Synopsys’ collaboration with AMD on the Instinct MI455X GPU highlights a shift in how advanced AI processors are developed. Increasing performance depends on coordinating compute dies, memory interfaces, packaging, power delivery, and software. According to Synopsys’ announcement, AMD used its design, verification, … Read More
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S2C showcased FPGA prototyping and AI-assisted debugging at the sixth RISC-V Summit China, outlining how developers can validate complex processor designs and begin software development before first silicon. Its demonstrations connected three stages of that effort: running substantial RISC-V systems on FPGA hardware,… Read More
Accellera’s FSL 1.0 Gives Functional Safety Data a Common Language
Accellera Systems Initiative has approved Functional Safety Language Standard 1.0 for release, addressing a persistent challenge in semiconductor development: moving safety information reliably between tools, engineering teams, and companies. Announced October 21, the standard establishes a common language and data… Read More
Inside the Package Powering Modern AI
TSMC’s CoWoS-S is critical to the artificial intelligence era because it solves the central systems problem facing modern accelerators: computing capability is growing faster than conventional packages can supply data, power, and connectivity. CoWoS-S, meaning Chip-on-Wafer-on-Substrate with a silicon interposer, … Read More
SEMICON West 2026: After the Toast, the Hard Questions
Champagne is an unusual opening act for a semiconductor conference. At SEMICON West 2026, October 13 to 15, at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, it served a purpose. The toast marked an industry that has already crossed $1 trillion in annual revenue, almost four years ahead of earlier projections.
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CEO Interview with Eric Tsai of Mivium
Eric Tsai is Co-Founder and CEO of Mivium, Inc., a US-based materials technology company in Fremont, California developing submicron gallium nitride powder and related wide bandgap materials. He co-founded Mivium in 2022 after a career building and scaling consumer businesses, most recently as Vice President of Marketing… Read More
Podcast EP375: How to Implement Extensive Security Verification Capability Today with Dr. Farimah Farahmandi
Daniel is joined by Dr. Farimah Farahmandi, co-founder and chief scientist for security verification at Caspia Technologies. Farimah is the Endowed Professor in Hardware Security and Assistant Professor at the University of Florida ECE. She is the founding director of the Silicon Design and Assurance Laboratory there and… Read More
CEO Interview with Dr. Gleb Tsipursky of Disaster Avoidance Experts
Gleb Tsipursky, PhD, is the CEO and co-founder of Disaster Avoidance Experts, a consulting and training firm focused on helping organizations adopt AI through employee engagement and practical workflow redesign. He is a behavioral scientist and the author of The Psychology of AI Adoption at Work: From Resistance to Results… Read More
AJ Cooper is the Co-Founder and CEO of Itera
AJ Cooper is the Co-Founder and CEO of Itera, which developed the first-of-its-kind ‘fluid’ circuit board to make electronics physically programmable. Chips and software have been programmable for decades, but the interconnect between them has stayed fixed. By rewiring itself in real time, Itera’s board challenges
Inside the Silicon: Analog Bits N2P2 Test Chip
The future of intelligent computing depends on silicon that delivers more performance within tighter power and thermal limits. Combining TSMC’s advanced process technology with Analog Bits’ analog and mixed-signal expertise, we help designers address those demands through local power regulation, supply monitoring, precision… Read More




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