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Podcast EP356: An Oveview of the Unique Skills and Broad Impact of Alphacore with Andrew Levy
Daniel is joined by Andrew Levy, Vice President of Business Development, IP & ASIC at Alphacore. Andrew leads strategic growth initiatives, customer engagement, technology commercialization, and business development activities for the company’s semiconductor IP, ASIC design services, and advanced microelectronics… Read More
Podcast EP355: An Overview of the Q126 Electronic Design Market Data Report with Wally Rhines
Daniel is joined by Wally Rhines, CEO of Silvaco to discuss the Electronic Design Market Data report that was just released. Wally is the industry coordinator for the EDA data collection program called EDMD. SEMI and the Electronic System Design Alliance collect data from almost all of the electronic design automation companies… Read More
Podcast EP354: How Siemens EDA is Conquering New Lithography Challenges with Sagar Saxena
Daniel is joined by Sagar Saxena, Senior Product Engineer at Siemens EDA specializing in computational lithography, optical proximity correction (OPC), and advanced patterning solutions for leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing. Sagar has led the development and deployment of advanced OPC technologies, including… Read More
Podcast EP353: What Real-Time Visibility Is and Why it Matters with yieldHUB’s John O’Donnell
Daniel is joined by John O’Donnell, Founder and CEO of yieldHUB, a pioneering leader in advanced data analytics for the semiconductor industry. Since establishing the company in 2005 he has transformed it from a two-person startup into a trusted multinational partner that empowers some of the world’s leading semiconductor … Read More
Podcast EP352: The Path to High Impact Parallel AI Agents with ChipAgents CEO and Founder William Wang
Daniel is joined by William Wang the CEO and Founder of ChipAgents.ai, the category-leading agentic AI platform for advancing agent-based AI approaches for semiconductor workflows. He is also the Mellichamp Endowed Chair Professor of AI and Designs at UC Santa Barbara, and a global leader in fundamental AI research. He founded… Read More
Podcast EP351: A Detailed Overview of the Emerging Standards for 400G with Kent Lusted
Daniel is joined by Kent Lusted, a Distinguished Architect at Synopsys and an integral part of the company’s Ethernet IP design team. He has been an active contributor and member of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet PHY standards development leadership team for more than 15 years. Prior to Synopsys, Kent worked at Intel for 30+ years, focused… Read More
Podcast EP350: The Growing Threat of Hardware Security Breaches and What to do About it with Dr. Andreas Kuehlmann
Daniel is joined by Dr. Andreas Kuehlmann, General Manager of Security Solutions at Arteris. He has over 35 years of experience in semiconductor design, software, and cybersecurity, including roles at IBM Research, UC Berkeley, Cadence, and Synopsys. Previously, he was CEO of Cycuity, which was acquired by Arteris.
Dan explores… Read More
Podcast EP349: llmda.a’s Unique AI Fabric for Embedded Systems Development with Nagesh Gupta
Daniel is joined by Nagesh Gupta, CEO of llmda.ai. Nagesh has built a career spanning multiple aspects of system design and development at companies including Hewlett-Packard, Cadence, Xilinx, and Lattice Semiconductor. He is also a serial entrepreneur. Nagesh founded Taray, Inc., which developed memory interface generators… Read More
Podcast EP348: How Lemurian Labs is Building the Foundation for AI’s Next Era with Jay Dawani
Daniel is joined by Jay Dawani, co-founder and chief executive officer of Lemurian Labs, where he leads the company’s mission to reinvent AI infrastructure for greater efficiency, accessibility and performance. With a background spanning AI system architecture, hardware-software co-design and performance optimization,… Read More
Podcast EP347: Agentic Workflows from Caspia Technologies for Advanced Chip Security Verification with Stuart Audley
Daniel is joined by Stuart Audley, vice president and general manager of product management at Caspia Technologies, where he focuses on agentic security workflows. He has decades of experience designing and deploying cryptographic hardware and security IP for top defense and leading semiconductor companies. He previously… Read More
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