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Intel’s Open Software Blueprint: Why Production AI Needs More Than GPUs

Intel’s Open Software Blueprint: Why Production AI Needs More Than GPUs
by Daniel Nenni on 10-13-2026 at 6:00 am

Open software unites chips and AI

Intel’s strategic argument about enterprise AI is that the value of a model depends on the system that surrounds it. In an article by executives Bill Pearson and Anil Nanduri, the company positions open software as the connective tissue linking CPUs, GPUs, data, and business applications. The message is straightforward: accelerator… Read More


CTO Interview with Dr. Zakir Syed of ClockEdge

CTO Interview with Dr. Zakir Syed of ClockEdge
by Daniel Nenni on 10-12-2026 at 12:00 pm

Precision for every clock edge

Dr. Zakir Syed is Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of ClockEdge, where he has played a central role in developing specialized simulation technology for advanced semiconductor clock networks. He brings more than 30 years of experience in electronic design automation and semiconductor verification. He joined Simplex… Read More


Chips&Media targets AI memory bottlenecks with new compression IP

Chips&Media targets AI memory bottlenecks with new compression IP
by Daniel Nenni on 10-12-2026 at 10:00 am

Chips&Media targets AI memory bottlenecks with new compression IP

Chips&Media has announced a data compression technology aimed at one of the constraints in artificial intelligence hardware: moving data fast enough to keep processors busy. The South Korean semiconductor intellectual property supplier says its new Feature Map Compression IP marks an expansion beyond video applications… Read More


Overcoming the Edge AI Power Wall with Low-Voltage Foundation IP

Overcoming the Edge AI Power Wall with Low-Voltage Foundation IP
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-12-2026 at 8:00 am

Voltage Regions and Impact of Voltage Scaling

As artificial intelligence (AI) workloads migrate to endpoint hardware, edge AI devices face immense pressure to deliver real-time inference within highly restrictive power and thermal envelopes. Traditional silicon scaling no longer yields the power-density returns it once did. To compensate, engineering teams are turning… Read More


Keysight Advances its Design Software with Agentic AI

Keysight Advances its Design Software with Agentic AI
by Daniel Nenni on 10-12-2026 at 6:00 am

AI Orchestrates RF Circuit Design

Keysight Technologies is opening a new route for artificial intelligence into radio frequency engineering. Announced on October 6, 2026, its latest software capabilities let engineers connect their own AI agents and large language models to Advanced Design System (ADS) 2027. Agents can help generate and optimize circuits,… Read More


DAC 2027 Opens Call for Contributions as AI Reshapes Chip Design

DAC 2027 Opens Call for Contributions as AI Reshapes Chip Design
by Daniel Nenni on 10-11-2026 at 12:00 pm

DAC 2027 AI reshapes chip design

The Design Automation Conference is the premier semiconductor ecosystem conference. I have attended 43 DACs including the most recent one in Long Beach. My first DAC was in Albuquerque NM. It was a month after my University so i was still in college mode. DAC was quite the celebration back then so I fit right in

I remember conferences… Read More


ChipAgents and NVIDIA Put Autonomous Chip Design to the Test

ChipAgents and NVIDIA Put Autonomous Chip Design to the Test
by Daniel Nenni on 10-11-2026 at 10:00 am

ChipAgents and NVIDIA test autonomous design

ChipAgents has introduced Build-A-Chip-Bench, a benchmark developed with NVIDIA to evaluate whether AI agents can complete digital chip design tasks from specification through physical implementation. The initiative measures progress beyond generating hardware code, asking whether autonomous systems can deliver verified… Read More


Hyper-NA EUV: The Next Frontier in Chipmaking Could Arrive in 2036

Hyper-NA EUV: The Next Frontier in Chipmaking Could Arrive in 2036
by Daniel Nenni on 10-10-2026 at 5:00 am

Hyper NA The Next Frontier in Chipmaking and When It Could Arrive

EUV has long been an interesting story. We have written 200+ articles on EUV and they just keep on coming. Thankfully the premier lithography conference is right here in Silicon Valley. SPIE began in 1955 as the Society of Photographic Instrumentation Engineers, bringing together engineers using scientific cameras and high-speed… Read More


Podcast EP373: The Impact of yieldHUB Live and Details of Upcoming Show Participation with Gillian O’Donnell

Podcast EP373: The Impact of yieldHUB Live and Details of Upcoming Show Participation with Gillian O’Donnell
by Daniel Nenni on 10-09-2026 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Gillian O’Donnell, Director of Growth at yieldHUB, the enterprise yield management platform trusted by semiconductor and photonics manufacturers worldwide. She leads business development, marketing, PR, and partnerships, with a particular focus on yieldHUB Live, the company’s real-time… Read More


CEO Interview with Alex Higginbottom of Zenithon

CEO Interview with Alex Higginbottom of Zenithon
by Daniel Nenni on 10-09-2026 at 10:00 am

World models for extreme physics

Alex Higginbottom is co-founder and CEO of Zenithon, which he started with Abetharan Antony  in July 2025 to build the first world models for extreme physics. He previously worked in deeptech commercialisation and spent time in fusion research, starting a PhD in the field before leaving after a year to build the company.

Tell … Read More