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Ansys and eShard Sign Agreement to Deliver Comprehensive Hardware Security Solution for Semiconductor Products

Ansys and eShard Sign Agreement to Deliver Comprehensive Hardware Security Solution for Semiconductor Products
by Marc Swinnen on 09-12-2024 at 10:00 am

Probing

Integrated circuits, or chips, lie at the heart of today’s electronic systems that are mission critical for almost every sector of the economy – from healthcare, to banking, military equipment, cars, planes, telecommunications, and the internet itself. The data flowing through these systems is the lifeblood of modern… Read More


Gazzillion Misses – Making the Memory Wall Irrelevant

Gazzillion Misses – Making the Memory Wall Irrelevant
by Jose Maria Arnau on 09-12-2024 at 6:00 am

Gazzillion pyramid

Memory Hierarchy and the Memory Wall

Computer programs mainly move data around. In the meantime, they do some computations on the data but the bulk of execution time and energy is spent moving data around. In computer jargon we say that applications tend to be memory bound: this means that memory is the main performance limiting … Read More


Bluetooth 6.0 Channel Sounding is Here

Bluetooth 6.0 Channel Sounding is Here
by Bernard Murphy on 09-11-2024 at 6:00 am

car keyless entry

I posted a blog on this topic a year ago. Now the Bluetooth Sig has (just) ratified the standard it is timely to provide a reminder on what this new capability can offer. Channel Sounding introduced in Bluetooth Core specification version 6.0 is a method to significantly increase the accuracy of Bluetooth-based distance measurements,… Read More


TetraMem Integrates Energy-Efficient In-Memory Computing with Andes RISC-V Vector Processor

TetraMem Integrates Energy-Efficient In-Memory Computing with Andes RISC-V Vector Processor
by Wenbo Yin on 09-10-2024 at 10:00 am

MX100

The rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) across a growing number of hardware applications has driven an unprecedented demand for specialized compute acceleration not met by conventional von Neumann architectures. Among the competing alternatives, one showing the greatest promise is analog in-memory computing… Read More


Samtec Demystifies Signal Integrity for Everyone

Samtec Demystifies Signal Integrity for Everyone
by Mike Gianfagna on 09-10-2024 at 6:00 am

Samtec Demystifies Signal Integrity for Everyone

As clock speeds go up, voltages go down and data volumes explode the need for fast, reliable and low latency data channels becomes critical in all kinds of applications. Balancing the requirements of low power and high performance requires the mastery of many skills. At the top of many lists is the need for superior signal integrity,… Read More


Hot Chips 2024: AI Hype Booms, But Can Nvidia’s Challengers Succeed?

Hot Chips 2024: AI Hype Booms, But Can Nvidia’s Challengers Succeed?
by Joseph Byrne on 09-09-2024 at 10:00 am

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You don’t know you’re at a peak until you start to descend, and Hot Chips 2024 is proof that AI hype is still climbing among semiconductor vendors. Juggernaut Nvidia, startups, hyperscalers, and major companies presented their AI accelerators (GPUs and neural-processing units—NPUs) and touched on the challenges of software,… Read More


The Semiconductor Business will find a way!

The Semiconductor Business will find a way!
by Claus Aasholm on 09-09-2024 at 6:00 am

Endless Loop of Sanctions rotates while China buys more

Embargoes and other fun stuff in the Semiconductor Tools Market

While this post dives into the semiconductor tool market’s Q2 data, it is also about the senseless embargo game currently in place. The post illustration shows what my notebooks look like as embargoes enforce what they are supposed to suppress and are replaced… Read More


Podcast EP246: How Axoimise Provides the Missing Piece of the Verification Puzzle

Podcast EP246: How Axoimise Provides the Missing Piece of the Verification Puzzle
by Daniel Nenni on 09-06-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Adeel Liaquat, a formal verification manager at Axiomise. The company delivers cutting-edge scalable and predictable formal verification solutions shortening the time-to-market, and left-shifting the verification curve.

Dan explores the substantial verification challenges for advanced designs with… Read More


Malcom Penn and the Semiconductor Industry Update Webinar

Malcom Penn and the Semiconductor Industry Update Webinar
by Daniel Nenni on 09-06-2024 at 6:00 am

Future Horizons


If you think my 40 years of semiconductor experience is impressive, Malcolm Penn has been at it for 55 years starting with the first commercial integrated circuit. Malcolm’s company Future Horizons has been providing legendary semiconductor industry forecasts since 1989. I have attended dozens of these both live and … Read More


Powering the Future: The Transformative Role of Semiconductor IP

Powering the Future: The Transformative Role of Semiconductor IP
by SarojChouhan on 09-05-2024 at 10:00 am

Semiconductor IP Graphic

In the rapidly changing landscape of technology, the semiconductor industry serves as a cornerstone, fueling innovation across multiple sectors. Central to this industry is the semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP)—a vital component that frequently escapes public attention and is instrumental in determining the future… Read More