Podcast EP190: The Growth and Impact of RISC-V and a Peek at the Upcoming RISC-V Summit with Calista Redmond

Podcast EP190: The Growth and Impact of RISC-V and a Peek at the Upcoming RISC-V Summit with Calista Redmond
by Daniel Nenni on 10-27-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International. Prior to RISC-V International, Calista held a variety of roles at IBM, including vice president of IBM Z Ecosystem where she led strategic relationships across software vendors, system integrators, business partners, developer communities, and broader engagement… Read More


Podcast EP189: A Look at the Q2 Electronic Design Market Data Report Results with Wally Rhines

Podcast EP189: A Look at the Q2 Electronic Design Market Data Report Results with Wally Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 10-23-2023 at 8:00 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. For this discussion he is the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data report.

Dan explores the Q2 results summarized in the report with Wally. Overall growth was around 5%, a much lower number… Read More


Podcast EP188: The New Demands for Memory Design and the Synopsys Approach with Anand Thiruvengadam

Podcast EP188: The New Demands for Memory Design and the Synopsys Approach with Anand Thiruvengadam
by Daniel Nenni on 10-20-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Anand Thiruvengadam, director of product and business management and head of the Solutions and Go-to-Market functions for the memory market segment at Synopsys.

Anand discusses the substantial demands experienced by memory designers due to trends such as big data analytics. He describes how these demands impact… Read More


Podcast EP187: The Drivers and Dynamics of the Worldwide Semiconductor Supply Chain with Sypplyframe’s Richard Barnett

Podcast EP187: The Drivers and Dynamics of the Worldwide Semiconductor Supply Chain with Sypplyframe’s Richard Barnett
by Daniel Nenni on 10-13-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Richard Barnett, chief marketing officer and SaaS sales leader at Supplyframe. With more than 25 years of leadership experience in strategic marketing, sales and product management, Richard is recognized as a thought leader on supply chain and strategic sourcing transformation as well as digital marketing … Read More


Podcast EP186: The History and Design Impact of Glass Substrates with Intel’s Dr. Rahul Manepalli

Podcast EP186: The History and Design Impact of Glass Substrates with Intel’s Dr. Rahul Manepalli
by Daniel Nenni on 10-06-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Rahul Manepalli. Rahul is an Intel Fellow and Sr. Director of Module Engineering in the Substrate Package Technology Development Organization. Rahul and his team are responsible for developing the next generation of materials, processes and equipment for Intel’s package substrate pathfinding and development… Read More


Podcast EP185: DRAM Scaling, From Atoms to Circuits with Synopsys’ Dr. Victor Moroz

Podcast EP185: DRAM Scaling, From Atoms to Circuits with Synopsys’ Dr. Victor Moroz
by Daniel Nenni on 09-29-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Victor Moroz, a Synopsys Fellow engaged in a variety of projects on leading edge modeling Design-Technology Co-Optimization. He has published more than 100 technical papers and over 300 US and international patents. Victor has been involved in many technical committees and is currently serving as an Editor… Read More


Podcast EP184: The History and Industry-Wide Impact of TSMC OIP with Dan Kochpatcharin

Podcast EP184: The History and Industry-Wide Impact of TSMC OIP with Dan Kochpatcharin
by Daniel Nenni on 09-27-2023 at 2:00 pm

Dan is joined by Dan Kochpatcharin, Dan joined TSMC in 2007. Prior to his current role heading up the Design Infrastructure Management Division, Dan led the Japan customer strategy team, the technical marketing and support team for the EMEA region in Amsterdam and was a part of the team leading the formation of the TSMC Open Innovation… Read More


Podcast EP183: The Science and Process of Semiconductor Innovation with Milind Weling

Podcast EP183: The Science and Process of Semiconductor Innovation with Milind Weling
by Daniel Nenni on 09-22-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Milind Weling, the Head of Device and Lab to Fab Realization and co-founder of the neuro-inspired Computing Incubator of EMD Electronics. Previously he was senior vice president for Intermolecular. He led customer programs and operations where he drove the discovery and optimization of new materials, integrated… Read More


Podcast EP182: The Alphacore/Quantum Leap Solutions Collaboration Explained, with Ken Potts and Mike Ingster

Podcast EP182: The Alphacore/Quantum Leap Solutions Collaboration Explained, with Ken Potts and Mike Ingster
by Daniel Nenni on 09-15-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Mike Ingster from Quantum Leap Solutions (QLS) and Ken Potts from Alphacore. Mike and Ken explain how QLS and Alphacore collaborate to provide industry-leading IP and system solutions to their mutual customers. The markets served by both QLS and Alphacore are discussed and the synergies are explained in this informative… Read More


Podcast EP181: A Tour of yieldHUB’s Operation and Impact with Carl Moore

Podcast EP181: A Tour of yieldHUB’s Operation and Impact with Carl Moore
by Daniel Nenni on 09-08-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Carl Moore, a semiconductor and yield management expert with a career spanning 40 years. Carl’s held technical management positions across product and test engineering, assembly, manufacturing, and design at established semiconductor companies. Carl is passionate about data analytics and has a reputation… Read More