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Podcast EP236: Why Comprehensive Development Support for AI/ML is Important with Clay Johnson
Dan is joined by Clay Johnson, CEO of CacheQ. Clay has decades of executive experience in computing, FPGAs and development flows, including serving as Vice President of the Xilinx Spartan Business Unit which was acquired by AMD.
Clay discusses the changes occurring in system design to leverage AI/ML and technologies such as large… Read More
Podcast EP235: Tinier than TinyML: pushing the flexible boundaries of AI – Pragmatic Semiconductor
Dan is joined by Dr. Richard Price, CTO and Dr. Konstantinos Iordanou, a senior ASIC designer at Pragmatic Semiconductor.
Richard has over 25 years’ experience in the development and commercialisation of a wide range of new technologies based on novel processes, materials and flexible electronics. Richard is also a non-executive… Read More
Podcast EP234: An Update on Chips and Science Act Progress with Mike O’Brien
Dan is joined by Mike O’Brien. Mike was recently the vice president of aerospace and government at Synopsys, He has 40 years of experience in the semiconductor, software and computer industries. In his 27 years in EDA and IP at Synopsys and Cadence, Mike helped build new lines of business including outsourced design services, research… Read More
Podcast EP233: A Review of the Q1 2024 ESD Alliance Quarterly 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. In this session, he is the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report.
Wally discusses the recent Q1 2024 ESD Alliance Quarterly Electronic Design Market Data Report with Dan. It was … Read More
Podcast EP232: The Evolution of Yield Learning and Silicon Debug with Marc Hutner
Dan is joined by Marc Hutner. Marc has been innovating in the areas of design, test, DFT and data analytics for more than 20 years. In June of 2023, he joined the Siemens EDA Tessent group as the product director of Silicon Learning, enabling how silicon data is applied to yield improvement and silicon debug. Previously, he worked … Read More
Podcast EP231: Details of the New Solido Simulation Suite with Sathish Balasubramanian
Dan is joined by Sathishkumar Balasubramanian. Sathish currently leads the product management and marketing organization for CustomIC Verification (CICV) division at Siemens. Sathish is an experienced product leader with over 20+ years of experience in the EDA industry.
Sathish’s focus is on bringing value to the semiconductor… Read More
Podcast EP230: An Overview of the Siemens EDA Calibre 3D Thermal Announcement at DAC with Dr. John Ferguson
Dan is joined by Dr. John Ferguson, senior director of marketing for the Calibre product line at Siemens EDA. John has worked extensively in physical design verification. Current activities include efforts to extend physical verification and PDK enablement for 3DIC design and silicon photonics.
Dan explores the Siemens EDA… Read More
Podcast EP229: A Detailed Look at the DAC Engineering Track with Ambar Sarkar
Dan is joined by Dr. Ambar Sarkar, a member of the Design Automation Conference executive committee and the program chair of the Engineering Tracks. He has a broad background covering both software and hardware R&D. He has contributed to industry standards in areas such as functional verification and IP security. He is the… Read More
Podcast EP228: A New, Fast and Accurate Approach to Power Analysis with Innergy Systems’ Ninad Huilgol
Dan is joined by Ninad Huilgol, founder and CEO at Innergy Systems. Ninad has extensive experience in design verification of ultra low-power mobile SoCs. Previously, he has worked in senior engineering management at various semiconductor companies such as Broadcom and Synopsys. He has multiple power- and design-related patents,… Read More
Podcast EP227: The Significance of the RISC-V Movement and the Upcoming Andes RISC-V event with Mark Himelstein
Dan is joined by Mark Himelstein, President of Heavenstone. Most recently, as Chief Technology Officer at RISC-V International, Mark contributed to shaping RISC-V technology through visionary leadership and industry expertise. He has a track record of executive roles at Graphite Systems, Quantum, and Infoblox.
Dan discusses… Read More
IEDM 2025 – TSMC 2nm Process Disclosure – How Does it Measure Up?