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Automotive Semiconductor Market Slowing

Automotive Semiconductor Market Slowing
by Bill Jewell on 06-24-2024 at 6:00 pm

Semiconductor Market Growth 2024

We at Semiconductor Intelligence estimate the automotive semiconductor market was $67 billion in 2023, up 12% from 2022. The top twelve suppliers accounted for over three-quarters of the market. Infineon Technologies was the largest automotive semiconductor supplier, at $9.2 billion or 13.7% of the market. NXP Semiconductors… Read More


System VIPs are to PSS as Apps are to Formal

System VIPs are to PSS as Apps are to Formal
by Bernard Murphy on 06-24-2024 at 10:00 am

System VIP Libraries and Solutions

In the formal world the core technology is extremely powerful, and specialist users need full access to tackle difficult problems. But for many applications, teams prefer canned solutions built on the core technology yet scalable to non-experts. A similar dynamic appears to be playing out between System VIPs and PSS. PSS, the… Read More


Silicon Catalyst Ventures Launched With 8 Fundings

Silicon Catalyst Ventures Launched With 8 Fundings
by Daniel Nenni on 06-24-2024 at 6:00 am

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Silicon Catalyst Inc. is a unique incubator dedicated exclusively to the semiconductor industry. Founded in 2015, SCI provides a comprehensive ecosystem to support semiconductor startups. You can see the full list of available resources on the Silicon Catalyst website.

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Podcast EP229: A Detailed Look at the DAC Engineering Track with Ambar Sarkar

Podcast EP229: A Detailed Look at the DAC Engineering Track with Ambar Sarkar
by Daniel Nenni on 06-21-2024 at 6:00 pm

Dan is joined by Dr. Ambar Sarkar, a member of the Design Automation Conference executive committee and the program chair of the Engineering Tracks. He has a broad background covering both software and hardware R&D. He has contributed to industry standards in areas such as functional verification and IP security. He is the… Read More


Daniel Nenni at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Daniel Nenni at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-21-2024 at 4:00 pm

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This year’s live semiconductor ecosystem conferences have been well attend and I expect the same for #61DAC next week. I will be at the conference from Sunday afternoon to Wednesday evening, if you would like to meet let me know. Networking is an important part of the semiconductor ecosystem so let’s make it happen.… Read More


Breker Verification Systems at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Breker Verification Systems at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-21-2024 at 2:00 pm

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Breker Verification Systems will demonstrate its new RISC-V CoreAssurance™ and SoCReady™ SystemVIP™ along with its Trek Test Suite Synthesis portfolio during the 61st Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Booth #2447. DAC will be held from Monday, June 24, through Wednesday, June 26, from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Moscone West… Read More


Flex Logix at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Flex Logix at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-21-2024 at 12:00 pm

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The rapid technological evolution and soaring mask set costs have created numerous challenges for designers today. Protocols, algorithms, and cryptography are all advancing at a blistering pace, leaving designers struggling to keep up. While fab suppliers are enhancing performance and reducing power consumption, this … Read More


Alphacore at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Alphacore at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-21-2024 at 10:00 am

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Alphacore Inc., an industry leader in proven high-performance analog and radio-frequency (RF) design building blocks, end products, and intellectual property (IP) licensing and non-recurring engineering (NRE) design services. Our customers include multi-national corporations to ground-breaking startups. We were … Read More


Pragmatic at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Pragmatic at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-21-2024 at 8:00 am

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Pragmatic is pioneering a fundamental shift in semiconductor technology, delivering lower-cost, lower-carbon intelligence to power the Internet of Everything. Its FlexIC – flexible integrated circuit – technology delivers connect, sense and compute capabilities at a fraction of the cost and carbon footprint of silicon… Read More


Empyrean at the 2024 Design Automation Conference

Empyrean at the 2024 Design Automation Conference
by Daniel Nenni on 06-20-2024 at 8:00 pm

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Empyrean Technologies is excited to introduce our comprehensive and highly productive Custom IC design solutions at DAC 2024. Our suite of tools is fully integrated within a design environment tailored for AMS (Analog/Mixed-Signal) designs, covering every step from initial design specification to tape-out. These tools
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