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TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum Preview 2024

TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum Preview 2024
by Daniel Nenni on 09-19-2024 at 10:00 am

TSMC OIP 2024

The 2024 live conferences have been well attended thus far and there are many more to come. The next big event in Silicon Valley is the TSMC Global OIP Ecosystem Forum on September 25th at the Santa Clara Convention Center. I expect a big crowd filled with both customers and partners.

This is the 16th year of OIP and it has been an honor… Read More


Linear pluggable optics target data center energy savings

Linear pluggable optics target data center energy savings
by Don Dingee on 09-19-2024 at 6:00 am

Conceptual diagram of a retimed OSFP versus a linear direct drive solution using an advanced SerDes IP solution and linear pluggable optics

Data center density continues growing, driving interconnect technology to meet new challenges. Two of the largest are signal integrity and power consumption. Optical interconnects can solve many signal integrity issues posed by copper cabling and offer support for higher frequencies and bandwidths. Still, through sheer… Read More


Smarter, Faster LVS using Calibre nmLVS Recon

Smarter, Faster LVS using Calibre nmLVS Recon
by Daniel Payne on 09-18-2024 at 10:00 am

Calibre nmLVS Recon flow min

Back in the 1970s we did Layout Versus Schematic (LVS) checks manually, so when internal EDA tools arrived in the 1980s it was a huge time saver to use LVS in finding the differences between layout and schematics. One premise before running LVS is that both layout and schematics are complete and ready for comparisons. Fast forward… Read More


Bird’s Eye View Magic: Cadence Tensilica Product Group Pulls Back the Curtain

Bird’s Eye View Magic: Cadence Tensilica Product Group Pulls Back the Curtain
by Bernard Murphy on 09-18-2024 at 6:00 am

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Even for experienced technologists some technologies can seem almost indistinguishable from magic. One example is the bird’s eye camera view available on your car’s infotainment screen. This view appears to be taken from a camera hovering tens of feet above your car. As an aid to parallel parking, it’s a brilliant invention; … Read More


Serving their AI Masters

Serving their AI Masters
by Claus Aasholm on 09-17-2024 at 10:00 am

Semiconductor AI Supply Chain 2024

The Impact of the AI Revolution on the Server Manufacturers

While some will designate my research as market research, I view it differently. Having done and bought plenty of market sizing research, I have not seen it lead to any change in behaviour or strategy. It has been used to confirm a strategy already decided and the “great” … Read More


Siemens EDA Offers a Comprehensive Guide to PCIe® Transport Security

Siemens EDA Offers a Comprehensive Guide to PCIe® Transport Security
by Mike Gianfagna on 09-17-2024 at 6:00 am

Siemens EDA Offers a Comprehensive Guide to PCIe Transport Security

It is well-known that there is more data being generated all the time. The need to store and process that data with less power and higher throughput dominates design considerations for virtually all systems. There is another dimension to the problem – ensuring the data is secure as all this movement and processing occurs. Within… Read More


Semiconductor Industry Update: Fair Winds and Following Seas!

Semiconductor Industry Update: Fair Winds and Following Seas!
by Daniel Nenni on 09-16-2024 at 10:00 am

Malcolm Penn Four Horsemen

Malcolm Penn did a great job on his semiconductor update call. This is about the whole semiconductor industry (Logic and Memory) versus what I track which is mostly logic based on design starts and the foundries. Malcolm has been doing this a lot longer than I have and he has a proven methodology, but even then, semiconductors are … Read More


Samsung Adds to Bad Semiconductor News

Samsung Adds to Bad Semiconductor News
by Robert Maire on 09-16-2024 at 6:00 am

Samsung Layoffs Intel
  • Samsung follows Intel in staff reductions due to weakness in chips
  • Chip industry split between haves & have nots (AI & rest of chips)
  • Capital spend under pressure – Facing Eventual China issues
  • Stick with monopolies, avoid commodities

Samsung announces layoffs amid weak chip business and outlook
Samsung announced… Read More


Podcast EP247: How Model N Helps to Navigate the Complexities of the Worldwide Semiconductor Supply Chain

Podcast EP247: How Model N Helps to Navigate the Complexities of the Worldwide Semiconductor Supply Chain
by Daniel Nenni on 09-13-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Gloria Kee, Vice President of Product Management at Model N. For 15 years at Model N, she has spent her time focused on product management and with an in-depth understanding of implementing and designing innovative software across a variety of business challenges. She is committed to product innovation and development… Read More


Executive Interview: Michael Wu, GM and President of Phison US

Executive Interview: Michael Wu, GM and President of Phison US
by Daniel Nenni on 09-13-2024 at 6:00 am

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Michael Wu is the GM and President of Phison US. Michael is an acclaimed technology expert in the NAND storage sector and boasts over 17 years of industry experience. Over the course of his 14+ years at Phison, Michael has held positions such as GM, Director of Global Customer Relations and Project Manager to position Phison as the… Read More