I recall first blogging about Helix IPLM (formerly Methodics IPLM) at DAC in 2012, then Perforce acquired the company in July 2020, so I stopped by the Perforce booth this year at DAC to get an update from Martin Hall, Principal Solutions Engineer at Perforce. Martin’s background includes working at Dassault Systemes, Synchronicity,… Read More




IROC Introduces an Upgraded Solution for Soft Error Analysis and Mitigation #61DAC
#61DAC Is the place to go for the latest ideas, technology and products for semiconductor design and manufacturing. Between the exhibit floor and the technical program, you can get a vast education on almost any topic. In this post, I will focus on a unique company and a new version of a unique solution. IROC Technologies specializes… Read More
Cadence® Janus™ Network-on-Chip (NoC)
A Network-on-Chip (NoC) IP addresses the challenges of interconnect complexity in SoCs by significantly reducing wiring congestion and providing a scalable architecture. It allows for efficient communication among numerous initiators and targets with minimal latency and high speed. A NoC facilitates design changes, enabling… Read More
A Joint Solution Toward SoC Design “Exploration and Integration” released by Defacto #61DAC
When I was at DAC last month, I had the chance to talk with Chouki Aktouf and Bastien Gratréaux from Defacto and they told me about a new innovative solution to generate Arm-based System-on-Chips. I heard that this solution has now been released.
Defacto and Arm developed a joint SoC design flow to help Arm users cover all needed automation—from… Read More
TSMC Foundry 2.0 and Intel IDM 2.0
When Intel entered the foundry business with IDM 2.0 I was impressed. Yes, Intel had tried the foundry business before but this time they changed the face of the company with IDM 2.0 and went “all-in” so to speak. The progress has been impressive and today I think Intel is well positioned to capture the NOT TSMC business by providing… Read More
A New Class of Accelerator Debuts
I generally like to start my blogs with an application-centric viewpoint; what end-application is going to become faster, lower power or whatever because of this innovation? But sometimes an announcement defies such an easy classification because it is broadly useful. That’s the case for a recent release from Quadric, based… Read More
Podcast EP236: Why Comprehensive Development Support for AI/ML is Important with Clay Johnson
Dan is joined by Clay Johnson, CEO of CacheQ. Clay has decades of executive experience in computing, FPGAs and development flows, including serving as Vice President of the Xilinx Spartan Business Unit which was acquired by AMD.
Clay discusses the changes occurring in system design to leverage AI/ML and technologies such as large… Read More
CEO Interview: Orr Danon of Hailo
Orr Danon is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hailo. Prior to founding Hailo, Orr spent over a decade working at a leading IDF Technological Unit. During this time he led some of the largest and most complex interdisciplinary projects in the Israeli intelligence community. For the projects he developed and managed, Danon received the … Read More
Has ASML Reached the Great Wall of China
Is it time to abandon the ASML stock?
The first tool company to report Q2-24 results is ASML, and the lithography leader delivered a result above the guidance of EUR5.95B. Revenue of EUR6.242B is 4.9% above guidance and 18% above last quarter’s result of EUR5.29B.
Both operating profit and gross profit grew but not to the level of … Read More
Blue Cheetah Advancing Chiplet Interconnectivity #61DAC
At #61DAC, I love it when an exhibitor booth uses a descriptive tagline to explain what they do, like when the Blue Cheetah booth displayed Advancing Chiplet Interconnectivity. Immediately, I knew that they were an IP provider focusing on chiplets. I learned what sets them apart is how customizable their IP is to support specific… Read More
Unlocking the cloud: A new era for post-tapeout flow for semiconductor manufacturing