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Podcast EP266: An Overview of the Design & Verification EDA Businesses at Keysight with Nilesh Kamdar

Podcast EP266: An Overview of the Design & Verification EDA Businesses at Keysight with Nilesh Kamdar
by Daniel Nenni on 12-13-2024 at 10:00 am
Categories: EDA, Keysight EDA

Dan is joined by Nilesh Kamdar, the General Manager of the Design & Verification EDA businesses at Keysight. Nilesh has also held roles as Portfolio Manager, and Director of the Software Business & Operations team at Keysight. Nilesh joined Hewlett-Packard in 1999 in the EEsof EDA division. Over his 25+ year career he … Read More

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CEO Interview: Caroline Guillaume of TrustInSoft

CEO Interview: Caroline Guillaume of TrustInSoft
by Daniel Nenni on 12-13-2024 at 6:00 am
Categories: CEO Interviews

Caroline Guillaume (TrustInSoft CEO)


Caroline Guillaume is the Chief Executive Officer of TrustInSoft.  She has an extensive background working in the critical software industry, notably at Thales Digital Identity and Security where for 14 years she contributed to the Sales division including as the VP of Sales – Software Monetization Europe and VP of Banking… Read More

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IEDM Opens with a Big Picture Keynote from TSMC’s Yuh-Jier Mii

IEDM Opens with a Big Picture Keynote from TSMC’s Yuh-Jier Mii
by Mike Gianfagna on 12-12-2024 at 10:00 am
Categories: 3D IC, AI, Events, Foundries, TSMC
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IEDM Opens with a Big Picture Keynote from TSMC’s Yuh Jier Mii

The main program for the 70th IEDM opened on Monday morning in San Francisco with an excellent keynote from Dr. Yuh-Jier Mii, Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer at TSMC. Dr. Mii joined TSMC in 1994. Since then, he has contributed to the development and manufacturing of advanced CMOS technologies in both fab

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Thanks for the Memories

Thanks for the Memories
by Bill Jewell on 12-12-2024 at 8:00 am
Categories: Semiconductor Intelligence, Semiconductor Services

Semiconductor Market Average Change 2024

The December 2024 WSTS forecast called for strong 2024 semiconductor market growth of 19%. However, the strength is limited to a few product lines. Memory is projected to grow 81% in 2024. Logic is expected to grow 16.9%. The micro product line should show only 3.9% growth, while discretes, optoelectronics, sensors and analog … Read More

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CEO Interview: Mikko Utriainen of Chipmetrics

CEO Interview: Mikko Utriainen of Chipmetrics
by Daniel Nenni on 12-12-2024 at 6:00 am
Categories: 3D IC, CEO Interviews

Chipmetrics Founders

Tell us about your company?
Chipmetrics is a Finnish company specializing in metrology solutions for high aspect ratio 3D chips, especially 3D NAND and 3D DRAM with an eye on GAAFET and CFET structures. We are a young but mature company founded in 2019 with over 40 customers worldwide, and we’re looking to further scale up our international… Read More

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How I learned Formal Verification

How I learned Formal Verification
by Daniel Nenni on 12-11-2024 at 10:00 am
Categories: Axiomise, Semiconductor Services

Bing Xue

Bing Xue is a dedicated Formal Verification Engineer at Axiomise, with a strong academic and professional foundation in hardware verification. He completed his PhD at the University of Southampton, where he conducted cutting-edge research on Formal Verification, RISC-V, and the impact of Single Event Upsets. Bing is … Read More

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Accellera 2024 End of Year Update

Accellera 2024 End of Year Update
by Bernard Murphy on 12-11-2024 at 6:00 am
Categories: Accellera, AI, Automotive, Semiconductor Services

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From my viewpoint, standards organizations in semiconductor design always looked like they were “sharpening the saw”: further polishing/refining what we already have but not often pushing on frontiers. Very necessary of course to stabilize and get common agreement in standards but equally always seeming to be behind the innovation… Read More

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Electrical Rule Checking in PCB Tools

Electrical Rule Checking in PCB Tools
by Daniel Payne on 12-10-2024 at 10:00 am
Categories: EDA, Siemens EDA
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HyperLynx DRC min

I’ve known about DRC (Design Rule Checking) for IC design, and the same approach can also be applied to PCB design. The continuous evolution of electronics has led to increasingly intricate PCB designs that require Electrical Rule Checking (ERC) to ensure that performance goals are met. This complexity poses several challenges… Read More

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Synopsys Brings Multi-Die Integration Closer with its 3DIO IP Solution and 3DIC Tools

Synopsys Brings Multi-Die Integration Closer with its 3DIO IP Solution and 3DIC Tools
by Mike Gianfagna on 12-10-2024 at 6:00 am
Categories: 3D IC, EDA, IP, Synopsys

Synopsys Brings Multi Die Integration Closer with its 3DIO IP Solution and 3DIC Tools

There is ample evidence that technologies such as high-performance computing, next-generation servers, and AI accelerators are fueling unprecedented demands in data processing speed with massive data storage, lower latency, and lower power. Heterogeneous system integration, more commonly called 2.5 and 3D IC design, … Read More

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What is Wrong with Intel?

What is Wrong with Intel?
by Daniel Nenni on 12-09-2024 at 10:00 am
Categories: Foundries, Intel Foundry
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Intel Inside

One of the most popular topics on the SemiWiki forum is Intel, which I understand. Many of us grew up with Intel, some of us have worked there, and I can say that the vast majority of us want Intel to succeed. The latest Intel PR debacle is the abrupt departure of CEO Pat Gelsinger. To me this confirms the answer to the question, “What is … Read More