Podcast EP257: IC Mask Design’s Unique Layout Training with Ciaran Whyte – Always Ask Why

Podcast EP257: IC Mask Design’s Unique Layout Training with Ciaran Whyte – Always Ask Why
by Daniel Nenni on 11-01-2024 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Ciaran Whyte, one of the founding members of IC Mask Design. As Chief Technical Officer he is responsible for all technical activity and the development and administration of all training courses. Cíaran has been training layout engineers for over 25 years and has completed layout training with over 600 engineers… Read More


Podcast EP256: How NoC Tiling Capability is Changing the Game for AI Development with Andy Nightingale

Podcast EP256: How NoC Tiling Capability is Changing the Game for AI Development with Andy Nightingale
by Daniel Nenni on 10-29-2024 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Andy Nightingale, VP of product management and marketing at Arteris. Andy has over 37 years of experience in the high-tech industry, including 23 years in various engineering and product management positions at Arm.

Dan explores with Andy the significance of the recently announced tiling capabilities and extended… Read More


Podcast EP255: The Growing Proliferation of Semiconductors and AI in Cars with Amol Borkar

Podcast EP255: The Growing Proliferation of Semiconductors and AI in Cars with Amol Borkar
by Daniel Nenni on 10-25-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Amol Borkar, Product Marketing Director at Cadence. Since joining in 2018 as a senior product manager, he has led the development of many successful hardware and software products, including Tensilica’s latest Vision 331 and Vision 341 DSPs and 4DR accelerator targeted for various vision, automotive and AI edge… Read More


Podcast EP254: How Genealogy Correlation Can Uncover New Design Insights and improvements with yieldHUB’s Kevin Robinson

Podcast EP254: How Genealogy Correlation Can Uncover New Design Insights and improvements with yieldHUB’s Kevin Robinson
by Daniel Nenni on 10-18-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Kevin Robinson, yieldHUB’s Vice President of operations and sales. With over 23 years of experience as a test engineer in the semiconductor industry, Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge and dedication to his dual role. At yieldHUB, Kevin leads both sales and operations teams, playing a crucial role in delivering… Read More


Podcast EP253: Democratization of AI with Christopher Vick of Lemurian Labs

Podcast EP253: Democratization of AI with Christopher Vick of Lemurian Labs
by Daniel Nenni on 10-11-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Christopher Vick, the Vice President of Engineering at Lemurian Labs, bringing over three decades of experience from top tech companies such as Qualcomm, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. Throughout his distinguished career, Christopher has played a key role in developing technologies used by billions.

Notably,… Read More


Podcast EP252: A Review of the Q2 2024 SEMI Electronic Design Market Data report with Wally Rhines

Podcast EP252: A Review of the Q2 2024 SEMI Electronic Design Market Data report with Wally Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 10-07-2024 at 10:00 am

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.

Wally reviews the latest report with Dan. Overall growth was strong at 18.2% vs. Q2 2023. Employment for the sector was also … Read More


Podcast EP251: An Overview of DVCon Europe with Jakob Engblom

Podcast EP251: An Overview of DVCon Europe with Jakob Engblom
by Daniel Nenni on 10-07-2024 at 6:00 am

Dan is joined by Jakob Engblom this year’s vice chair and keynote chair for DVCon Europe. He’s been in the virtual platforms field since 2002, most recently as director of simulation technology ecosystem at Intel. His interests include simulation technologies, software and hardware testing and validation, programming… Read More


Podcast EP250: The Inner Workings of RISC-V International and Details About the RISC-V Summit with Andrea Gallo

Podcast EP250: The Inner Workings of RISC-V International and Details About the RISC-V Summit with Andrea Gallo
by Daniel Nenni on 10-04-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Andrea Gallo, Vice President of Technology at RISC-V International. Andrea heads up the Technical Activities in collaboration with RISC-V members across workgroups and committees in growing the adoption of the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture. Prior to RISC-V International, Andrea held multiple roles… Read More


Podcast EP249: A Conversation with Dr. Jason Cong, the 2024 Phil Kaufman Award Winner

Podcast EP249: A Conversation with Dr. Jason Cong, the 2024 Phil Kaufman Award Winner
by Daniel Nenni on 09-27-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Jason Cong, the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence Professor at the UCLA Computer Science Department. He is the director of the Center for Domain-Specific Computing and the director of VLSI Architecture, Synthesis, and Technology Laboratory. Dr. Cong’s research interests include novel architectures… Read More


Podcast EP248: The Far-Reaching Impact of Finwave Technology With Dr. Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre

Podcast EP248: The Far-Reaching Impact of Finwave Technology With Dr. Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre
by Daniel Nenni on 09-20-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre. Before joining Finwave as CEO, Dr. Lesaicherre was the president, CEO and a director of Nanometrics , a leading provider of advanced process control metrology and software analytics. He also held the CEO position for Lumileds, an integrated manufacturer of LED components and automotive… Read More