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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


VC Formal Enabled QED Proofs on a RISC-V Core

VC Formal Enabled QED Proofs on a RISC-V Core
by Bernard Murphy on 08-10-2023 at 6:00 am

The Synopsys VC Formal group have a real talent for finding industry speakers to talk on illuminating outside-the-box-topics in formal verification. Not too long ago I covered an Intel talk of this kind. A recent webinar highlighted use of formal methods used together with a cool technique I have covered elsewhere called Quick… Read More


Elon Musk is Self-Aware

Elon Musk is Self-Aware
by Roger C. Lanctot on 08-09-2023 at 10:00 am

Elon Musk is Self Aware

“I think we’ll be better than human by the end of the year.” – Elon Musk, CEO, Tesla

Parsing the impact of the latest Tesla earnings call featuring CEO Elon Musk has become an eerie out-of-body experience. The comments of the CEO are simultaneously assessed in real time and in retrospect as they are being spoken. It is automotive… Read More


Insights into DevOps Trends in Hardware Design

Insights into DevOps Trends in Hardware Design
by Bernard Murphy on 08-09-2023 at 6:00 am

DevOps

Periodically I like to check in on the unsung heroes behind the attention-grabbing world of design. I’m speaking of the people responsible for the development and deployment infrastructure on which we all depend – version control, testing, build, release – collectively known these days as DevOps (development operations). … Read More


Breakthrough Gains in RTL Productivity and Quality of Results with Cadence Joules RTL Design Studio

Breakthrough Gains in RTL Productivity and Quality of Results with Cadence Joules RTL Design Studio
by Kalar Rajendiran on 08-08-2023 at 10:00 am

Joules RTL Design Studio Benefits

Register Transfer Level (RTL) is a crucial and valuable concept in digital hardware design. Over the years, it has played a fundamental role in enabling design of complex digital chips. By abstracting away implementation details and providing a clear description of digital behavior, RTL has contributed significantly to the… 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


The Era of Flying Cars is Coming Soon

The Era of Flying Cars is Coming Soon
by Ahmed Banafa on 08-08-2023 at 6:00 am

The Era of Flying Cars is Coming Soon

For decades, the concept of flying cars has captivated our imagination, fueling visions of a future where we can soar above the ground, free from the constraints of traffic and congestion. While once considered purely the stuff of science fiction, recent advancements in technology have brought us closer to turning this fantasy… Read More


Cadence and AI at #60DAC

Cadence and AI at #60DAC
by Daniel Payne on 08-07-2023 at 10:00 am

Cadence, AI, #60DAC min

Paul Cunningham from Cadence presented at the #60DAC Pavilion and gave one of the most optimistic visions of AI applied to EDA that I’ve witnessed, so hopefully I can convey some of his enthusiasm and outright excitement in my blog report. Mr. Cunningham reviewed the various ages of EDA design with each era providing about… Read More


How Taiwan Saved the Semiconductor Industry

How Taiwan Saved the Semiconductor Industry
by Daniel Nenni on 08-07-2023 at 6:00 am

Taiwan USA

Now that semiconductors are front page news and a political football, I would like to write more about how we got to where we are today to better understand where semiconductors will go tomorrow. I will start this article with a provocative quote that really made me laugh and will put some context to what I am trying to accomplish here:… Read More