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Cutting Through the Fog: Hype versus Reality in Emerging Technologies

Cutting Through the Fog: Hype versus Reality in Emerging Technologies
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-14-2025 at 8:00 am

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Silicon Catalyst is an organization that supports early-stage semiconductor startups with an ecosystem that provides tools and resources needed to design, create, and market semiconductor solutions. It is the only incubator + accelerator focused on the Global Semiconductor Industry and operates with the motto “It’s about… Read More


CEO Interview with Fabrizio Del Maffeo of Axelera AI

CEO Interview with Fabrizio Del Maffeo of Axelera AI
by Daniel Nenni on 03-14-2025 at 6:00 am

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Fabrizio Del Maffeo is the CEO and co-founder of Axelera AI, the Netherlands-based startup building game-changing, scalable hardware for AI at the edge. Axelera AI was incubated by the Bitfury Group, a globally recognized emerging technologies company, where Fabrizio previously served as Head of AI. In his role at Axelera AI,… Read More


A Realistic Electron Blur Function Shape for EUV Resist Modeling

A Realistic Electron Blur Function Shape for EUV Resist Modeling
by Fred Chen on 03-13-2025 at 10:00 am

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Peak probability at zero distance actually makes no sense

In lithography, it is often stated that the best resolution that can be achieved depends on wavelength and numerical aperture (NA), but this actually only applies to the so-called “aerial” image. When the image is actually formed in the resist layer, it also depends on an… Read More


Siemens Fleshes out More of their AI in Verification Story

Siemens Fleshes out More of their AI in Verification Story
by Bernard Murphy on 03-13-2025 at 6:00 am

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While Cadence and Synopsys were sharing a lot of detail over the past few years about what they were doing in AI, Siemens EDA seemed content to offer a very general picture about their intentions without getting into a lot of detail. At DVCon 2025 they finally pulled back the curtain. Why wait until now to announce?

Darron May (Director… Read More


CEO Interview with Dinesh Bettadapur of Irresistible Materials

CEO Interview with Dinesh Bettadapur of Irresistible Materials
by Daniel Nenni on 03-12-2025 at 10:00 am

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Dinesh Bettadapur serves as the Chief Executive Officer of Irresistible Materials Ltd. Dinesh has over 20 years of executive management experience in the semiconductor industries and has held significant leadership roles encompassing general management, P&L management, sales, business development, strategic alliances,… Read More


RISC-V’s Privileged Spec and Architectural Advances Achieve Security Parity with Proprietary ISAs

RISC-V’s Privileged Spec and Architectural Advances Achieve Security Parity with Proprietary ISAs
by Jonah McLeod on 03-12-2025 at 6:00 am

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Because of its open and modular nature, RISC-V has faced recognizable security challenges stemming from fragmentation, performance inefficiencies, and inherent vulnerabilities. Fragmentation across implementations leads to inconsistencies, making it difficult to enforce uniform security measures. Performance… Read More


CEO Interview with Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre of Finwave Semiconductor

CEO Interview with Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre of Finwave Semiconductor
by Daniel Nenni on 03-11-2025 at 10:00 am

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Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company. 
I am the CEO of Finwave Semiconductor and joined the company in June 2023. I have close to 40 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, and I have worked in France, Japan and the United States. I have been in Silicon Valley for the last 27 years. After 14 years at Philips … Read More


Accellera at DVCon 2025 Updates and Behavioral Coverage

Accellera at DVCon 2025 Updates and Behavioral Coverage
by Bernard Murphy on 03-11-2025 at 6:00 am

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As usual I check in on Accellera activities each year at DVCon. Lu Dai (chair) gave an opening talk at the Accellera lunch, with contributions from other speakers on a few topics. In the afternoon I heard an update on PSS 3.0. What follows is a quick summary with my own musings on behavioral coverage.

Notable non-PSS topics

Karsten … Read More


CEO Interview with Matt Desch of Iridium

CEO Interview with Matt Desch of Iridium
by Daniel Nenni on 03-10-2025 at 10:00 am

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Matt Desch is the Chief Executive Officer of Iridium Communications Inc., the only satellite communications company that offers truly global voice and data coverage. He has more than 40 years of experience in telecommunications management, and more than 30 years in the global wireless industry. Joining Iridium in 2006, Desch… Read More


Speeding Up Physical Design Verification for AMS Designs

Speeding Up Physical Design Verification for AMS Designs
by Daniel Payne on 03-10-2025 at 6:00 am

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Custom and analog/mixed-signal IC designs have some unique IP and symmetry checking requirements for physical design. Waiting until the end of the IC layout process to verify IP instances for correctness or proper symmetry will cause project delays, so an approach to perform earlier physical verification makes more sense. … Read More