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Webinar: Unlocking Next-Generation Performance for CNNs on RISC-V CPUs

Webinar: Unlocking Next-Generation Performance for CNNs on RISC-V CPUs
by Daniel Nenni on 02-13-2025 at 10:00 am

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The growing demand for high-performance AI applications continues to drive innovation in CPU architecture design. As machine learning workloads, particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs), become more computationally intensive, architects face the challenge of delivering performance improvements while maintaining… Read More


An Open-Source Approach to Developing a RISC-V Chip with XiangShan and Mulan PSL v2

An Open-Source Approach to Developing a RISC-V Chip with XiangShan and Mulan PSL v2
by Jonah McLeod on 02-13-2025 at 6:00 am

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As RISC-V gains traction in the global semiconductor industry, developers are exploring fully open-source approaches to processor design. XiangShan, a high-performance RISC-V CPU project, combined with the Mulan Permissive License v2 (Mulan PSL v2), represents a community-driven, transparent alternative to proprietary… Read More


2025 Outlook Anna Fontanelli MZ Technologies

2025 Outlook Anna Fontanelli MZ Technologies
by Daniel Nenni on 02-12-2025 at 10:00 am

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Anna Fontanelli, CEO of MZ Technologies, is a silicon executive with more than 35 years of expertise in managing complex R&D organizations/programs to give birth to innovative EDA technologies. Strong communication skills and proven ability to lead distributed, cross functional teams in international environments.… Read More


Embracing the Chiplet Journey: The Shift to Chiplet-Based Architectures

Embracing the Chiplet Journey: The Shift to Chiplet-Based Architectures
by Kalar Rajendiran on 02-12-2025 at 6:00 am

Chiplets A New Abstraction Layer

The semiconductor industry is facing a paradigm shift. Traditional scaling, once driven by Moore’s Law, is slowing down. For years, moving to smaller process nodes led to lower transistor costs and better performance. However, scaling from node to node now offers fewer benefits as wafer costs rise much more than the historical… Read More


2025 Outlook with Justin Endo of Mixel

2025 Outlook with Justin Endo of Mixel
by Daniel Nenni on 02-11-2025 at 10:00 am

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Justin Susumu Endo, Mixel’s Director of Marketing & Sales, oversees marketing strategy and customer engagement from Mixel’s headquarters in San Jose, California. He holds a bachelor’s degree with a double major in economics and French from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA from … Read More


Chiplets-Based Systems: Keysight’s Role in Design, Testing, and Data Management

Chiplets-Based Systems: Keysight’s Role in Design, Testing, and Data Management
by Kalar Rajendiran on 02-11-2025 at 6:00 am

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Keysight, with deep roots tracing back to Hewlett-Packard, has long been at the forefront of innovation in electronic design and testing. It manufactures electronics test and measurement equipment and software. The company also owns its own foundry and makes custom chips and packages for its instrumentation business. Many… Read More


2025 Outlook with Oliver Jones of Sondrel

2025 Outlook with Oliver Jones of Sondrel
by Daniel Nenni on 02-10-2025 at 10:00 am

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Ollie is a commercially astute senior leader with over 20 years of experience in strategy, business development and sales across the technology and engineering sectors, with a strong track record in scaling businesses and driving growth. He has held commercial leadership roles in FTSE 100, private equity-backed, and startup
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IEDM 2025 – TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does it Measure Up?

IEDM 2025 – TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does it Measure Up?
by Scotten Jones on 02-10-2025 at 6:00 am

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At IEDM held in December 2024, TSMC presented: “2nm Platform Technology featuring Energy-efficient Nanosheet Transistors and Interconnects co-optimized with 3DIC for AI, HPC and Mobile SoC Applications,” the authors are:

Geoffrey Yeap, S.S. Lin, H.L. Shang, H.C. Lin, Y.C. Peng, M. Wang, PW Wang, CP Lin, KF… Read More


Podcast EP273: An Overview of the RISC-V Market and CAST’s unique Abilities to Grow the Market with Evan Price

Podcast EP273: An Overview of the RISC-V Market and CAST’s unique Abilities to Grow the Market with Evan Price
by Daniel Nenni on 02-07-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Evan Price, Product Manager for embedded processors at CAST. Evan has had a diverse and successful 15-year career developing, then leading as project manager and director, with a variety of semiconductor-based products. Evan joined CAST in 2024 and provides technical support as well as handling product marketing… Read More


CEO Interview: Mouna Elkhatib of AONDevices

CEO Interview: Mouna Elkhatib of AONDevices
by Daniel Nenni on 02-07-2025 at 6:00 am

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Mouna Elkhatib is the CEO, CTO, and Co-Founder of AONDevices, Inc., a leading provider of super-low-power Edge AI solutions. A visionary entrepreneur and innovative leader, Mouna has successfully grown AONDevices into a recognized leader in the Edge AI space. With over 20 years of experience in semiconductor technology, she… Read More