Resistive RAM (ReRAM or RRAM) is the strongest candidate for next-generation non-volatile memory (NVM), combining fast switching speeds with low power consumption. New techniques for managing a memory phenomenon called ‘relaxation’ are making ReRAM more predictable — and easier to specify for real-world applications.… Read More





Breker Verification Systems at the 2025 Design Automation Conference
Breker Verification Systems Plans Demonstrations of its Complete Synthesis and SystemVIP Library and Solutions Portfolio
Attendees who step into the Breker Verification Systems booth during DAC (Booth #2520—second floor) will see demonstrations of its Trek Test Suite Synthesis and SystemVIP libraries and solutions portfolio.… Read More
The SemiWiki 62nd DAC Preview
After being held in San Francisco since the pandemic the beloved Design Automation Conference will be on the move again. In 2026 DAC will be held in Huntington Beach. For you non-California natives, Huntington Beach is a California city Southeast of Los Angeles. It’s known for surf beaches and its long Huntington Beach Pier.… Read More
CEO Interview with Kit Merker of Plainsight
Kit Merker is a technology industry leader with over 20 years of experience building software products. He serves as CEO of Plainsight Technologies and previously held senior positions at Nobl9, JFrog, Google and Microsoft.
Tell us about your company.
Plainsight is focused on making computer vision accessible and scalable … Read More
CEO Interview with Bjorn Kolbeck of Quobyte
Bjorn Kolbeck received a PhD in Computer Science from Humboldt University in Berlin. Bjorn had previously worked at HPC centers and at Google. His experience with hyperscale architectures led him to co-found Quobyte in 2013.
Tell us about your company?
Quobyte is scale-out storage, and was designed for massive scalability and… Read More
Video EP7: The impact of Undo’s Time Travel Debugging with Greg Law
In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Dr Greg Law, CEO of Undo, He is a C++ debugging expert, well-known conference speaker, and the founder of Undo. Greg explains the history of Undo, initially as a provider of software development and debugging tools for software vendors. He explains that… Read More
Podcast EP289: An Overview of How Highwire Helps to Deliver Advanced Fabs with Less Cost, Time and Risk with David Tibbetts
Dan is joined by David Tibbetts, Chief Safety Officer at Highwire. David is a Certified Safety Professional with 20+ years of occupational safety experience in both general industry and construction settings. He is currently supporting Highwire’s hiring partners utilizing the Highwire suite of software solutions … Read More
Synopsys Addresses the Test Barrier for Heterogeneous Integration
The trend is clear, AI and HPC is moving to chiplet-based, or heterogenous design to achieve the highest levels of performance, while traditional monolithic system-on-chip (SoC) designs struggle to scale. What is also clear is the road to this new design style is not a smooth one. There are many challenges to overcome. Some are … Read More
Anirudh Keynote at CadenceLIVE 2025 Reveals Millennium M2000
Another content-rich kickoff covering a lot of bases under three main themes: the new Millennium AI supercomputer release, a moonshot towards full autonomy in chip design exploiting agentic AI, and a growing emphasis on digital twins. Cadence President and CEO Anirudh Devgan touched on what is new today, and also market directions… Read More
Semiconductor Market Uncertainty
WSTS reported 1st quarter 2025 semiconductor market revenues of $167.7 billion, up 18.8% from a year earlier and down 2.8% from the prior quarter. The first quarter of 2025 was weak for most major semiconductor companies. Ten of the sixteen companies in the table below had declines in revenue versus 4Q 2024, ranging from -0.1% from… Read More
Relaxation-Aware Programming in ReRAM: Evaluating and Optimizing Write Termination