Podcast EP22: Intel’s IDM 2.0 and Their Venture Back into the Foundry Business

Podcast EP22: Intel’s IDM 2.0 and Their Venture Back into the Foundry Business
by Daniel Nenni on 05-28-2021 at 9:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines. Dan and Wally explore Intel’s re-entry to the foundry business. What is different this time and the implications of a worldwide supply chain are just some of the topics discussed in this far-reaching discussion of what lies ahead for the semiconductor industry.

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Podcast EP21: Leading Edge Analog Design

Podcast EP21: Leading Edge Analog Design
by Daniel Nenni on 05-21-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Mark Williams, founder and CEO of Pulsic. The application of shape-based routing to automate analog design is explored. Pulsic’s revolutionary new automated analog layout system, Animate is also discussed. With this system, multiple, high quality, fully routed layouts can be created in minutes from … Read More


Podcast EP20: How to Secure Any Chip. Any Time. Any Place

Podcast EP20: How to Secure Any Chip. Any Time. Any Place
by Daniel Nenni on 05-14-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Pim Tuyls, founder and CEO of Intrinsic ID. Pim provides background on what a physically unclonable function (PUF) is and how Intrinsic ID developed the technology around SRAMs that are found on virtually all chips. Pim discusses the multiple applications for SRAM PUFs and how they are implemented. He concludes… Read More


Podcast EP19: The Emergence of 2.5D and Chiplets in AI-Based Applications

Podcast EP19: The Emergence of 2.5D and Chiplets in AI-Based Applications
by Daniel Nenni on 05-07-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan and Mike are joined by Sudhir Mallya, vice president of corporate and product marketing at OpenFive. We explore 2.5D design and the role chiplets play. Current technical and business challenges are discussed as well as an assessment of how the chiplet market will develop and what impact it will have.

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Podcast EP18: The Story Behind Combining Methodics and Perforce

Podcast EP18: The Story Behind Combining Methodics and Perforce
by Daniel Nenni on 04-30-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan and Mike are joined by Simon Butler, founder of Methodics and Brad Hart, CTO of Perforce. We explore the acquisition of Methodics by Perforce, including motivation, strategy and a look to the future. We also discuss some of the history of Methodics and how they became successful.

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Podcast EP17: EDA, Semiconductors and the Future

Podcast EP17: EDA, Semiconductors and the Future
by Daniel Nenni on 04-23-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan and Mike are joined by semiconductor and EDA executive Jack Harding. Jack has a diverse career as a technology executive beginning at IBM with notable stops along the way, including taking Cooper and Chyan Technology public, taking the helm from Joe Costello as CEO of Cadence and most recently as the founding CEO of eSilicon,… Read More


Podcast EP16: Hyperscale Computing & Changes in the Datacenter

Podcast EP16: Hyperscale Computing & Changes in the Datacenter
by Daniel Nenni on 04-16-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Frank Schirrmeister, senior group director of solutions marketing at Cadence Design Systems, Frank has extensive experience in complex system design from his work at companies such as Cadence, Synopsys, Imperas and ChipVision. He has also advised Vayavya Labs and CriticalBlue.

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Podcast EP15: The Birth of Dynamically Reconfigurable Computing

Podcast EP15: The Birth of Dynamically Reconfigurable Computing
by Daniel Nenni on 04-09-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan and Mike are joined by Geoff Tate, founding CEO of Flex Logix. Geoff has a storied career in semiconductors that includes over ten years at AMD, ending as senior VP, microprocessors and logic. Following AMD, Geoff was founding CEO of Rambus, growing the company from four people to IPO with a $2 billion market cap.

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Podcast EP13: The Three Pillars of Verification with Adnan Hamid

Podcast EP13: The Three Pillars of Verification with Adnan Hamid
by Daniel Nenni on 03-26-2021 at 10:00 am

Dan goes on a scenic tour of verification with Adnan Hamid, founder and CEO of Breker Verification Systems.  We discuss the rather unusual way Adnan got into semiconductors and SoC verification. Adnan then breaks down the verification task into its fundamental parts to reveal what the three pillars of verification are and why … Read More