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DUV, EUV now PUV Next gen Litho and Materials Shortages worsen supply chain

DUV, EUV now PUV Next gen Litho and Materials Shortages worsen supply chain
by Robert Maire on 04-01-2022 at 8:00 am

EUV DUV Lithography

-New PUV light source will push litho into Angstrom Era
-Rare earth elements shortages add to supply chain woes
-Could strategic wafer reserve releases lower memory pricing
-Can we cut off/turn off Russian access to chip equipment?

DUV, EUV and now “PUV” to become next generation lithography

Lithography is the locomotive… Read More


CEO Interview: Kelly Peng of Kura Technologies

CEO Interview: Kelly Peng of Kura Technologies
by Daniel Nenni on 04-01-2022 at 6:00 am

Kelly Peng, Co-founder, and CEO of Kura Technologies

This interview is with Kelly Peng, Co-founder, and CEO of Kura Technologies. Kura Gallium, Kura’s first product, was named Best of CES 2022 and received a 2022 CES Innovation Award as well. Kelly is an inventor, engineer and entrepreneur that leads a team of dedicated innovators that are redefining the term “Augmented Reality”.… Read More


AMIQ EDA Adds Support for Visual Studio Code to DVT IDE Family

AMIQ EDA Adds Support for Visual Studio Code to DVT IDE Family
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-31-2022 at 10:00 am

FSM of State DVT VSCodium

“A picture is worth a thousand words” is a widely known adage across the world. Recognizing patterns and cycles becomes easier when data is presented pictorially. Naturally, data visualization technology has a long history from the early days, when people used a paper and pencil to graph data, to modern day visualization platforms.… Read More


Shift left gets a modulated signal makeover

Shift left gets a modulated signal makeover
by Don Dingee on 03-31-2022 at 6:00 am

Modulated signals uncover combined effects in a shift left approach

Everyone saw Shift Left, the EDA blockbuster. Digital logic design, with perfect 1s and 0s simulated through perfect switches, shifted into a higher gear. But the dark arts – RF systems, power supplies, and high-speed digital – didn’t shift smoothly. What do these practitioners need in EDA to see more benefits from shift left? … Read More


Synopsys Announces FlexEDA for the Cloud!

Synopsys Announces FlexEDA for the Cloud!
by Daniel Nenni on 03-30-2022 at 10:30 am

Synopsys Cloud Graphic

There’s been a lot of discussion and hype regarding use of the cloud for chip design for quite a while, more than ten years I would say. I spoke with Synopsys to better understand their recent Synopsys Cloud announcement to determine if it is different. Briefly, it is different, and here is why:

If you’re trying to design a complex SoC,… Read More


Symbolic Trojan Detection. Innovation in Verification

Symbolic Trojan Detection. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 03-30-2022 at 6:00 am

Innovation New

We normally test only for correctness of the functionality we expect. How can we find functionality (e.g. Trojans) that we don’t expect? Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and now Silvaco CTO) and I continue our series on research ideas. As always,… Read More


Data Processing Unit (DPU) uses Verification IP (VIP) for PCI Express

Data Processing Unit (DPU) uses Verification IP (VIP) for PCI Express
by Daniel Payne on 03-29-2022 at 10:00 am

Fungible min

Domain specific processors are a mega-trend in the semiconductor industry, so we see new three letter acronyms like DPU, for Data Processing Unit. System level performance can actually be improved by moving some of the tasks away from the CPU. Companies like Xilinx (Alveo), Amazon (Nitro) and NVIDIA (BlueField) have been talking… Read More


Path Based UPF Strategies Explained

Path Based UPF Strategies Explained
by Tom Simon on 03-29-2022 at 6:00 am

Path Based UPF Semantics

The development of the Unified Power Format (UPF) was spurred on by the need for explicit ways to enable specification and verification of power management aspects of SoC designs. The origins of UPF date back to its first release in 2007. Prior to that several vendors had their own methods of specifying power management aspects … Read More


CEVA PentaG2 5G NR IP Platform

CEVA PentaG2 5G NR IP Platform
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-28-2022 at 10:00 am

Pentag2 Programmable Accelerators Page 1

There are currently a number of attractive markets for technology oriented businesses to pursue. One such area is the 5G cellular market with opportunities to develop products for many use cases. A recent Ericsson Mobility Report forecasts incredible growth opportunities for various use cases within the cellular market. For… Read More


Analog Bits and SEMIFIVE is a Really Big Deal

Analog Bits and SEMIFIVE is a Really Big Deal
by Daniel Nenni on 03-28-2022 at 6:00 am

SemiFive Analog Bits SemiWiki

Given the recent acquisitions the ASIC business is coming full circle as a critical part of the fabless semiconductor ecosystem. The most recent one being the SEMIFIVE acquisition of IP industry stalworth Analog Bits. These two companies came to the industry from opposite directions which make them a perfect match, absolutely.… Read More