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An open letter regarding Cyber Resilience of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure

An open letter regarding Cyber Resilience of the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure
by admin on 05-20-2024 at 10:00 am

Codasip UK Security Letter 1

Codasip announced a commercially available RISC-V processor with CHERI for license in October of 2023 and is demonstrating technology for IP provenance. 

Dear Members of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee,

Let me start by applauding your hearing on 24 April 2024, and in particular the evidence of Professor John… Read More


How to Find and Fix Soft Reset Metastability

How to Find and Fix Soft Reset Metastability
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-20-2024 at 6:00 am

How to Find and Fix Soft Reset Metastability

Most of us are familiar with the metastability problems that can be caused by clock domain crossings (CDC). Early static analysis techniques can flag these kinds of issues to ensure there are no surprises later. I spent quite a bit of time at Atrenta, the SpyGlass company, so I am very familiar with these challenges. Due to the demands… Read More


Podcast EP224: An Overview of the Upcoming 2024 Electronic Components and Technology Conference with Dr. Michael Mayer

Podcast EP224: An Overview of the Upcoming 2024 Electronic Components and Technology Conference with Dr. Michael Mayer
by Daniel Nenni on 05-17-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Michael Mayer, the 2024 Electronic Components and Technology Conference (ECTC) Program Chair. Michael is an Associate Professor in the department of Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Michael has co-authored technical publications and patents about… Read More


A Webinar with Silicon Catalyst, ST Microelectronics and an Exciting MEMS Development Contest

A Webinar with Silicon Catalyst, ST Microelectronics and an Exciting MEMS Development Contest
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-17-2024 at 8:00 am

A Webinar with Silicon Catalyst, ST Microelectronics and an Exciting MEMS Development Contest

Most MEMS and sensor companies struggle to find an industrialization partner that can support early-stage research and help develop and transition unique concepts to high-volume production. The wrong partner means delays and increased development costs as the design moves between various facilities. Recently, Silicon … Read More


CEO Interview: Roger Espasa of Semidynamics

CEO Interview: Roger Espasa of Semidynamics
by Daniel Nenni on 05-17-2024 at 6:00 am

Roger Espasa

Roger Espasa is the CEO and founder of Semidynamics, an IP supplier of two RISC-V cores, Avispado (in-order) and Atrevido (out-of-order) supporting the RISC-V vector extension and Gazzillion(tm) misses, both targeted at HPC and Artificial Intelligence. Prior to the foundation of the company, Roger was Technical Director/Distinguished… Read More


Sondrel’s Drive in the Automotive Industry

Sondrel’s Drive in the Automotive Industry
by Daniel Nenni on 05-16-2024 at 10:00 am

Oliver Jones VP Worldwide Sales and Marketing at Sondrel

Ollie Jones, Vice President of Strategic Sales at Sondrel, has worked extensively across Europe, North America and Asia and has held a variety of commercial leadership roles in FTSE 100, private equity owned and start-up companies.

Most recently Ollie was Chief Commercial Officer for an EV battery start up where he led the acquisition… Read More


A Recipe for Performance Optimization in Arm-Based Systems

A Recipe for Performance Optimization in Arm-Based Systems
by Bernard Murphy on 05-16-2024 at 6:00 am

Performance cookbook for Arm min (1)

Around the mid-2000’s the performance component of Moore’s Law started to tail off. That slack was nicely picked up by architecture improvements which continue to march forward but add a new layer of complexity in performance optimization and verification. Nick Heaton (Distinguished Engineer and Verification Architect at… Read More


Synopsys Accelerates Innovation on TSMC Advanced Processes

Synopsys Accelerates Innovation on TSMC Advanced Processes
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-15-2024 at 10:00 am

Synopsys Accelerates Innovation on TSMC Advanced Processes

We all know that making advanced semiconductors is a team sport. TSMC can innovate the best processes, but without the right design flows, communication schemes and verified IP it becomes difficult to access those processes. Synopsys recently announced some details on this topic. It covers a lot of ground. The graphic at the top… Read More


Podcast EP223: The Impact Advanced Packaging Will Have on the Worldwide Semiconductor Industry with Bob Patti

Podcast EP223: The Impact Advanced Packaging Will Have on the Worldwide Semiconductor Industry with Bob Patti
by Daniel Nenni on 05-15-2024 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Bob Patti, the owner and President of NHanced Semiconductors. Previously, Bob founded ASIC Designs Inc., an R&D company specializing in high-performance systems and ASICs. During his 12 years with ASIC Designs he participated in more than 100 tapeouts. Tezzaron Semiconductor grew from that company, with… Read More


Tools for Chips and Dips an Overview of the Semiconductor Tools Market

Tools for Chips and Dips an Overview of the Semiconductor Tools Market
by Claus Aasholm on 05-15-2024 at 7:00 am

Chips and Dips 2024

From humble beginnings in military applications, the semiconductor industry has been fundamental to all societal growth, and everything that grows exponentially depends on semiconductors.

It is not a gentle industry. Products over two years old are unsellable, and there is either too much supply or none. Semiconductor scarcity… Read More