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Ansys Acquires Another!

Ansys Acquires Another!
by Daniel Nenni on 05-16-2023 at 4:00 pm

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The headline is: Ansys Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Diakopto, Expands Multiphysics Simulation Portfolio for Semiconductor Designers. The acquisition complements Ansys’ existing signoff solutions and enables integrated circuit (IC) designers to detect problems earlier in the design flow.

Which is certainly… Read More


Join the AI Generated Open-Source Silicon Design Challenge!

Join the AI Generated Open-Source Silicon Design Challenge!
by Daniel Nenni on 05-16-2023 at 10:00 am

Join the AI Generated Open Source Silicon

As we all know design starts are the life blood of the semiconductor industry, both big and small. Enabling those design starts is what the semiconductor ecosystem is all about and Efabless has a very unique value proposition in this regard.

Efabless is a free cloud-based chip design platform, growing community of 9000+ chip designers,… Read More


Emerging Stronger from the Downturn

Emerging Stronger from the Downturn
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-16-2023 at 6:00 am

Full Flow from HL Synthesis through to GDSII Accelerates the creation of AI IP

It was refreshing to hear a talk focused on emerging stronger from the downturn when the news and media are focused on the gloom. At the recent Siemens EDA User2User conference, Joe Sawicki, executive vice president, IC, gave an uplifting keynote talk to the audience. He highlighted a secular growth trend happening in the semiconductor… Read More


Overcoming Semiconductor Supply Chain Bottlenecks

Overcoming Semiconductor Supply Chain Bottlenecks
by Daniel Payne on 05-15-2023 at 10:00 am

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During the recent COVID pandemic it was common to read about automobile companies unable to deliver new vehicles, caused by the shortage of specific automotive chips. Even bad weather has shut down the supply of semiconductor parts to certain customers. This disruption of the IC supply chain has caused many companies that buy … Read More


Chiplet Modeling and Workflow Standardization Through CDX

Chiplet Modeling and Workflow Standardization Through CDX
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-15-2023 at 6:00 am

Chiplet Integration Workflow

Chiplet is a hot topic in the semiconductor world these days. So much so that if one hasn’t heard that term, the person must be living on a very isolated islet. Humor aside, products built using chiplets-based methodology have been in existence for at least some years now. Companies such as Intel, AMD, Apple and others have integrated… Read More


EP161: The Backstory of sureCore’s Ultra-Low Power Memories with Paul Wells

EP161: The Backstory of sureCore’s Ultra-Low Power Memories with Paul Wells
by Daniel Nenni on 05-12-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Paul Wells, CEO of sureCore. Paul has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years. His experience includes Director of Engineering for Pace Networks where he led a product development team creating broadcast quality video & data silicon. He worked for Jennic Ltd as VP of Operations successfully … Read More


Chip War without Soldiers

Chip War without Soldiers
by Sivakumar PR on 05-12-2023 at 6:00 am

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Every country realizes the importance of producing skilled chip designers who could decide their success as soldiers by creating advanced AI chips for winning the Chip War. Also, every country is now gearing up to build a good semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem to balance the global semiconductor supply chain that could … Read More


SEMI ESD Alliance CEO Outlook Sponsored by Keysight Promises Industry Perspectives, Insights

SEMI ESD Alliance CEO Outlook Sponsored by Keysight Promises Industry Perspectives, Insights
by Bob Smith on 05-11-2023 at 10:00 am

ESDA CEO Outlook

Spring wouldn’t be the same without an opportunity to hear from some of the most visible executives of electronic system design (ESD) market segment. The in-person CEO Outlook sponsored by Keysight and hosted by the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology Community, will be held Thursday, May 18, in Santa Clara, Calif.

Attendees can expect… Read More


Takeaways from CadenceLIVE 2023

Takeaways from CadenceLIVE 2023
by Bernard Murphy on 05-11-2023 at 6:00 am

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Given popular fascination it seems impossible these days to talk about anything other than AI. At CadenceLIVE, it was refreshing to be reminded that the foundational methods on which designs of any type remain and will always be dominated in all aspects of engineering by deep, precise, and scalable math, physics, computer science… Read More


Alchip is Golden, Keeps Breaking Records on Multiple KPIs

Alchip is Golden, Keeps Breaking Records on Multiple KPIs
by Kalar Rajendiran on 05-10-2023 at 10:00 am

Alchip Revenue Breakdown along Nodes and Applications

I don’t know the story behind the name Alchip. I’ve been asking this question ever since its founding in 2003 and still haven’t found the answer. Wikipedia sometimes provides insights and stories behind names of companies, products and services but I couldn’t find any regarding the name Alchip. One thing is for sure. After its consistent… Read More