Artificial Intelligence (AI) is advancing so rapidly that even its developers are being caught off guard. Google co-founder Sergey Brin said in Davos, Switzerland, in January that it “touches every single one of our main projects, ranging from search to photos to ads … everything we do … it definitely surprised me, even though … Read More
Synopsys Advances Hardware Assisted Verification for the AI EraAt the 2026 Synopsys Converge Event, Synopsys announced…Read More
Chemical Origins of Environmental Modifications to MOR Lithographic ChemistryIn the pursuit of advanced extreme ultraviolet (EUV)…Read More
Post-Silicon Validating an MMU. Innovation in VerificationSome post-silicon bugs are unavoidable, but we’re getting…Read More
Securing UALink in AI clusters with UALinkSec-compliant IPA classic networking problem is securing connections with…Read More
GTC 2026: Agentic AI for Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing Janhavi Giri, PhD Principal…Read More
Design Deconstruction
It is self-evident that large systems of any type would not be possible without hierarchical design. Decomposing a large system objective into subsystems, and subsystems of subsystems, has multiple benefits. Smaller subsystems can be more easily understood and better tested when built, robust 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] party alternatives… Read More
Resistance is futile, IoT is transforming all industries!
I thought to share with you a tangible view on how IoT is transforming all industries as opposed to discussing yet again the familiar IoT use case:
( a list for those interested, just in case )… Read More
TSMC @ #54DAC!
TSMC has been an ardent supporter of DAC for the last 18 years which has brought in the other foundries because, as the industry leader, wherever TSMC goes the other foundries naturally follow. The exception of course is Intel Custom Foundry because they march to the beat of a different drummer, if you know what I mean. The CoFluent… Read More
Don’t Miss “The IP Paradox” Panel @ #54 DAC!
Despite the strong consolidation in the semiconductor industry, the Design IP market is still growing: from $3 billion in 2015 to $3.4 billion in 2016. That’s why the DAC IP Committee has organized this panel, titled “The IP Paradox: Growing Business Despite Consolidations” (you can see more on the events page: https://dac.com/events… Read More
DAC 2017 Review
DAC is coming, next week, in beautiful downtown Austin at the Convention Center. I’ll be there Monday and Tuesday, running around the exhibit area. If you haven’t yet got your plane and hotel tickets, drop everything and start looking. I’m guessing this will be as popular as it always is, especially given the venue. I know of multiple… Read More
The FPGA Business Just Got Interesting Again!
FPGA’s have played an important role in the fabless semiconductor ecosystem which is why it has a full chapter in our book Fabless: The Transformation of the Semiconductor Industry. Along my career path I spent time at a start-up FPGA so I know how hard it is. I worked for GateField which was then acquired by FPGA pioneer Actel… Read More
Worldwide Design IP Revenue Grew 13.1% in 2016, According to Final Results by IPnest
Despite the strong consolidation in the semiconductor industry, the Design IP market is going well, very well with YoY growth of 13.1% in 2016, according with the Design IP Report from IPnest. ARM Group of Softbank (previously known as ARM Holding) is again the strong #1 with IP revenues (licenses plus royalties) of $1,647 million… Read More
The Official SemiWiki #54DAC Party Guide!
With the premier conference for semiconductor design enablement just around the corner I would like to take this time and space to talk about what is really happening at the #54DAC and that would be the parties! Granted the DAC parties are nothing like we used to have in the 1980s and the 1990s since we have matured as an industry but … Read More
GlobalFoundries 7nm and EUV Update!
Scott Jones and I had the opportunity to talk again with Gary Patton, GlobalFoundries CTO and SVP of R&D for a quick update on 7nm and EUV. Gary has been at GF for two years now with more than 500 other technologists from the IBM semiconductor acquisition. 7nm is the first IBM based process from GF (14nm was licensed from Samsung),… Read More
Musk’s Orbital Compute Vision: TERAFAB and the End of the Terrestrial Data Center