2026 Outlook with Krishna Anne of Agile Analog

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.

I have worked in the global semiconductor industry for over 30 years, with major semiconductor companies such as Rambus, AMD and Broadcom, as well as with start-ups such as SCI Semiconductor and DataTrails. I started my career as a digital circuit designer, then moved into marketing, business development and corporate management roles. I am now the CEO at Agile Analog.

Agile Analog provides a wide-range of customizable analog IP to organizations across the world. We have a particular focus on Anti-Tamper Security IP, Data Conversion IP and Power Management IP. Our unique internal Composa technology allows us to offer this IP on pretty much any process node, even down to the very latest nodes from the major foundries. Our optimized and verified analog IP solutions can be seamlessly integrated into any SoC, significantly reducing the complexity, time and cost of analog design. Applications include Security, AI, Data Centers and HPC (High Performance Computing).

What was the most exciting high point of 2025 for your company?

There were several key milestones for Agile Analog in 2025. Most notably, we made great progress with our ground-breaking Anti-Tamper Security IP. We introduced our agileSecure analog anti-tamper portfolio, with a new electromagnetic sensor, and announced a significant agileSecure deal with a tier 1 US organization requiring our anti-tamper solutions on advanced nodes. 2025 was a very successful year for Agile Analog, exceeding expectations in terms of customer bookings and projects.

Another 2025 high point was with the development of strategic industry partnerships. We have been talking with a number of different Root of Trust (RoT) providers about how our analog anti-tamper sensors can work well with digital solutions to offer customers a complete anti-tamper security platform. Some of these relationships must remain under wraps for now, but Rambus has already spoken out about collaborating with us.

What was the biggest challenge your company faced in 2025?

One of the biggest challenges that we and many other companies in the global semiconductor industry faced in 2025 was the ‘talent gap’ – a shortage of analog design engineers. At Agile Analog, we have very talented analog engineers with a special range of skills and the ability to embrace our novel approach to analog design. This expertise and aptitude can be difficult to find at the best of times, but it’s even more challenging at the moment.

How is your company’s work addressing this challenge?

Fortunately, Agile Analog has a great reputation in the industry and our amazing group of electronics engineers often tell others about working for us. This year, as well as our Cambridge UK office, we are considering opening an additional office and design center in mainland Europe. This will allow us to widen the net and attract more engineers to join us on our journey to revolutionize analog design.

What do you think the biggest growth area for 2026 will be, and why?

Although there are ongoing global challenges such as geopolitical unrest, the semiconductor industry is still expected to see considerable growth in 2026, especially in AI related areas. The increasing complexity of IT security attacks remains a hot topic and tighter security certification regulations are coming soon. Agile Analog is well placed to help companies who need a comprehensive set of tamper detection and tamper prevention solutions.

How is your company’s work addressing this growth?

The Agile Analog 2026 product roadmap is mainly focused on the further development of our Anti-Tamper Security IP to meet the growing demand from customers across the globe for analog anti-tamper solutions. We are aiming to extend our agileSecure portfolio to include other analog anti-tamper sensors, such as a laser fault injection sensor. Our team will also be working on our Data Conversion IP, especially our ADCs, to add higher resolution and higher sample rate solutions.

Are you incorporating AI into your products? Is AI affecting the way you develop your products?

I think AI is being incorporated in almost every company’s workflow at the moment! At Agile Analog, we don’t think Large Language Model based generative AI is the appropriate method for designing analog circuits. Instead we use a different type of AI, an expert system, which is rules based and emulates the decision making of an analog engineer. We believe this gives the best results when it comes to analog circuit design. Alongside that we are working towards using generative AI for other tasks including test bench and model generation.

What conferences did you attend in 2025 and how was the traffic?

The Agile Analog team was at many of the industry events in 2025, especially those organized by the major foundries such as TSMC, Intel Foundry, GlobalFoundries and Samsung. Traffic at all of these events was good. As usual the TSMC Symposium and OIP events in Santa Clara were very well attended and we had many positive conversations there.

Will you participate in conferences in 2026?

Events are great for meeting new and existing customers, as well as partners from across the globe, so these will remain a crucial part of our 2026 calendar. First up this year, we will be at the Chiplet Summit in the US in February and Embedded World in Nuremberg in March.

How do customers normally engage with your company?

Customers can engage with Agile Analog in a variety of different ways. On the Agile Analog website it is possible to find technical details about our analog IP products. There is even a product filter feature to check the availability of each IP, selecting by major foundries and process nodes. Another source of Agile Analog IP information is the Design and Reuse website. And of course, catching up with the Agile Analog team at industry events is ideal if you want to chat with us face-to-face.

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