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Aniah and Electrical Rule Checking (ERC) #61DAC

Aniah and Electrical Rule Checking (ERC) #61DAC
by Daniel Payne on 08-06-2024 at 10:00 am

Aniah #61DAC min

Visiting a new EDA vendor at #61DAC is always a treat, because much innovation comes from the start-up companies, instead of the established big four EDA companies. I met with Vincent Bligny, Founder and CEO of Aniah on Wednesday in their booth, to hear about what they are doing differently in EDA. Mr. Bligny has a background working… Read More


Writing Better Code More Quickly with an IDE and Linting

Writing Better Code More Quickly with an IDE and Linting
by Tom Anderson on 08-06-2024 at 6:00 am

Lightmatter

As a technical marketing consultant, I always enjoy the chance to talk to hands-on users of my clients’ electronic design automation (EDA) tools to “see how the sausage is made” on actual projects. Cristian Amitroaie, CEO of AMIQ EDA, recently connected me with Verification and Infrastructure Manager Dan Cohen and Verification… Read More


3D IC Design Ecosystem Panel at #61DAC

3D IC Design Ecosystem Panel at #61DAC
by Daniel Payne on 08-05-2024 at 10:00 am

bits per joule min

At #61DAC our very own Daniel Nenni from SemiWiki moderated an informative panel discussion on the topic of 3D IC Design Ecosystem. Panelists included: Deepak Kulkarni – AMD, Lalitha Immaneni – Intel Foundry, Trupti Deshpande – Qualcomm, Rob Aitken – CHIPS, Puneet Gupta – UCLA, Dragomir Milojevic – imec. Each panelist had a brief… Read More


Mitigating AI Data Bottlenecks with PCIe 7.0

Mitigating AI Data Bottlenecks with PCIe 7.0
by Kalar Rajendiran on 08-05-2024 at 6:00 am

Mitigating AI Data Bottlenecks with PCIe 7.0 LinkedIn Event

During a recent LinkedIn webcast, Dr. Ian Cutress, Chief Analyst at More than Moore and Host at TechTechPotato, and Priyank Shukla, Principal Product Manager at Synopsys, shared their thoughts regarding the industry drivers, design considerations, and critical advancements in compute interconnects enabling data center… Read More


Intel’s Death Spiral Took Another Turn

Intel’s Death Spiral Took Another Turn
by Claus Aasholm on 08-04-2024 at 8:00 am

Intel Death Sprial 2024

Does this justify the widespread Intel bashing?
The latest Intel earnings release was another sharp and deeper turn into the company’s death spiral. On the surface, it is just a whole load of bad news, and the web has been vibrating with Intel bashing since the release.

So what are the facts?
From a revenue perspective, Intel was inside… Read More


LRCX Good but not good enough results, AMAT Epic failure and Slow Steady Recovery

LRCX Good but not good enough results, AMAT Epic failure and Slow Steady Recovery
by Robert Maire on 08-04-2024 at 6:00 am

Chips Act 2024
  • Lam reported good numbers with slightly soft guide
  • Investors are figuring out the up cycle will be slower than thought
  • Looks like AMAT won’t get CHIPS act money for Epic facility
  • Steady improvement but stocks still ahead of themselves-Correction?
Lam reports good numbers (as usual) but guide not good enough

Lam reported… Read More


Podcast EP238: Intel Capital’s Focus on Improving the Future of Semiconductors with Jennifer Ard

Podcast EP238: Intel Capital’s Focus on Improving the Future of Semiconductors with Jennifer Ard
by Daniel Nenni on 08-02-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Jennifer Ard, Intel Capital Managing Director and Head of Investment Operations. In her role, Jen is responsible for managing Intel Capital’s investment-related operations. Additionally, she is primarily focused on investing in silicon-related companies and has been involved in multiple deals including… Read More


CEO Interview: Pim Donkers of ARMA Instruments

CEO Interview: Pim Donkers of ARMA Instruments
by Daniel Nenni on 08-02-2024 at 6:00 am

Pim Donkers

Pim Donkers is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Switzerland-based ARMA Instruments, a technology company which produces ultra-secure communication devices.

Pim is a technology serial entrepreneur operating internationally with several successful companies in his portfolio such as his recent IT outsourcing… Read More


Easy-Logic and Functional ECOs at #61DAC

Easy-Logic and Functional ECOs at #61DAC
by Daniel Payne on 08-01-2024 at 10:00 am

gtech min

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

proteanTecs Introduces a Safety Monitoring Solution #61DAC
by Mike Gianfagna on 08-01-2024 at 6:00 am

DAC Roundup – proteanTecs Introduces a Safety Monitoring Solution

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