:00 pm

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Semiconductor industry is going through an unprecedented technological revolution with AI/ML, GPU, RISC-V, chiplets, automotive and 5G driving the hardware design innovation. The race to deliver high performance, optimizing power and area (PPA), while ensuring safety and security is truly on. It has never been a more excitingRead More


A New Verification Conference Coming to Austin

A New Verification Conference Coming to Austin
by Bernard Murphy on 08-15-2023 at 6:00 am

Actually not so new, just new to us in the US. Verification Futures is already well established as a Tessolve event with a 10-year track record in the UK. This year they are bringing the conference to Austin on September 14th (REGISTER HERE).

While DVCon is an ever-popular event for sharing verification ideas, it isn’t always accessible… Read More


Turnaround in Semiconductor Market

Turnaround in Semiconductor Market
by Bill Jewell on 08-14-2023 at 1:30 pm

Semiconductor Market Change Q3 2023

The global semiconductor market grew 4.2% in 2Q 2023 versus 1Q 2023, according to WSTS. The 2Q 2023 growth was the first positive quarter-to-quarter change since 4Q 2021, a year and a half ago. Versus a year ago, the market declined 17.3%, an improvement from a 21.3% year-to-year decline in 1Q 2023. Semiconductor market year-to-year… Read More


The Recovery has Started and it’s off to a Great Start!

The Recovery has Started and it’s off to a Great Start!
by Malcolm Penn on 08-11-2023 at 6:00 am

Semiconductor Recovery 2023

August’s WSTS Blue Book showed Q2-2023 sales rebounding strongly, up 4.2 percent vs. Q1, heralding the end of the downturn and welcome news for the beleaguered chip industry.

The really good news, however, was that the downturn bottomed one quarter earlier than previously anticipated. This pull-forward only added a modest US$11… Read More


DVCon India 2023 | Keynote: “Journeying Beyond AI: Unleashing the Art of Verification”

DVCon India 2023 | Keynote: “Journeying Beyond AI: Unleashing the Art of Verification”
by Daniel Nenni on 08-08-2023 at 10:00 am

Keynote by Sivakumar DVCon India 2023

DVCon India 2023 | Keynote: “Journeying Beyond AI: Unleashing the Art of Verification” by Sivakumar P R, Founder & CEO, Maven Silicon

Get Ready for an Epic Tech Odyssey with the keynote, ‘Journeying Beyond AI: Unleashing the Art of Verification’, by P. R. Sivakumar, Founder, and CEO, Maven Silicon.

The semiconductor industry… Read More


CEO Interview: Harry Peterson of Siloxit

CEO Interview: Harry Peterson of Siloxit
by Daniel Nenni on 08-04-2023 at 6:00 am

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Harry Peterson is a mixed-signal chip designer with a BS in Physics from Caltech.  He managed IC design groups within Fairchild, Kodak, Philips, Northern Telecom, Toshiba and Pixelworks.  During sabbaticals he helped fly experiments on NASA’s orbiting satellite observatory (OSO-8) and build telescopes in the Canary… Read More


Accellera and Clock Domain Crossing at #60DAC

Accellera and Clock Domain Crossing at #60DAC
by Daniel Payne on 08-02-2023 at 10:00 am

Accellera, clock domain crossing, #60DAC

Accellera sponsored a luncheon panel discussion at #60DAC, so I registered and attended to learn more about one of the newest working groups for Clock Domain Crossing (CDC). An overview of Accellera was provided by Lu Dai, then the panel discussion was moderated by Paul McLellan of Cadence, with the following panel members:

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A Bold View of Future Product Development with Matt Genovese

A Bold View of Future Product Development with Matt Genovese
by Mike Gianfagna on 08-01-2023 at 10:00 am

Matt Genovese

Matt Genovese is the founder of Planorama Design, a software requirements and user experience design professional services company.  The company designs simple and intuitive software and IoT product user interfaces for complex, technical applications and systems.  Its unique and proven approach reduces client development… Read More


A Look at the Winners of the Silicon Catalyst/Arm Silicon Startups Contest

A Look at the Winners of the Silicon Catalyst/Arm Silicon Startups Contest
by Mike Gianfagna on 07-28-2023 at 6:00 am

A Look at the Winners of the Silicon Catalyst:Arm Silicon Startups Contest

Silicon Catalyst is the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on semiconductor solutions. This unique position puts the organization in the center of many new technology innovations. Recently, a Semiconductor Startups Contest was announced in collaboration with Arm. You can learn more about the details of theRead More


ASML Update SEMICON West 2023

ASML Update SEMICON West 2023
by Scotten Jones on 07-27-2023 at 10:00 am

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At SEMICON West I had a chance to catch up with Mike Lercel of ASML. In this article I am going to combine ASML presentation material from the SPIE Advanced Lithography Conference, Mike’s SEMICON presentation, my discussions with Mike at SEMICON and a few items from ASML’s recent earnings call.

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ASML continues to improve DUV systems.… Read More