I had the good fortune to be able to attend a very informative five-day photonic integrated circuit (PIC) training this last week in Santa Clara, CA. The training was organized by Erik Pennings of 7 Pennies consulting and hosted by Tektronix. Several ecosystem partners from the design automation, photonic foundries and photonic… Read More
ESD Alliance Executive Outlook Features View of How Multi-Physics is Reshaping Chip Design and EDA ToolsEvery spring, the ESD Alliance, a SEMI Technology…Read More
The Growing Importance of PVT Monitoring for Silicon Lifecycle ManagementIn an era defined by complex chip architectures,…Read More
TSMC Brings Packaging Center Stage with SiliconThe worldwide TSMC 2025 Technology Symposium recently kicked…Read More
TSMC 2025 Technical Symposium BriefingAt the pre-conference briefing, Dr. Kevin Zhang gave…Read More
CEO Interview: Rene Donkers of Fractal Technologies
Fractal is another one of those very successful emerging EDA companies that you don’t read a lot about, except on SemiWiki. Rene Donkers is co-founder and CEO of Fractal Technologies, a company addressing IP quality assurance. This is a niche in the SoC tooling market that deserves some justification. Why not use an IP as-is… Read More
Thin film Semiconductor Solutions for an Energy-Efficient Future
For an industry with an estimated revenue potential of $22 billion by 2022, and a CAGR of 14% throughout 2016–2022, the slightest innovation in current modules holds considerable profit potential. The thin film semiconductor market has evolved from the previous generation of semiconductor electronics in the best interests… Read More
Foggy 5G Forecasts Coming into Focus
My colleague and automotive safety system guru at Strategy Analytics, Ian Riches, is fond of citing Amara’s Law. Named for Roy Amara (1925-2007), research, scientist, forecaster and long-term president of the Institute for the Future, the “Law” states: “We tend to overestimate the effect of a technology… Read More
CEO Interview: Albert Li of Platform DA
Platform Design Automation, Inc (PDA). recently closed a US$6 million pre Series A investment round, and the company has shifted its focus from providing SPICE modeling related software and services to forming a complete AI-driven ecosystem from probing to simulation. Albert Li was the GM of Accelicon, a leading EDA tool and … Read More
REUSE 2016 is Next Week at the Computer History Museum!
The first REUSE Semiconductor IP Tradeshow and Conference is next week at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. Given the importance of IP I would strongly suggest attending this event. The presentation abstracts are up now and there are a few I want to highlight as they are companies that we work with on SemiWiki:
HBM2… Read More
Automobility: The End of Infotainment
Padmasree Warrior, CEO and chief development officer of NextEV USA, kicked off day two of the LA Auto Show’s Automobility LA with a powerful perspective on the current state of the automotive industry. She rattled off the usual litany of congestion, highway fatalities, emissions and changing usage and ownership models… Read More
Microsoft Ignite 2016: Stepping On The Enterprise Accelerator
At the Microsoft Ignite Conference in Atlanta, Microsoft announced a series of major capabilities across Windows, Office, Azure, Dynamics and Cortana. Microsoft’s CEO Satya Nadella highlighted, like he has in so many other of his big-tent speeches, the importance of enabling IT to drive the digital transformation in businesses… Read More
Is your #IoT cup half empty or half full?
While the optimist and the pessimist argued about whether the cup was half empty or half full, I drank it !
I had seen the above statement a while ago and it jumped to mind while I was considering the state of #IoT today. That funny statement describes exactly the mindset of the players in the market. While the majority argue back and forth… Read More
Google Pixel And Home Event: A Quick, Industry Technology Analyst Take
I just completed watching Google’s special hardware event and wanted to share my high-level, industry analyst take on it.
Google Assistant
Everything Google showed on-stage was very compelling, but as we have seen with most claims in intelligent assistants, rarely if ever have they lived up to the hype. Until consumers can truly… Read More
TSMC Describes Technology Innovation Beyond A14