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A Perspective on AI Opportunities in Software Engineering

A Perspective on AI Opportunities in Software Engineering
by Bernard Murphy on 04-16-2025 at 6:00 am

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Whatever software engineering teams are considering around leveraging AI in their development cycles should be of interest to us in hardware engineering. Not in every respect perhaps but there should be significant commonalities. I found a recent paper on the Future of AI-Driven Software Engineering from the University of … Read More


CEO Interview with Ronald Glibbery of Peraso

CEO Interview with Ronald Glibbery of Peraso
by Daniel Nenni on 04-15-2025 at 10:00 am

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Mr. Glibbery leads all functional areas of Peraso Inc. and has served as chief executive officer since December 2021. He co-founded Peraso Technologies Inc. in 2009 and previously served as its chief executive officer. Prior to co-founding Peraso Technologies, Mr. Glibbery was President of Intellon, a pioneer and leader in … Read More


Design IP Market Increased by All-time-high: 20% in 2024!

Design IP Market Increased by All-time-high: 20% in 2024!
by Eric Esteve on 04-14-2025 at 10:00 am

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Design IP revenues achieved $8.5B in 2024 and this is an all-time-high growth of 20%. Wired Interface is still driving Design IP growth with 23.5% but we see the Processor category also growing by 22.4% in 2024. This is consistent with the Top 4 IP companies made of ARM (mostly focused on processor) and a team leading wired interface… Read More


Podcast EP283: The evolution of Analog High Frequency Design and the Impact of AI with Matthew Ozalas of Keysight

Podcast EP283: The evolution of Analog High Frequency Design and the Impact of AI with Matthew Ozalas of Keysight
by Daniel Nenni on 04-11-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Matthew Ozalas, a distinguished RF engineer at Keysight Technologies. With extensive experience in RF and microwave engineering, Matthew has made significant contributions to the field, particularly in the design and development of RF power amplifiers. His expertise spans hardware and software applications… Read More


Generative AI Comes to High-Level Design

Generative AI Comes to High-Level Design
by Daniel Payne on 04-10-2025 at 10:00 am

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I’ve watched the EDA industry change the level of design abstraction starting from transistor-level to gate-level, then RTL, and finally using High Level Synthesis (HLS). Another emerging software trend is the use of generative AI to make coding RTL more automated. There’s a new EDA company called Rise Design Automation that… Read More


Keysom and Chipflow discuss the Future of RISC-V in Automotive: Progress, Challenges, and What’s Next

Keysom and Chipflow discuss the Future of RISC-V in Automotive: Progress, Challenges, and What’s Next
by Admin on 04-10-2025 at 6:00 am

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by, Tomi Rantakari CEO ChipFlow & Luca Testa COO Keysom

The automotive industry is undergoing a major transformation, driven by electrification, the rise of new market players, and the rapid adoption of emerging technologies such as AI. Among the most significant advancements is the growing adoption of RISC-V, an open-standard… Read More


Podcast EP282: An Overview of Andes Focus on RISC-V and the Upcoming RISC-V CON

Podcast EP282: An Overview of Andes Focus on RISC-V and the Upcoming RISC-V CON
by Daniel Nenni on 04-09-2025 at 6:00 am

Dan is joined by Marc Evans, director of business development and technology at Andes. Marc has over twenty years of experience in the use of CPU, DSP, and Specialized IP in SoCs from his prior positions at Lattice Semiconductor, Ceva, and Tensilica. During his early career, Marc was a processor architect, making significant contributions… Read More


CEO Interview with Pierre Laboisse of Aledia

CEO Interview with Pierre Laboisse of Aledia
by Daniel Nenni on 04-08-2025 at 10:00 am

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With over 25 years of international experience in the high-tech sector, Pierre Laboisse now leads Aledia with strategic expertise. Before Aledia, he made significant contributions at Infineon, NXP, and ams OSRAM. Having served on the boards of KeyLemon and 7 Sensing Software, he demonstrates solid expertise in corporate strategy… Read More


Stitched Multi-Patterning for Minimum Pitch Metal in DRAM Periphery

Stitched Multi-Patterning for Minimum Pitch Metal in DRAM Periphery
by Fred Chen on 04-08-2025 at 6:00 am

Figure 1. Splitting a metal layout for stitched double patterning for better pitch uniformity.

In a DRAM chip, the memory array contains features which are the most densely packed, but at least they are regularly arranged. Outside the array, the regularity is lost, but in the most difficult cases, the pitches can still be comparable with those within the array, though generally larger. Such features include the lowest metal… Read More


Alphawave Semi is in Play!

Alphawave Semi is in Play!
by Daniel Nenni on 04-07-2025 at 10:00 am

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We started working with Alphawave at the end of 2020 with a CEO Interview. I had met Tony Pialis before and found him to be a brilliant and charismatic leader so I knew it would be a great collaboration. Tony was already an IP legend after his company was acquired by Intel. After 4+ years at Intel Tony co-founded Alphawave in 2017. Today,… Read More