A few years ago, I started looking at data visualization methods as a way to make sense of large quantities of complex data. This is a technique that has become very popular in big data analytics where it is effectively impossible to see patterns in data in any other way. There are vast numbers of different types of diagram – treemap,… Read More
TSMC’s 2026 AZ Exclusive Experience Day: Bridging Careers and Semiconductor InnovationIn February of 2026, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company…Read More
DAC – The Chips to Systems Conference 2026The Design Automation Chips to Systems Conference is…Read More
Taming Advanced Node Clock Network Challenges: JitterClock jitter rarely fails in obvious ways. In…Read More
Synopsys and AMD Honored for Generative and Agentic AI Vision, Leadership, and ImpactSynopsys and AMD were recently selected by the…Read More
The Foundry Model Is Morphing — AgainWhen Morris Chang left Texas Instruments in 1983 to found TSMC, he was…Read MoreCadence Design Systems @ #54DAC!
This year Cadence Design Systems is showcasing system design enablement in their booth, capitalizing on the industry shift from naked chip design to system level chip design. Apple started it with making the chips inside the iProducts as part of the system and now other systems companies are looking to take more control over their… Read More
Mentor a Siemens Business @#54thDAC
This year the Mentor booth will be quite interesting now that they are part of Siemens. I expect zero changes to their DAC presence but we shall see. It will certainly be good to see Wally again. More importantly, I will be afforded the opportunity to talk personally with both Wally Rhines, CEO of Mentor ANDChuck Grindstaff executive… Read More
Photonics at DAC – Integrated Electronic/Photonic Design Flow to be Presented at Cadence Theater
I recently wrote an article on SemiWiki talking about the integrated Electronic/Photonic Design Automation (EPDA) flow that is being developed by Cadence Design Systems, Lumerical Solutions and PhoeniX Software and how that flow is now expanding into the system level through SiP (system in package) techniques.
Up till recently,… Read More
Samsung Details Foundry Roadmap
Samsung recently held a meeting where they laid out a detailed roadmap for their foundry business. On Tuesday June 1st, Daniel Nenni and myself had an interview with Kelvin Low, senior director of foundry marketing and business development to discuss the details of Samsung’s plans.… Read More
Simplifying Requirements Tracing
Requirements traceability is a necessary part of any top-down system specification and design when safety or criticality expectations depend on tightly-defined requirements for subsystems. Traceability in this context means being able to trace from initial documented requirements down through specification and datasheet… Read More
System Implementation Connectivity Verification and Analysis, Including Advanced Package Designs
Regular Semiwiki readers are aware of the rapid emergence of various (multi-die) advanced package technologies, such as: FOWLP (e.g., Amkor’s SWIFT, TSMC’s InFO); 2D die placement on a rigid substrate (e.g., TSMC’s CoWoS); and, 2.5D “stacked die” with vertical vias (e.g., any of the High Bandwidth Memory,… Read More
CCIX Protocol Push PCI Express 4.0 up to 25G
The CCIX consortium has developed the Cache Coherent Interconnect for Accelerators (X) protocol. The goal is to support cache coherency, allowing faster and more efficient sharing of memory between processors and accelerators, while utilizing PCIe 4.0 as transport layer. With Ethernet, PCI Express is certainly the most popular… Read More
Active Voice
Voice activated control, search, entertainment and other capabilities are building momentum rapidly. This seems inevitable – short of Elon Musk’s direct brain links, the fastest path to communicate intent to a machine is through methods natural to us humans: speech and gestures. And since for most of us speech is a richer… Read More
Listening to Veloce Customers: Emulation is Thriving
We have seen methodology shifts in our industry; emulation is going through a fundamental shift in usage, scope of the tasks, deployment, enterprise level and vertical market focus.… Read More


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