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Podcast EP300: Next Generation Metalization Innovations with Lam’s Kaihan Ashtiani

Podcast EP300: Next Generation Metalization Innovations with Lam’s Kaihan Ashtiani
by Daniel Nenni on 04-30-2025 at 10:00 am
Categories: Semiconductor Insider Podcasts, Semiconductor Services

Dan is joined by Kaihan Ashtiani, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of atomic layer deposition and chemical vapor deposition metals in Lam’s Deposition Business Unit. Kaihan has more than 30 years of experience in technical and management roles, working on a variety of semiconductor tools and processes.

Dan explores… Read More

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Feeding the Beast: The Real Cost of Speculative Execution in AI Data Centers

Feeding the Beast: The Real Cost of Speculative Execution in AI Data Centers
by Jonah McLeod on 04-30-2025 at 10:00 am
Categories: AI

Per Module Cost Breakdown RISCV

For decades, speculative execution was a brilliant solution to a fundamental bottleneck: CPUs were fast, but memory access was slow. Rather than wait idly, processors guessed the next instruction or data fetch and executed it ‘just in case.’ Speculative execution traces its lineage back to Robert Tomasulo’s work… Read More

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LLMs Raise Game in Assertion Gen. Innovation in Verification

LLMs Raise Game in Assertion Gen. Innovation in Verification
by Bernard Murphy on 04-30-2025 at 6:00 am
Categories: AI, Cadence, EDA

Innovation New

LLMs are already simplifying assertion generation but still depend on human-generated natural language prompts. Can LLMs go further, drawing semantic guidance from the RTL and domain-specific training? Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO… Read More

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Automotive Functional Safety (FuSa) Challenges

Automotive Functional Safety (FuSa) Challenges
by Daniel Payne on 04-29-2025 at 10:00 am
Categories: EDA, Synopsys

silicon lifecycle management slm diagram min

Modern vehicles have become quite sophisticated, like a supercomputer on wheels. They integrate a vast number of electronic components, including thousands of chips, to deliver advanced functionalities ranging from infotainment to critical safety systems. This increasing complexity necessitates a robust approach to … Read More

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Scaling AI Infrastructure with Next-Gen Interconnects

Scaling AI Infrastructure with Next-Gen Interconnects
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-29-2025 at 6:00 am
Categories: 3D IC, AI, Chiplet, EDA, IP, Synopsys

Data Centers Reimagined for Future of Gen AI

At the recent IPSoC Conference in Silicon Valley, Aparna Tarde gave a talk on the importance of Next-Gen Interconnects to scale AI infrastructure. Aparna is a Sr. Technical Product Manager at Synopsys. A synthesis of the salient points from her talk follows.

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) is fundamentally… Read More

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Siemens Describes its System-Level Prototyping and Planning Cockpit

Siemens Describes its System-Level Prototyping and Planning Cockpit
by Mike Gianfagna on 04-28-2025 at 10:00 am
Categories: 3D IC, AI, EDA, Siemens EDA

Siemens Describes its System Level Prototyping and Planning Cockpit

We all know semiconductor design is getting harder. Much harder when you consider the demands of AI workloads and heterogeneous integration of many chiplets in a single package. This class of system demands co-optimization across the entire design flow. For example, functional verification, thermal analysis, signal and power… Read More

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Recent AI Advances Underline Need to Futureproof Automotive AI

Recent AI Advances Underline Need to Futureproof Automotive AI
by Bernard Murphy on 04-28-2025 at 6:00 am
Categories: AI, IP, Quadric

BEVDepth min

The world of AI algorithms continues to advance at a furious pace, and no industry is more dependent on those advances than automotive. While media and analysts continue to debate whether AI will deliver value in business applications, there is no question that it adds value to cars, in safety, some level of autonomous driving, … Read More

Podcast EP285: The Post-Quantum Cryptography Threat and Why Now is the Time to Prepare with Michele Sartori

Podcast EP285: The Post-Quantum Cryptography Threat and Why Now is the Time to Prepare with Michele Sartori
by Daniel Nenni on 04-25-2025 at 10:00 am
Categories: PQShield, Security

Dan is joined by Michele Sartori – senior product manager at PQShield. Michele is a software engineer in Computer and Network Security, specializing in product management. He is a passionate tech team leader at the forefront of emerging technologies focused on achieving tangible results.

In this highly informative discussion,… Read More

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Cost-Effective and Scalable: A Smarter Choice for RISC-V Development

Cost-Effective and Scalable: A Smarter Choice for RISC-V Development
by Daniel Nenni on 04-25-2025 at 6:00 am
Categories: EDA, Emulation, Prototyping, S2C EDA

Vast library of 90+ Prototype Ready IP

The RISC-V ecosystem is witnessing remarkable growth, driven by increasing industry adoption and a thriving open-source community. As companies and developers seek customizable computing solutions, RISC-V has become a top choice. Providing a scalable and cost-effective ISA foundation, RISC-V enables high-performance… Read More

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High-speed PCB Design Flow

High-speed PCB Design Flow
by Daniel Payne on 04-24-2025 at 10:00 am
Categories: Cadence, EDA

PCB design phases min

High-speed PCB designs are complex, often requiring a team with design engineers, PCB designers and SI/PI engineers working together to produce a reliable product, delivered on time and within budget. Cadence has been offering PCB tools for many years, and they recently wrote a 10-page white paper on this topic, so I’ll share … Read More