The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) passed last year in the U.S. earmarks billions of dollars that can be used for the deployment of potentially life-saving C-V2X car connectivity technology. The U.S. Department of Transportation and state DOTs are poised to commence that spending, but one thing stands in the … Read More





Has KLA lost its way?
-KLA has another great QTR in face of overwhelming demand
-Supply chain issues obliterated by backlog
-Longer term technology leadership concerns are increasing
-We see limited upside near term & remain cyclically cautious
Another great quarter- demand remains super strong
KLA’s performance remains great as does… Read More
Podcast EP75: Getting There is Half the Fun – Connecting the Digital World with Alphawave IP
Dan is joined by Tony Pialis, the co-founder and CEO of Alphawave, a global leader in high-speed connectivity IP enabling industries such as AI, autonomous vehicles, 5G, hyperscale data centers, and more. Tony and Dan discuss the requirements for data connectivity across many high-growth markets and what is required for successful… Read More
CEO Interview: Dr. Robert Giterman of RAAAM Memory Technologies
Dr. Robert Giterman is Co-Founder and CEO of RAAAM Memory Technologies Ltd, and has over nine-years of experience with the research and development of GCRAM technology, which is being commercialized by RAAAM. Dr. Giterman obtained his PhD from the Emerging Nanoscaled Circuits and Systems Labs Research Center in Bar-Ilan… Read More
Freemium Business Model Applied to Analog IC Layout Automation
Freemium is the two words “free” and “premium” combined together, and many of us have enjoyed using freemium apps on our phones, tablets and desktop devices over the years. The concept is quite simple, you find an app that is useful, and download the free version, mostly to see if it operates as advertised,… Read More
The Path Towards Automation of Analog Design
You may have noticed that I have been writing a lot more about analog design lately. This is no accident. Analog and custom blocks are increasingly important because of the critical role they play in enabling many classes of systems, such as automotive, networking, wireless, mobile, cloud, etc. Many of the SoCs needed for these… Read More
Semiconductor CapEx Warning
Semiconductor makers are planning strong capital expenditure (CapEx) growth in 2022. According to IC Insights, 13 companies plan to increase CapEx in 2022 by over 40% from 2021. The largest CapEx for 2022 will be from TSMC at $42 billion, up 40%, and Intel at $27 billion, up 44%. IC Insights is forecasting total semiconductor industry… Read More
Podcast EP74: A Tour of the DAC Engineering Tracks with Dr. Ambar Sarkar
Dan is joined by Dr. Ambar Sarkar, a member of the Design Automation Conference (DAC) Executive Committee and platform architect at Nvidia. Ambar and Dan explore the new Engineering Tracks at DAC – their purpose and noteworthy content. Topics such as the cloud, global supply chain and silent hardware errors are discussed,… Read More
ML-Based Coverage Refinement. Innovation in Verification
We’re always looking for ways to leverage machine-learning (ML) in coverage refinement. Here is an intriguing approach proposed by Google Research. 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… Read More
Experts Talk: RISC-V CEO Calista Redmond and Maven Silicon CEO Sivakumar P R on RISC-V Open Era of Computing
India’s top VLSI Training Services company Maven Silicon, a RISC-V Global Training Partner, conducted an insightful discussion with the industry experts Ms. Calista Redmond, CEO, RISC-V International and Mr. Sivakumar P R, CEO, Maven Silicon, on the topic “RISC-V Open Era of Computing”.
To introduce RISC-V, it is a free and … Read More
Rapidus, IBM, and the Billion-Dollar Silicon Sovereignty Bet