Podcast EP83: The ESD Alliance and SEMI – Mission and Strategy with Bob Smith

Podcast EP83: The ESD Alliance and SEMI – Mission and Strategy with Bob Smith
by Daniel Nenni on 06-03-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Bob Smith, executive director of the ESD Alliance, a SEMI technology community. The ESD Alliance represents the electronic system and semiconductor design ecosystems. It is the first design-oriented community in SEMI.

Bob explores the mission of the ESD Alliance and how the organization leverages the worldwide… Read More


Podcast EP82: The Critical Need for Reliability in Future Products

Podcast EP82: The Critical Need for Reliability in Future Products
by Daniel Nenni on 05-27-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Charlie Slayman, technical leader at Cisco Systems working on reliability physics and risk assessment of advanced semiconductor technology. He is also the general chair of the International Reliability Physics Symposium, or IRPS which is the focus of the discussion.

Dan explores the rapidly growing application… Read More


Podcast EP81: The Future of Neural Processing with Quadric’s Steve Roddy

Podcast EP81: The Future of Neural Processing with Quadric’s Steve Roddy
by Daniel Nenni on 05-20-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Steve Roddy, chief marketing officer of Quadric, a leading processor technology intellectual property (IP) licensor. Roddy brings more than 30 years of marketing and product management expertise across the machine learning (ML), neural network processor (NPU), microprocessor, digital signal processor

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Podcast EP80: The Future of Silicon Photonics with Dr. Anthony J. Yu

Podcast EP80: The Future of Silicon Photonics with Dr. Anthony J. Yu
by Daniel Nenni on 05-18-2022 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Anthony J. Yu, vice president of the Computing and Wired Infrastructure (CWI) Business Unit at GlobalFoundries (GF), where he is responsible for providing differentiated photonic manufacturing services and solutions to clients across multiple industries. Prior to being named VP of CWI, Dr. Yu was vice… Read More


Podcast EP79: Alphacore’s Capabilities and Growth Plans with Ken Potts

Podcast EP79: Alphacore’s Capabilities and Growth Plans with Ken Potts
by Daniel Nenni on 05-13-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Ken Potts, Alphacore’s Chief Operating Officer. Ken has over 30 years of successful entrepreneurship in both Fortune 100 as well as emerging technology companies. Ken has held numerous executive and operational leadership roles in semiconductor products, semiconductor IP, and electronic design automation.… Read More


Podcast EP78: A Tour of DAC 2022 with Rob Oshana, General Chair

Podcast EP78: A Tour of DAC 2022 with Rob Oshana, General Chair
by Daniel Nenni on 05-11-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Rob Oshana, general chair of this year’s DAC. Rob is vice president of software engineering R&D for the Edge Processing business line at NXP.  He serves on multiple industry advisory boards and is a recognized international speaker.  He has published numerous books and articles on software engineering… Read More


Podcast EP77: The origins, model and aspirations of EFabless with Mike Wishart and Jeff Dicorpo

Podcast EP77: The origins, model and aspirations of EFabless with Mike Wishart and Jeff Dicorpo
by Daniel Nenni on 05-06-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan and Mike are joined by Mike Wishart, the CEO of EFabless and Jeff Dicorpo, SVP and General Manager. The origins, model, plans and expected impact on innovation by eFabless are all discussed.

The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization,… Read More


Podcast EP76: Geopolitical Forces on Semis, the Past, Present and Future with Terry Daly

Podcast EP76: Geopolitical Forces on Semis, the Past, Present and Future with Terry Daly
by Daniel Nenni on 05-04-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Terry Daly, a 35-year veteran of the semiconductor industry, former senior VP at GLOBALFOUNDRIES and an executive at IBM Microelectronics. Terry is currently an independent consultant, and also a Senior Fellow at the Council on Emerging Market Enterprises at The Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy at Tufts… Read More


Podcast EP75: Getting There is Half the Fun – Connecting the Digital World with Alphawave IP

Podcast EP75: Getting There is Half the Fun – Connecting the Digital World with Alphawave IP
by Daniel Nenni on 04-29-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Tony Pialis, the co-founder and CEO of Alphawave, a global leader in high-speed connectivity IP enabling industries such as AI, autonomous vehicles, 5G, hyperscale data centers, and more. Tony and Dan discuss the requirements for data connectivity across many high-growth markets and what is required for successful… Read More


Podcast EP74: A Tour of the DAC Engineering Tracks with Dr. Ambar Sarkar

Podcast EP74: A Tour of the DAC Engineering Tracks with Dr. Ambar Sarkar
by Daniel Nenni on 04-27-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Ambar Sarkar, a member of the Design Automation Conference (DAC) Executive Committee and platform architect at Nvidia. Ambar and Dan explore the new Engineering Tracks at DAC – their purpose and noteworthy content. Topics such as the cloud, global supply chain and silent hardware errors are discussed,… Read More