Podcast EP272: An Overview How AI is Changing Semiconductor and System Design with Dr. Sailesh Kumar

Podcast EP272: An Overview How AI is Changing Semiconductor and System Design with Dr. Sailesh Kumar
by Daniel Nenni on 01-31-2025 at 10:00 am

Daniel Nenni is joined by Dr. Sailesh Kumar, CEO of Baya Systems. With over two decades of experience, Sailesh is a seasoned expert in SoC, fabric, I/O, memory architecture, and algorithms. Previously, Sailesh founded NetSpeed Systems and served as its Chief Technology Officer until its successful acquisition by Intel. Sailesh… Read More


Podcast EP271: A Tour of SiLC’s LiDAR Technology and Its Broad Impact with Mehdi Asghari

Podcast EP271: A Tour of SiLC’s LiDAR Technology and Its Broad Impact with Mehdi Asghari
by Daniel Nenni on 01-24-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by SiLC Technologies CEO Mehdi Asghari. Mehdi is one of the early pioneers of the silicon photonics industry with over 25 years of commercialization experience in this space. SiLC is his third Silicon Photonics start-up focusing on advanced imaging solutions. His previous startups, Kotura and Bookham, both enabled… Read More


Podcast EP269: A Broad View of Semiconductor Market Dynamics with Rajiv Khemani

Podcast EP269: A Broad View of Semiconductor Market Dynamics with Rajiv Khemani
by Daniel Nenni on 01-10-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Rajiv Khemani, a serial entrepreneur and an industry leader with 25 years of experience in building and scaling businesses. He is currently co-founder & CEO of Auradine. He is also an investor and board member in the data infrastructure, AI and software/platforms space. Previously, Rajiv was co-founder &… Read More


Podcast EP268: A Decade in the Chinese Semiconductor Industry: An American’s Story

Podcast EP268: A Decade in the Chinese Semiconductor Industry: An American’s Story
by Daniel Nenni on 12-27-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined Dr. Douglas Sparks, CEO of M2N Technologies LLC, a consulting firm specializing in semiconductors, MEMS and sensors, including their supply chains. He has just published a new book, A Decade in the Chinese Semiconductor Industry: An American’s Story. Doug was the CTO of Hanking Electronics which built a high-volume… Read More


Podcast EP267: The Broad Impact Weebit Nano’s ReRAM is having with Coby Hanoch

Podcast EP267: The Broad Impact Weebit Nano’s ReRAM is having with Coby Hanoch
by Daniel Nenni on 12-20-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Coby Hanoch, Coby joined Weebit Nano as CEO in 2017. He has 15 years of experience in engineering and engineering management roles, and 28 years of experience in sales management and executive roles.

Coby describes the impact Weebit Nano’s ReRAM technology is having for: Embedded non-volatile memory, in… Read More


Podcast EP266: An Overview of the Design & Verification EDA Businesses at Keysight with Nilesh Kamdar

Podcast EP266: An Overview of the Design & Verification EDA Businesses at Keysight with Nilesh Kamdar
by Daniel Nenni on 12-13-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Nilesh Kamdar, the General Manager of the Design & Verification EDA businesses at Keysight. Nilesh has also held roles as Portfolio Manager, and Director of the Software Business & Operations team at Keysight. Nilesh joined Hewlett-Packard in 1999 in the EEsof EDA division. Over his 25+ year career he … Read More


Podcast EP265: The History of Moore’s Law and What Lies Ahead with Intel’s Mr. Transistor

Podcast EP265: The History of Moore’s Law and What Lies Ahead with Intel’s Mr. Transistor
by Daniel Nenni on 12-08-2024 at 6:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Tahir Ghani, Intel senior fellow and director of process pathfinding in Intel’s Technology Research Group. Tahir has a 30-year career at Intel working on many innovations, including strained silicon, high-K metal gate devices, FinFETs, RibbonFETs, and backside power delivery (BSPD), among others. He has… Read More


Podcast EP264: How Sigasi is Helping to Advance Semiconductor Design with Dieter Therssen

Podcast EP264: How Sigasi is Helping to Advance Semiconductor Design with Dieter Therssen
by Daniel Nenni on 12-06-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dieter Therssen, CEO of Sigasi. Deiter started his career as a hardware design engineer, using IMEC’s visionary tools and design methodologies in the early days of silicon integration. Today, being CEO of Sigasi, a fast-growing, creative technology company is a perfect fit for Dieter. Having worked in that space… Read More


Podcast EP263: The Current and Future Impact of the CHIPS and Science Act with Sanjay Kumar

Podcast EP263: The Current and Future Impact of the CHIPS and Science Act with Sanjay Kumar
by Daniel Nenni on 11-29-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Sanjay Kumar. Most recently, Sanjay was senior director at the Department of Commerce on the team implementing the CHIPS and Science Act. Before that, he was in the industry for more than 20 years, up and down the semiconductor value chain working at systems companies such as Meta, fabless companies such as Infineon,… Read More


Podcast EP262: How AI is Changing Semiconductor Design with Rob Knoth

Podcast EP262: How AI is Changing Semiconductor Design with Rob Knoth
by Daniel Nenni on 11-22-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Rob Knoth, Solutions Architect in the Strategy and New Ventures group at Cadence. He is a technologist focusing on corporate strategy and the interfaces between domain specific solutions. A key area of expertise is the digital implementation of safety critical and high reliability systems. He has extensive experience… Read More