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Legacy IP Providers Struggle to Solve the NPU Dilemna

Legacy IP Providers Struggle to Solve the NPU Dilemna
by Admin on 06-11-2025 at 10:00 am

Fracture the IO Network

At Quadric we do a lot of first-time introductory visits with prospective new customers.  As a rapidly expanding processor IP licensing company that is starting to get noticed (even winning IP Product of the Year!) such meetings are part of the territory.  Which means we hear a lot of similar sounding questions from appropriately… Read More


A Novel Approach to Future Proofing AI Hardware

A Novel Approach to Future Proofing AI Hardware
by Bernard Murphy on 06-11-2025 at 6:00 am

Tensilica NeuroEdge min

There is a built-in challenge for edge AI intended for long time-in-service markets. Automotive applications are the obvious example, while aerospace and perhaps medical usage may impose similar demands. Support for the advanced AI methods we now expect – transformers, physical and agentic AI – is not feasible without dedicated… Read More


Mixel at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC

Mixel at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
by Daniel Nenni on 06-10-2025 at 10:00 am

62nd DAC SemiWiki

Mixel, Inc., a leading provider of mixed-signal interface IP, will exhibit at booth #2616 at Design Automation Conference (DAC) 2025 on June 23-25. The company will demonstrate its latest customer demos featuring Mixel’s MIPI PHY IP and LVDS IP. Mixel’s customers include many of the world’s largest semiconductors and system… Read More


Analog Bits at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC

Analog Bits at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
by Daniel Nenni on 06-10-2025 at 6:00 am

Analog Bits at the 2025 Design Automation Conference

Analog Bits attends a lot of events. I know because I see them a lot in my travels. Lately, the company has been stealing the show with cutting-edge analog IP on a broad range of popular nodes and a strategy that will change the way design is done. Analog Bits is quietly rolling out a new approach to system design. One that delivers a holistic… Read More


SoC Front-end Build and Assembly

SoC Front-end Build and Assembly
by Daniel Payne on 06-09-2025 at 10:00 am

SoC Compiler flow min

Modern SoCs can be complex with hundreds to thousands of IP blocks, so there’s an increasing need to have a front-end build and assembly methodology in place, eliminating manual steps and error-prone approaches. I’ve been writing about an EDA company that focuses on this area for design automation, Defacto Technologies, and … Read More


Siemens EDA Outlines Strategic Direction for an AI-Powered, Software-Defined, Silicon-Enabled Future

Siemens EDA Outlines Strategic Direction for an AI-Powered, Software-Defined, Silicon-Enabled Future
by Kalar Rajendiran on 06-09-2025 at 6:00 am

Software defined Systems of Systems

In a keynote delivered at this year’s Siemens EDA User2User event, CEO Mike Ellow presented a focused vision for the evolving role of electronic design automation (EDA) within the broader context of global technology shifts. The session covered Siemens EDA’s current trajectory, market strategy, and the changing landscape … Read More


Cadence at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC

Cadence at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
by Daniel Nenni on 06-08-2025 at 10:00 am

62nd DAC SemiWiki

Cadence, a DAC 2025 industry sponsor, will exhibit in booth 1609 at the 62nd Design Automation Conference at San Francisco’s Moscone West Convention Center.

Highlights:

Paul Cunningham, SVP and GM of the System Verification Group, Cadence, will speak at Cooley’s DAC Troublemaker Panel. This discussion will be an open… Read More


Verific Design Automation at the 2025 Design Automation Conference

Verific Design Automation at the 2025 Design Automation Conference
by Lauro Rizzatti on 06-08-2025 at 8:00 am

62nd DAC SemiWiki

Rick Carlson, Verific Design Automation’s Vice President of Sales, is an EDA trends spotter. I was reminded of his prescience when he recently called to catch up and talk about Verific’s role as provider of front-end platforms powering an emerging EDA market.

Verific, he said, is joining forces with a group of well-funded startups… Read More


Video EP8: How Defacto Technologies Helps Customers Build Complex SoC Designs

Video EP8: How Defacto Technologies Helps Customers Build Complex SoC Designs
by Daniel Nenni on 06-06-2025 at 10:00 am

In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Chouki Aktouf, CEO and Founder of Defacto Technologies. Dan explores the challenges of building complex SoCs with Chouki, who describes challenges around managing complexity at the front end of the process while staying within PPA requirements and … Read More


Podcast EP290: Navigating the Shift to Quantum Safe Security with PQShield’s Graeme Hickey

Podcast EP290: Navigating the Shift to Quantum Safe Security with PQShield’s Graeme Hickey
by Daniel Nenni on 06-06-2025 at 6:00 am

Dan is joined by Graeme Hickey, vice president of engineering at PQShield. Graeme has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry creating cryptographic IP and security subsystems for secure products. Formerly of NXP Semiconductor, he was senior manager of the company’s Secure Hardware Subsystems group responsible… Read More