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CEO Interview: Isabelle Geday of Magillem

CEO Interview: Isabelle Geday of Magillem
by Daniel Nenni on 08-14-2020 at 6:00 am

isabelle geday

Isabelle Geday is the Founder and CEO of Magillem Design Services, headquartered in Paris, France. Isabelle has over 40 years of experience creating innovative platform solutions, in various industries such as oil, telecommunications, IT and EDA. She has a proven track record in managing startup companies internationally,… Read More


Is a US Semiconductor Manufacturing Revival on the Way?

Is a US Semiconductor Manufacturing Revival on the Way?
by Anish Tolia on 08-13-2020 at 9:00 am

Is a US Semiconductor Manufacturing Revival on the Way

Two bits of recent news has excited people in the semiconductor manufacturing space. First TSMC (bit.ly/384joVr) announced their intention to invest $12 B dollars in a Fab in Arizona. Then came the Corona-driven bipartisan proposed $23B federal government investment in semiconductor manufacturing (nyti.ms/2YZzFqnl). … Read More


Cadence Increases Verification Efficiency up to 5X with Xcelium ML

Cadence Increases Verification Efficiency up to 5X with Xcelium ML
by Mike Gianfagna on 08-13-2020 at 6:00 am

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SoC verification has always been an interesting topic for me. Having worked at companies like Zycad that offered hardware accelerators for logic and fault simulation, the concept of reducing the time needed to verify a complex SoC has occupied a lot of my thoughts. The bar we always tried to clear was actually simple to articulate… Read More


RISC-V SDKs, from IP Vendor or a Third Party?

RISC-V SDKs, from IP Vendor or a Third Party?
by Bernard Murphy on 08-12-2020 at 6:00 am

RISC V min

Like many of us, I’m a fan of open-source solutions. They provide common platforms for common product evolution, avoiding a lot of unnecessary wheel re-invention, over and over again. Linux, TensorFlow, Apache projects, etc., etc. More recently the theme moved into hardware with OpenCores and now the RISC-V ISA. All good stuff.… Read More


CEO Interview: Ted Tewksbury of Eta Compute

CEO Interview: Ted Tewksbury of Eta Compute
by Daniel Nenni on 08-11-2020 at 10:00 am

Ted Tewksbury President CEO Eta Compute

Tell me about Eta Compute’s vision? 
We envision a world where intelligent devices at the network edge make everyones’ lives safer, healthier, more comfortable, and convenient without sacrificing privacy and security.

How do you hope to achieve this? 
We achieve this by providing the lowest power and most energy efficient machine… Read More


Should India Invest in Semiconductor Manufacturing?

Should India Invest in Semiconductor Manufacturing?
by Terry Daly on 08-11-2020 at 6:00 am

Semiconductors Made in India

Cyber security, economic growth, government leadership and industry support must be weighed

The debate
A healthy public debate is underway as to whether India should invest in semiconductor manufacturing. PVG Menon, former chair of the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association, supports the objective as part of a full… Read More


New Processor Helps Move Inference to the Edge

New Processor Helps Move Inference to the Edge
by Tom Simon on 08-10-2020 at 10:00 am

MIPI IP from Mixel

Many of the most compelling applications for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) are found on mobile devices and when looking at the market size in that arena, it is clear that this is an attractive segment. Because of this, we can expect to see many consumer devices having low power requirements at the edge with… Read More


Application-Specific Lithography: 20nm Flash, 3D XPoint, 3D NAND Bit Lines

Application-Specific Lithography: 20nm Flash, 3D XPoint, 3D NAND Bit Lines
by Fred Chen on 08-10-2020 at 6:00 am

Application Specific Lithography SemiWiki

Nonvolatile memory capacity reached 64 Gb levels when NAND Flash half-pitch reached 20 nm [1]. Having reached 14 nm [2], NAND Flash half-pitch is no longer being reduced, now that it has entered the 3D era. However, recently, 3D XPoint has found applications within the Optane platform [3]. The lithography for patterning 20 nm half-pitch… Read More


Super Outraged over Uber Data Sharing

Super Outraged over Uber Data Sharing
by Roger C. Lanctot on 08-09-2020 at 10:00 am

Super Outraged over Uber Data Sharing

Reuters reports that Uber has quietly launched a service to give public health officials quick access to data on drivers and riders presumed to have come into contact with someone infected with COVID-19. Now Uber, one of the primary vectors spreading the disease with hundreds of thousands of masked drivers worldwide guiding shared

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KLAC Solid QTR and Guide With No China Worries

KLAC Solid QTR and Guide With No China Worries
by Robert Maire on 08-09-2020 at 8:00 am

Robert Maire

KLA reports excellent June & Better Sept Guide-
Orbotech Diversification Helps provide growth-
Mix is perfect-China working fine-
Foundry is solid-

Solid execution and Financials
KLAC reported $1.46B in revenues and $2.73 Non GAAP with gross margins of 60.3%. That is versus expectations of $1.42B and EPS of $2.41…a… Read More