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WEBINAR: Design Cost Reduction – How to track and predict server resources for complex chip design project?

WEBINAR: Design Cost Reduction – How to track and predict server resources for complex chip design project?
by Daniel Nenni on 04-11-2023 at 6:00 am

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During the design of complex chips, cost reduction is becoming a real challenge for small, medium and large companies.  Resource management is a key to contain design cost.

The chip design market is expecting automated solutions to help in the resource prediction, planning and analysis. AI-based technologies are promising … Read More


Podcast EP152: An Informal Conversation with Aart de Geus on AI and Multi-Die at SNUG

Podcast EP152: An Informal Conversation with Aart de Geus on AI and Multi-Die at SNUG
by Daniel Nenni on 04-10-2023 at 2:00 pm

This is a special edition of our podcast series. At the recent Synopsys SNUG User Group, SemiWiki staff writer Kalar Rajendiran got the opportunity to conduct an informal interview with Aart de Geus, Chairman and CEO of Synopsys.

What follows are some of Aart’s thoughts on the deployment of AI across the semiconductor … Read More


Multiphysics Analysis from Chip to System

Multiphysics Analysis from Chip to System
by akanksha soni on 04-10-2023 at 10:00 am

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Multiphysics simulation is the process of computational methods to model and analyze a system to understand its response to different physical interactions like heat transfer, electromagnetic fields, and mechanical structures. Using this technique, designers can generate physics-based models and analyze the behavior… Read More


Feeding the Growing Hunger for Bandwidth with High-Speed Ethernet

Feeding the Growing Hunger for Bandwidth with High-Speed Ethernet
by Madhumita Sanyal on 04-10-2023 at 6:00 am

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The increasing demands for massive amounts of data are driving high-performance computing (HPC) to advance the pace in the High-speed Ethernet world. This in turn, is increasing the levels of complexity when designing networking SoCs like switches, retimers, and pluggable modules. This growth is accelerating the need for … Read More


Podcast EP151: How Pulsic Automates Analog Layout for Free with Mark Williams

Podcast EP151: How Pulsic Automates Analog Layout for Free with Mark Williams
by Daniel Nenni on 04-07-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Mark Williams. Mark is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Pulsic. He has over 30 years of experience in the EDA industry and was one of the team that pioneered shape-based routing technology in the 1980s while working at Zuken-Redac.

Mark explains the unique “freemium” model for automating analog… Read More


Takeaways from SNUG 2023

Takeaways from SNUG 2023
by Bernard Murphy on 04-07-2023 at 6:00 am

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Synopsys pulled out all the stops for this event. I attended the first full day, tightly scripted from Aart’s keynote kick off to 1×1 interviews with Synopsys executives to a fireside chat between Sassine Ghazi (President and COO) and Rob Aitken (ex-Fellow at Arm, now Distinguished Architect at Synopsys). That’s a lot of … Read More


TSMC has spent a lot more money on 300mm than you think

TSMC has spent a lot more money on 300mm than you think
by Scotten Jones on 04-06-2023 at 10:00 am

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Up until November of 2022, IC Knowledge LLC was an independent company and had become the world leader in cost and price modeling of semiconductors. In November 2022 TechInsights acquired IC Knowledge LLC and IC Knowledge LLC is now a TechInsights company.

For many years, IC Knowledge has published a database tracking all the 300mm… Read More


Interconnect Under the Spotlight as Core Counts Accelerate

Interconnect Under the Spotlight as Core Counts Accelerate
by Bernard Murphy on 04-06-2023 at 6:00 am

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In the march to more capable, faster, smaller, and lower power systems, Moore’s Law gave software a free ride for over 30 years or so purely on semiconductor process evolution. Compute hardware delivered improved performance/area/power metrics every year, allowing software to expand in complexity and deliver more capability… Read More


AI is Ushering in a New Wave of Innovation

AI is Ushering in a New Wave of Innovation
by Greg Lebsack on 04-05-2023 at 10:00 am

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming many aspects of our lives, from the way we work and communicate to the way we shop and travel. Its impact is felt in nearly every industry, including the semiconductor industry, which plays a crucial role in enabling the development of AI technology.

One of the ways AI is affecting our… Read More


LIVE WEBINAR: New Standards for Semiconductor Materials

LIVE WEBINAR: New Standards for Semiconductor Materials
by Daniel Nenni on 04-05-2023 at 6:00 am

New Standards for Semiconductor Materials

This is the 5th webinar in our series of webinars to explore trending topics on materials and semiconductor development. Join us to discover how digital solutions are forming new ways of operating in a fast-paced, highly demanding semiconductor industry.

With data analytics and digital tools, we are setting new standards for

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