Lip-Bu Tan started as Intel CEO on March 18th of this year and some very impressive changes have already taken place. Intel started the year with more than 100,000 employees and will finish the year with around 75,000. Reporting structures have been flattened and the Intel culture is being transformed back into an innovation driven… Read More





MediaTek Dimensity 9500 Unleashes Best-in-Class Performance, AI Experiences, and Power Efficiency for the Next Generation of Mobile Devices
In a bold move to dominate the premium mobile chipset market, MediaTek unveiled the Dimensity 9500 on September 22, 2025, from Shenzhen, China. This flagship SoC promises to elevate 5G smartphones with unparalleled performance, on-device AI capabilities, and energy efficiency, positioning MediaTek as the undisputed leader… Read More
Video EP10: An Overview of Mach42’s AI Platform with Brett Larder
In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Brett Larder, co-founder and CTO at March42. Brett explains what March42’s AI technology can do and the benefits of using the platform to quickly analyze designs to find areas that may be out of spec and require more work. He describes the way Mach42… Read More
CEO Interview with Adam Khan of Diamond Quanta
Key Takeaways
- Diamond Quanta is bringing diamond out of the lab and into manufacturable devices today — converting decades of promise into practical impact for semiconductors, optics, and quantum. What was once thought ‘unavailable’ is becoming inevitable.
- The company’s platform centers on proprietary doping and annealing
Rise Design Automation Webinar: SystemVerilog at the Core: Scalable Verification and Debug in HLS
Key Takeaways
– High-Level Synthesis (HLS) delivers not only design productivity and quality but also dramatic gains in verification speed and debug – and it delivers them today.
– Rise Design Automation uniquely enables SystemVerilog-based HLS and SystemVerilog verification, reusing proven verification… Read More
CEO Interview with Barun Kar of Upscale AI
Barun Kar is CEO of Upscale AI. He is also the co-founder of Auradine and previously served as COO. Barun has over 25 years of experience leading R&D organizations to deliver disruptive products and solutions, resulting in multi-billion-dollar revenue. Barun was on the founding team at Palo Alto Networks and served as the … Read More
Eric Xu’s Keynote at Huawei Connect 2025: Redefining AI Infrastructure
At Huawei Connect 2025, held in Shanghai, Eric Xu, the Rotating Chairman of Huawei, delivered a keynote speech that laid out the company’s ambitious roadmap for AI infrastructure, computing power, and ecosystem development. His speech reflected Huawei’s growing focus on building high-performance systems that can support… Read More
SiFive Launches Second-Generation Intelligence Family of RISC-V Cores
SiFive, founded by the original creators of the RISC-V instruction set, has become the leading independent supplier of RISC-V processor IP. More than two billion devices already incorporate SiFive designs, ranging from camera controllers and SSDs to smartphones and automotive systems. The company no longer sells its own chips,… Read More
Simulating Gate-All-Around (GAA) Devices at the Atomic Level
Transistor fabrication has spanned the gamut from planar devices o FinFET to Gate-All-Around (GAA) as silicon dimensions have decreased in the quest for higher density, faster speeds and lower power. Process development engineers use powerful simulation tools to predict and even optimize transistor performance for GAA devices.… Read More
AI Revives Chipmaking as Tech’s Core Engine
A century ago, 391 San Antonio Road in Mountain View, California, housed an apricot-packing shed. Today, it’s marked by sculptures of diodes and a transistor, commemorating the 1956 founding of Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory—the birthplace of Silicon Valley. William Shockley, co-inventor of the transistor, aimed… Read More
Weebit Nano Moves into the Mainstream with Customer Adoption