DSP IP addressing modem for the mobile phone market is still the flagship product and CEVA enjoys design-win at major semiconductor account (one of them being vertical and also selling the smartphone), but the acquisition of Riviera Waves in 2014 has been a strong sign of diversification. CEVA’ port-folio includes signal processing… Read More
How Customized Foundation IP Is Redefining Power Efficiency and Semiconductor ROIAs computing expands from data centers to edge…Read More
Akeana Partners with Axiomise for Formal Verification of Its Super-Scalar RISC-V CoresAkeana Inc. announced a key milestone in the…Read More
An AI-Native Architecture That Eliminates GPU InefficienciesA recent analysis highlighted by MIT Technology Review…Read More
Caspia Technologies Unveils A Breakthrough in RTL Security Verification Paving the Way for Agentic Silicon SecurityIn a significant advancement for the semiconductor industry,…Read More
Designing the Future: AI-Driven Multi-Die Innovation in the Era of Agentic EngineeringAt the 2026 Chiplet Summit, Synopsys presented a…Read More
Optimizing power for wearables
I was at the Cadence front-end summit this week; good conference with lots of interesting information. I’ll start with a panel on optimizing power for wearables. Panelists were Anthony Hill from TI, Fred Jen from Qualcomm, Leah Clark from Broadcom and Jay Roy from Cadence. Panels are generally most entertaining when the panelists… Read More
IDMs are Much Ahead of Fabless Semicon Companies
In a balancing global economy, it’s a common phenomenon that at certain times a few sectors or segments within the sectors grow much faster compared to others. And a few companies within the growing sectors lead those sectors. Both the growing sectors and the leading companies in those sectors become the centers of attraction. … Read More
Double Digit Growth and 10nm for TSMC in 2016!
Exciting times in Taiwan last week… I met with people from the Taiwanese version of Wall Street. They mostly cover the local semiconductor scene but since that includes TSMC and Mediatek they are interested in the global semiconductor market as well. They also have an insider’s view of the China semiconductor industry which is … Read More
Design and Optimization of Analog IP is Possible
Designing Analog IP is often referred to as a “black art”, something that only highly experienced craftsmen can produce using transistor-level techniques that aren’t shared outside of their closely held group of trusted co-workers. I’d like to suggest that Analog IP can be designed and optimized … Read More
MediaTek: Where Do I Go From Here?
MediaTek is at crossroads. The company that pioneered the “Shanzhai” model for smartphones by providing small OEMs and ODMs in China with starter kits and turnkey design solutions is now facing its first real test after years of runaway success.… Read More
Auto ISAC—What is it and do we need one?
An Information Sharing and Analysis Center (ISAC) is essentially a trusted entity established by critical infrastructure owners and operators to share threat data. ISACs first emerged in 1998 when President Clinton issued Presidential Decision Directive 63, which identified the nation’s critical infrastructure that could… Read More
Magwel’s Current Tools Take an Active Role in Power Transistor Design
It often seems that semiconductor industry coverage focuses on large digital markets like microprocessors or high frequency analog designs for RF applications. Yes, these are large markets, but power transistors like IBGT and VFETS make up a large and crucial sector. Not only do they make their way into discretes, but they are… Read More
mbed Evaluation Boards Showcase Focus on IoT Software, Connectivity
ARM’s mbed operating system is winning attention in the highly fragmented embedded software space by promising a solid software foundation for interoperable hardware and thus scale the Internet of Things (IoT) designs by narrowing the development time.… Read More
Academia and TCAD Grow Closer
On my first trip to Austria for EDA business I traveled by car from Germany, and I couldn’t wait to see how fast we would travel on the fabled Autobahn. Oddly enough it was summertime and the Autobahn was filled with vacationing families driving cars with shiny, aluminum campers in tow, so our car only traveled about 60 mph, nothing… Read More
A Detailed History of Samsung Semiconductor