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Synopsys Geared for Next Era’s Opportunity and Growth

Synopsys Geared for Next Era’s Opportunity and Growth
by Kalar Rajendiran on 01-11-2024 at 6:00 am

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As semiconductor industry folks know, Synopsys is a behemoth of a company. At $5.84B in FY2023 revenue (FY Nov-Oct), approximately 20,000 employees and a market cap of about $74B, it leads the silicon-to-systems design solutions space within the industry. From humble beginnings in 1986 as a disruptive startup, the company has… Read More


An Accellera Functional Safety Update

An Accellera Functional Safety Update
by Bernard Murphy on 01-10-2024 at 10:00 am

Fusa interoperability min

In May of 2021 Accellera released a first white paper on the challenges they hope to address with their functional safety standard, together with the scope and goals they set for themselves. One major goal in this effort has been exchange and integration of functional safety data between different tools and flow and particularly… Read More


Analog Bits Enables the Migration to 3nm and Beyond

Analog Bits Enables the Migration to 3nm and Beyond
by Mike Gianfagna on 01-10-2024 at 6:00 am

Analog Bits Enables the Migration to 3nm and Beyond

The world is abuzz with 3nm and 2nm technology availability. These processes offer the opportunity to pack far more on a single die than ever before. The complex digital systems contemplated will bring new AI algorithms to life and much more. But there is another side of the technology migration story.  With all that digital processing… Read More


IEDM: What Comes After Silicon?

IEDM: What Comes After Silicon?
by admin on 01-09-2024 at 10:00 am

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The annual International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) took place last month. One of the presentations on the short course was by Matthew Metz of Intel titled New Materials Systems for Moore’s Law Continuation. In essence this was a look at some of the possibilities for what comes after silicon runs out of steam.

Matthew started… Read More


IEDM 2023 – Modeling 300mm Wafer Fab Carbon Emissions

IEDM 2023 – Modeling 300mm Wafer Fab Carbon Emissions
by Scotten Jones on 01-09-2024 at 6:00 am

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For the first time ever, IEDM held a sustainability session at the 2023 conference. I was one of the authors who presented an invited paper, the following is a summary of my presentation.

Call to Action

From the United Nations [1]:

“Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment.”

“Without drastic … Read More


Podcast EP202: A Tour of the Q3 2023 Electronic Design Market Data Report with Wally Rhines

Podcast EP202: A Tour of the Q3 2023 Electronic Design Market Data Report with Wally Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 01-08-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Wally Rhines for a discussion of the Q3 2023 Electronic Design Market Data report that was just released. SEMI and the Electronic System Design Alliance collect data from almost all of the EDA companies in the world and compile it by product category and region where the sales occurred. It’s the most reliable data … Read More


Keysight EDA Connect World Tour

Keysight EDA Connect World Tour
by Daniel Payne on 01-08-2024 at 6:00 am

RF System Explorer min

Video webinars are a main staple to learn what’s new about EDA tools and methodologies, but there’s nothing quite like meeting in person, where you can ask questions and gauge the expertise of the presenters. I was delighted to learn that Keysight is planning a literal world tour to update EDA customers and prospects on what they … Read More


Podcast EP201: A Retrospective of Semiconductor Innovation with Dr. Mukta Farooq, and Advice for Future Innovators

Podcast EP201: A Retrospective of Semiconductor Innovation with Dr. Mukta Farooq, and Advice for Future Innovators
by Daniel Nenni on 01-05-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by 2023 recipient of the J.J. Ebers award, Dr. Mukta Farooq. This is the highest technical award from the IEEE Electron Devices Society and Mukta is the first woman to earn this prestigious award.

Throughout her career Dr. Farooq has been a trailblazer. She was the first female to earn a Bachelors of Science in Metallurgical… Read More


Navigating the AI Horizon: Trends and Challenges in 2024

Navigating the AI Horizon: Trends and Challenges in 2024
by Ahmed Banafa on 01-05-2024 at 6:00 am

Navigating the AI Horizon Trends and Challenges in 2024

Stepping into the year 2024, the landscape of artificial intelligence (AI) continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, presenting both exciting opportunities and formidable challenges. In this era of technological advancement, we find ourselves at the intersection of innovation and responsibility, where emerging trends

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2024 Outlook with Matt Burns of Samtec

2024 Outlook with Matt Burns of Samtec
by Daniel Nenni on 01-04-2024 at 6:00 am

Matt Burns Samtec

Matt develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon to Silicon solutions. Over the course of 20+ years, he has been a leader in design, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries. It has been an honor working with Matt and his team for the last 3 years and I value… Read More