On July 9, 2025, a DACtv session featured a Google product manager discussing the strategic importance of electronic design automation (EDA) and how Google Cloud is optimizing it for the semiconductor industry, as presented in the YouTube video. The talk highlighted Google Cloud’s role in addressing the escalating complexity… Read More
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On July 9, 2025, Vikram Bhatia, head of product management for Synopsys’ cloud platform, and Sashi Obilisetty, his R&D engineering counterpart, presented a DACtv session on Synopsys FlexEDA, as seen in the YouTube video. Drawing from three and a half years of data, the session showcased how this cloud-based, pay-per-use… Read More
Perforce and Siemens: A Strategic Partnership for Digital Threads in EDA
On July 9, 2025, Michael Munsey, VP of Semiconductor Industry at Siemens, and Vishal Moondhra, VP of Solutions at Perforce, presented a DACtv session announcing their strategic partnership, as seen in the YouTube video. This collaboration integrates Siemens’ digital twin and digital thread technologies with Perforce’s version… Read More
AI-Enhanced Chip Design: Pioneering the Future at DAC 2025
On July 9, 2025, a DACtv session illuminated the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in chip design, as presented by Ankur Gupta of Siemens EDA in the YouTube video. The speaker explored how AI is revolutionizing electronic design automation (EDA), addressing the semiconductor industry’s challenges in managing… Read More
IBM Cloud: Enabling World-Class EDA Workflows
On July 9, 2025, Derren Dunn from IBM Research’s TJ Watson Research Center delivered a DACtv presentation, as seen in the YouTube video detailing IBM’s EDA-as-a-Solution platform. This innovative offering leverages IBM’s high-performance computing (HPC) cloud to deliver hybrid and cloud-only infrastructure for electronic… Read More
AI-Driven Chip Design: Navigating the Future
On July 9, 2025, a DACtv session by Dr. Peter Levin explored the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on chip design, as presented in the YouTube video. The speaker, an industry expert, delved into how AI is reshaping electronic design automation (EDA), addressing the escalating complexity of modern chips and… Read More
AI Infrastructure: Silicon Innovation in the New Gold Rush
On July 18, 2025, Jeff Wittich, Chief Product Officer at Ampure Computing, delivered a compelling DACtv presentation, as seen in the YouTube video, likening the current AI boom to the 1848 California Gold Rush. Speaking in San Francisco, just 100 miles from Sutter’s Mill, Wittich drew parallels between the historical rush that… Read More
Large Language Models: A New Frontier for SoC Security on DACtv
On July 18, 2025, Mark Tehranipoor, chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Florida and co-founder of Caspia Technologies, delivered a compelling talk at DACtv on leveraging large language models (LLMs) for System-on-Chip (SoC) security, as seen in the YouTube video. Addressing… Read More
AI and VLSI: A Symbiotic Revolution at DAC 2025
On July 18, 2025, a DACtv panel discussion titled “AI and VLSI: A Symbiotic Revolution” explored the transformative interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and very-large-scale integration (VLSI) design. Moderated by Ramuni Nagasetty from NATCast. The panel featured Arijit Raychowdhury (Georgia Tech), Dr. Rob … Read More
The Future of Mobility: Insights from Steve Greenfield
On July 18, 2025, Steve Greenfield, an early-stage investor and author, delivered a compelling 45-minute talk at DACtv on the future of mobility. Quoting futurist William Gibson—“The future is already here. It’s just not evenly distributed”—Greenfield explored how emerging technologies and business models are reshaping… Read More


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