The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into Electronic Design Automation (EDA) is revolutionizing chip design, addressing the critical shortage of skilled engineers and accelerating the development process. As Jeff Dyck, Senior Director of Engineering at Siemens EDA, explains in a recent DACtv presentation, … Read More





Visualizing Multi-Die Design: Ansys and NVIDIA’s Omniverse Collaboration
In a DACtv session on July 22, 2024, Rich Goldman from Ansys discussed the partnership with NVIDIA, focusing on accelerating engineering simulations and visualizing 3D IC designs in Omniverse. The collaboration, outlined in six pillars defined by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, leverages NVIDIA’s GPUs and Grace CPUs to enhance… Read More
Custom Processor Design with Verification: Insights from Codasip at DAC
At the 62nd Design Automation Conference (DAC) on July 22, 2024, Philip Bena from Codasip delivered a compelling session on processor customization, emphasizing a responsible approach that prioritizes verification. Codasip, a European company with a global presence, offers a unique combination of RISC-V processor IP and… Read More
Easy-Logic and Functional ECOs at #61DAC
I first visited Easy-Logic at DAC in 2023, so it was time to meet them again at #61DAC in San Francisco to find out what’s new this year. Steven Chen, VP Sales for North America and Asia met with me in their booth for an update briefing. Steven has been with Easy-Logic for six years now and earned an MBA from Baruch College in New York. This… Read More
proteanTecs Introduces a Safety Monitoring Solution #61DAC
At #61DAC it was quite clear that semiconductors have “grown up”. The technology has taken its place in the world as a mission-critical enabler for a growing list of industries and applications. Reliability and stability become very important as this change progresses. An error of failure is somewhere between inconvenient… Read More
Semiconductor CapEx Down in 2024, Up Strongly in 2025
The U.S. CHIPS and Science Act provides incentives for semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. As of July 30, 2024, The CHIPS Program Office has announced over $30 billion in grants and over $25 billion in loans, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). The awards have been given to fourteen companies;… Read More
Defacto Technologies and ARM, Joint SoC Flow at #61DAC
At #61DAC I stopped by the Defacto Technologies exhibit and talked with Chouki Aktouf, President and CEO, to find out what’s new in 2024. ARM and Defacto have a joint SoC design flow by using the Arm IP Explorer tool along with Defacto’s SoC compiler, which helps to quickly create your top-level RTL, IP-XACT and UPF files. This tool… Read More
Theorem Proving for Multipliers. Innovation in Verification
An explosion in multiplier types/combinations lacking well-established C reference models for equivalence checking is prompting a closer look at theorem proving methods for verification. Paul Cunningham (GM, Verification at Cadence), Raúl Camposano (Silicon Catalyst, entrepreneur, former Synopsys CTO and now Silvaco… Read More
TSMC’s Business Update and Launch of a New Strategy
What looks like a modest market expansion strategy is all but modest.
Insights into the Semiconductor Industry and the Semiconductor Supply Chain.
As usual, when TSMC reports, the Semiconductor industry gets a spray of insights that help understand what goes on in other areas of the industry. This time, TSMC gave more insight … Read More
CAST, a Small Company with a Large Impact on Many Growth Markets #61DAC
Semiconductor IP has continued to grow as a market, and it was clearly a star performer at #61DAC. We all know the large suppliers of IP for semiconductors, but the market is actually quite diverse, with many players supporting many applications. I had a chance to meet with two executives from CAST, a company with a remarkably … Read More
Rapidus, IBM, and the Billion-Dollar Silicon Sovereignty Bet