Podcast EP118: An Assessment of the Worldwide Semiconductor Ecosystem with Sagar Pushpala

Podcast EP118: An Assessment of the Worldwide Semiconductor Ecosystem with Sagar Pushpala
by Daniel Nenni on 11-02-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Sagar Pushpala, a seasoned semiconductor professional with more than 35 years of experience with IDMs, fabless and related semiconductor entities. He is actively involved with nearly a dozen companies in the US, Singapore and India in advisory/board, consulting and investment roles.

Dan explores the dynamics… Read More


Podcast EP117: More Good News From Wally Rhines and the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report

Podcast EP117: More Good News From Wally Rhines and the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report
by Daniel Nenni on 10-28-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines, former CEO of Mentor Graphics, which is now Siemens EDA, and current CEO of Cornami. Wally is also the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report, which is the topic of this podcast.

The current market report for Q2, 2022 documents continued strong performance, with some… Read More


Podcast EP116: A Look at the Future of EDA Research With This Year’s Kaufman Award Winner, Dr. Giovanni De Micheli

Podcast EP116: A Look at the Future of EDA Research With This Year’s Kaufman Award Winner, Dr. Giovanni De Micheli
by Daniel Nenni on 10-26-2022 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Giovanni De Micheli, a research scientist in electronics and computer science credited with inventing the network-on-chip (NoC) design automation paradigm and creating EDA algorithms and design tools. Before serving as Professor and Director of the Integrated Systems Laboratory at EPFL, he was Professor… Read More


Podcast EP115: Virtualize Your Development of Arm-Based Designs and More with Corellium

Podcast EP115: Virtualize Your Development of Arm-Based Designs and More with Corellium
by Daniel Nenni on 10-21-2022 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Bill Neifert, Senior Vice President of Partnerships at Corellium. Prior to Corellium, Bill was Senior Director of Marketing for Arm’s Development Solutions Group. Before that he was the co-founder and CTO of Carbon Design Systems which was acquired by Arm.

Dan explores the virtualization technology of Correlium… Read More


Podcast EP114: The Power of the Alchip Business Model, Today and Tomorrow

Podcast EP114: The Power of the Alchip Business Model, Today and Tomorrow
by Daniel Nenni on 10-19-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Charmien Cheng, Director, Business Development, Alchip Technologies North America. She chairs the company’s investment committee and is responsible for strategic IP alliances, supply chain partnerships, and downstream customer relationship management.  She also leads the marketing team and is responsible… Read More


Podcast EP113: How Samtec is Enabling AI Growth in the Cloud and at the Edge with Matt Burns

Podcast EP113: How Samtec is Enabling AI Growth in the Cloud and at the Edge with Matt Burns
by Daniel Nenni on 10-14-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Mattew Burns, Matt develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon to Silicon solutions. Over the course of 20+ years, he has been a leader in design, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries.

Dan and Matt discuss the recent AI Hardware Summit… Read More


Podcast EP112: How Cadence is Revolutionizing Full-Chip Signoff with Certus

Podcast EP112: How Cadence is Revolutionizing Full-Chip Signoff with Certus
by Daniel Nenni on 10-12-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Brandon Bautz, Sr. Group Director of Product Management, responsible for the Cadence silicon signoff and verification product lines in the Digital & Signoff Group.

Dan and Brandon explore the substantial challenges faced by design teams needing to perform full-chip signoff at an accelerated pace for advanced… Read More


Podcast EP111: How sureCore is Fueling the AI Revolution With Tony Stansfield

Podcast EP111: How sureCore is Fueling the AI Revolution With Tony Stansfield
by Daniel Nenni on 10-07-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Tony Stansfield, sureCore’s CTO. Tony has over 35 years of semiconductor industry experience in a variety of technical roles. He is cited as an inventor on 23 patents covering SRAM, CAM, low-power electronics, and programmable logic.

Improving the Efficiency of AI Applications Using In-Memory ComputationRead More


Podcast EP110: The Real Story Behind Cerebras Systems – What It Does and Why It Matters

Podcast EP110: The Real Story Behind Cerebras Systems – What It Does and Why It Matters
by Daniel Nenni on 10-05-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Rebecca Lewington, Technology Evangelist at Cerebras Systems. Before Cerebras she held similar roles at Micron Technology, Hewlett Packard Labs and Applied Materials. Rebecca has a master’s degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from the University of London and holds 15 patents.

Rebecca explains… Read More


Podcast EP109: The State of Semiconductors and the Supply Chain with PWC

Podcast EP109: The State of Semiconductors and the Supply Chain with PWC
by Daniel Nenni on 09-30-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Scott Almassy, a Partner in PwC’s Trust Solutions business, as well as PwC’s Semiconductor and Infrastructure Lead. In his almost 20 years in the professional services industry, Scott has provided audit and advisory services to semiconductor companies across the industry ranging from the largest… Read More