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Podcast EP274: How Axiomise Makes Formal Predictable and Normal with Dr. Ashish Darbari
Dan is joined by Dr. Ashish Darbari, CEO of Axiomise. Axiomise was founded in 2017 by Dr. Darbari, who has spent over two decades in the industry and top research labs increasing formal verification adoption. At Axiomise, they believe the only way to make formal methods mainstream for all semiconductor design verification is to… Read More
Podcast EP273: An Overview of the RISC-V Market and CAST’s unique Abilities to Grow the Market with Evan Price
Dan is joined by Evan Price, Product Manager for embedded processors at CAST. Evan has had a diverse and successful 15-year career developing, then leading as project manager and director, with a variety of semiconductor-based products. Evan joined CAST in 2024 and provides technical support as well as handling product marketing… Read More
Video EP1: A Discussion of Meeting the Challenges to Implement Gen AI in Semiconductor Design with Vishal Moondhra
In this inaugural episode of the new Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Vishal Moondhra, VP of Solutions Engineering at Perforce Helix IPLM. Dan explores the risks and challenges of using Gen AI in the semiconductor industry with Vishal. Liability, traceability, cost, and quality are discussed. The challenges… Read More
Podcast EP272: An Overview How AI is Changing Semiconductor and System Design with Dr. Sailesh Kumar
Daniel Nenni is joined by Dr. Sailesh Kumar, CEO of Baya Systems. With over two decades of experience, Sailesh is a seasoned expert in SoC, fabric, I/O, memory architecture, and algorithms. Previously, Sailesh founded NetSpeed Systems and served as its Chief Technology Officer until its successful acquisition by Intel. Sailesh… Read More
Podcast EP271: A Tour of SiLC’s LiDAR Technology and Its Broad Impact with Mehdi Asghari
Dan is joined by SiLC Technologies CEO Mehdi Asghari. Mehdi is one of the early pioneers of the silicon photonics industry with over 25 years of commercialization experience in this space. SiLC is his third Silicon Photonics start-up focusing on advanced imaging solutions. His previous startups, Kotura and Bookham, both enabled… Read More
Podcast EP270: A tour of the Q3 2024 Semi Electronic Design Market Data Report with Wally Rhines
Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines. Wally is a lot of things, CEO of Cornami, board member, advisor to many and friend to all. Today he is the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data report.
Dan explores the recently published report with Wally. Overall growth was 8.8%, a strong number but not as large as prior quarters.… Read More
Podcast EP269: A Broad View of Semiconductor Market Dynamics with Rajiv Khemani
Dan is joined by Rajiv Khemani, a serial entrepreneur and an industry leader with 25 years of experience in building and scaling businesses. He is currently co-founder & CEO of Auradine. He is also an investor and board member in the data infrastructure, AI and software/platforms space. Previously, Rajiv was co-founder &… Read More
Podcast EP268: A Decade in the Chinese Semiconductor Industry: An American’s Story
Dan is joined Dr. Douglas Sparks, CEO of M2N Technologies LLC, a consulting firm specializing in semiconductors, MEMS and sensors, including their supply chains. He has just published a new book, A Decade in the Chinese Semiconductor Industry: An American’s Story. Doug was the CTO of Hanking Electronics which built a high-volume… Read More
Podcast EP267: The Broad Impact Weebit Nano’s ReRAM is having with Coby Hanoch
Dan is joined by Coby Hanoch, Coby joined Weebit Nano as CEO in 2017. He has 15 years of experience in engineering and engineering management roles, and 28 years of experience in sales management and executive roles.
Coby describes the impact Weebit Nano’s ReRAM technology is having for: Embedded non-volatile memory, in… Read More
Podcast EP266: An Overview of the Design & Verification EDA Businesses at Keysight with Nilesh Kamdar
Dan is joined by Nilesh Kamdar, the General Manager of the Design & Verification EDA businesses at Keysight. Nilesh has also held roles as Portfolio Manager, and Director of the Software Business & Operations team at Keysight. Nilesh joined Hewlett-Packard in 1999 in the EEsof EDA division. Over his 25+ year career he … Read More
IEDM 2025 – TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does it Measure Up?