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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
Podcast EP265: The History of Moore’s Law and What Lies Ahead with Intel’s Mr. Transistor
Dan is joined by Dr. Tahir Ghani, Intel senior fellow and director of process pathfinding in Intel’s Technology Research Group. Tahir has a 30-year career at Intel working on many innovations, including strained silicon, high-K metal gate devices, FinFETs, RibbonFETs, and backside power delivery (BSPD), among others. He has… Read More
Podcast EP264: How Sigasi is Helping to Advance Semiconductor Design with Dieter Therssen
Dan is joined by Dieter Therssen, CEO of Sigasi. Deiter started his career as a hardware design engineer, using IMEC’s visionary tools and design methodologies in the early days of silicon integration. Today, being CEO of Sigasi, a fast-growing, creative technology company is a perfect fit for Dieter. Having worked in that space… Read More
Podcast EP263: The Current and Future Impact of the CHIPS and Science Act with Sanjay Kumar
Dan is joined by Sanjay Kumar. Most recently, Sanjay was senior director at the Department of Commerce on the team implementing the CHIPS and Science Act. Before that, he was in the industry for more than 20 years, up and down the semiconductor value chain working at systems companies such as Meta, fabless companies such as Infineon,… Read More
Podcast EP262: How AI is Changing Semiconductor Design with Rob Knoth
Dan is joined by Rob Knoth, Solutions Architect in the Strategy and New Ventures group at Cadence. He is a technologist focusing on corporate strategy and the interfaces between domain specific solutions. A key area of expertise is the digital implementation of safety critical and high reliability systems. He has extensive experience… Read More
Podcast EP261: An Overview of the Upcoming 70th IEDM with Dr. Gaudenzio Meneghesso
Dan is joined by Dr. Gaudenzio Meneghesso, IEDM 2024 Publicity Co-Chair, and Head of the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padua in Italy.
Dan explores the program for the upcoming IEDM event with Gaudenzio. This conference covers a wide range of innovations that have significant impact on the semiconductor… Read More
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