Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, has transformed from a modest startup into a global technology powerhouse. Founded on February 21, 1987, by Morris Chang, a veteran of Texas Instruments, TSMC pioneered the “pure-play” foundry model. … Read More
Tiling Support in SiFive's AI/ML Software Stack for RISC-V Vector-Matrix ExtensionAt the 2025 RISC-V Summit North America, Min…Read More
TSMC based 3D Chips: Socionext Achieves Two Successful Tape-Outs in Just Seven Months!Socionext’s recent run of rapid 3D-IC tape-outs is…Read More
RISC-V Extensions for AI: Enhancing Performance in Machine LearningIn a presentation at the RISC-V Summit North…Read More
Runtime Elaboration of UVM Verification CodeRecently, I reported on my conversation with Cristian…Read MoreQuantum Advantage is About the Algorithm, not the Computer
Of course there is a minimum requirement for the computer: enough qubits, fault-tolerant computing, support for hundreds of millions or more computations before a reset, that sort of thing. We’re still on that journey but even after we reach this goal it is important to have a sense of what delivers advantage since the computer … Read More
CEO Interview with Gopi Sirineni of Axiado
Gopi Sirineni is a Silicon Valley veteran with four startups and over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor, software and systems industries. As a senior executive, he has demonstrated exceptional skills in building highly efficient, cost-effective organizations, managing them in rapidly changing environments, and… Read More
Google’s Road Trip to RISC-V at Warehouse Scale: Insights from Google’s Martin Dixon
In an engaging presentation at a recent RISC-V summit, Martin Dixon, Google’s Director of Data Center Performance Engineering, took the audience on a metaphorical “road trip” to explore the company’s vision for integrating RISC-V into its massive warehouse-scale computing infrastructure. Drawing… Read More
Bridging Embedded and Cloud Worlds: AWS Solutions for RISC-V Development
In a compelling keynote at the RISC-V Summit North America 2025, Jeremy Dahan from AWS explored the challenges of embedded systems development and how cloud technologies can bridge the gap between local hardware tinkering and scalable, shareable environments. Drawing from his experience as an engineer, Dahan highlighted … Read More
Podcast EP323: How to Address the Challenges of 3DIC Design with John Ferguson
Daniel is joined by John Ferguson, senior director of product management for the Calibre products in the 3DIC space at Siemens EDA. He manages the vision and product offerings in the Calibre domain for 3DIC design solutions.
Dan explores the challenges of 3DIC and chiplet-based design with John, who describes the broad range of… Read More
How vHelm Delivers an Optimized Clock Network
In a prior post, I discussed how the clock is no longer just another signal at advanced nodes. Indeed, it is the most critical network on the chip. An optimized clock network can be the margin of victory for your next design. But extracting these benefits is challenging. The clock network is quite sensitive, and optimization can come… Read More
CEO Interview with Masha Petrova of Nullspace
Dr. Masha Petrova is CEO and co-founder of Nullspace Inc., a venture-backed company developing next-generation electromagnetic simulation software for RF and quantum computing applications. She brings 25 years of engineering software experience from executive roles at MSC Software, Altium, and Ansys, and several computational… Read More
Cost, Cycle Time, and Carbon aware TCAD Development of new Technologies
Our good friend Scotten Jones wrote a paper on a product that has been in joint development with Synopsys and is now available. Scott is currently President Semiconductor Manufacturing Economics and Senior Fellow at TechInsights. Scott and I have discussed this product many times and I feel it is ground breaking technology for… Read More
Quantum Computing Technologies and Challenges
There’s more than one way to build a quantum computer (QC) though it took me a while to find a good reference. I finally settled on Building Quantum Computers: A Practical Introduction. Excellent book but designed only for those who will enjoy lots of quantum math. I’m going to spare you that and instead describe a couple of the more… Read More


Quantum Advantage is About the Algorithm, not the Computer