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Synopsys Collaborates with TSMC to Enable Advanced 2D and 3D Design Solutions

Synopsys Collaborates with TSMC to Enable Advanced 2D and 3D Design Solutions
by Daniel Nenni on 09-29-2025 at 6:00 am

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Synopsys has deepened its collaboration with TSMC certifying the Ansys portfolio of simulation and analysis tools for TSMC’s cutting-edge manufacturing processes including N3C, N3P, N2P, and A16. This partnership empowers chip designers to perform precise final checks on designs, targeting applications in AI acceleration,… Read More


Via Multipatterning Regardless of Wavelength as High-NA EUV Lithography Becomes Too Stochastic

Via Multipatterning Regardless of Wavelength as High-NA EUV Lithography Becomes Too Stochastic
by Fred Chen on 09-28-2025 at 10:00 am

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For the so-called “2nm” node or beyond, the minimum metal pitch is expected to be 20 nm or even less, while at the same time, contacted gate pitch is being pushed to 40 nm [1]. Therefore, we expect via connections that can possibly be as narrow as 10 nm (Figure 1)! For this reason, it is natural to expect High-NA EUV lithography as the go-to

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CEO Interview with Jiadi Zhu of CDimension 

CEO Interview with Jiadi Zhu of CDimension 
by Daniel Nenni on 09-28-2025 at 8:00 am

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Jiadi Zhu is the CEO and founder of CDimension, a company rethinking chip design to shape the next generation of computing. Under his leadership, CDimension is creating the next generation of building blocks for chips, starting with materials and scaling up to full systems that can power everything from today’s AI and advanced… Read More


Podcast EP308: How Clockwork Optimizes AI Clusters with Dan Zheng

Podcast EP308: How Clockwork Optimizes AI Clusters with Dan Zheng
by Daniel Nenni on 09-26-2025 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Dan Zheng, VP of Partnerships and Operations at Clockwork. Dan was the General Manager for Product and Partnerships at Urban Engines which was acquired by Google in 2016. He has also held roles at Stanford University and Google.

Dan explores the challenges of operating massive AI hardware infrastructure at … Read More


CEO Interview with Howard Pakosh of TekStart

CEO Interview with Howard Pakosh of TekStart
by Daniel Nenni on 09-26-2025 at 6:00 am

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Howard Pakosh is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. Mr. Pakosh is also Founder & CEO of the TekStart Group, a Toronto-based boutique incubator focusing on Fractional-C business development support, as well as developing, promoting and licensing technology into markets such as blockchain, Internet-of-Things… Read More


SkyWater Technology Update 2025

SkyWater Technology Update 2025
by Daniel Nenni on 09-25-2025 at 10:00 am

Skywater Technologies HQ

SkyWater Technology, a U.S. based pure-play semiconductor foundry, has made significant strides in 2025 reinforcing its position as a leader in domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota, SkyWater specializes in advanced innovation engineering and high volume manufacturing of differentiated… Read More


TSMC’s Push for Energy-Efficient AI: Innovations in Logic and Packaging

TSMC’s Push for Energy-Efficient AI: Innovations in Logic and Packaging
by Daniel Nenni on 09-25-2025 at 8:00 am

TSMC OIP 2025

In his keynote at the TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum Dr. LC Lu, TSMC Senior Fellow and Vice President, Research & Development / Design & Technology Platform, highlighted the exponential rise in power demand driven by AI proliferation. AI is embedding itself everywhere, from hyperscale data centers to edge devices, fueling… Read More


Semiconductor Equipment Spending Healthy

Semiconductor Equipment Spending Healthy
by Bill Jewell on 09-24-2025 at 4:00 pm

Semiconductor Equipment Spend 2H 2025

Global spending on semiconductor manufacturing equipment totaled $33.07 billion in the 2nd quarter of 2025, according to SEMI and SEAJ. 2Q 2025 spending was up 23% from 2Q 2024. China had the largest spending at $11.36 billion, 34% of the total. However, China spending in 2Q 2025 was down 7% from 2Q 2024. Taiwan had the second largest… Read More


Yuning Liang’s Painstaking Push to Make the RISC-V PC a Reality

Yuning Liang’s Painstaking Push to Make the RISC-V PC a Reality
by Jonah McLeod on 09-24-2025 at 10:00 am

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At Embedded World 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany, on March 11, 2025, Yuning Liang, DeepComputing Founder and CEO walked onto the stage with a mischievous smile and a challenge. “What’s the hardest product to make?” he asked rhetorically. “A laptop. It’s bloody hard… but we did it. You can swap the motherboard, you can upgrade, you can’t… Read More


Arm Lumex Pushes Further into Standalone GenAI on Mobile

Arm Lumex Pushes Further into Standalone GenAI on Mobile
by Bernard Murphy on 09-24-2025 at 6:00 am

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When I first heard about GenAI on mobile platforms – from Arm, Qualcomm and others – I confess I was skeptical. Surely there wouldn’t be enough capacity or performance to deliver more than a proof of concept? But Arm, and I’m sure others, have been working hard to demonstrate this is more than a party trick. It doesn’t hurt that foundation… Read More