Podcast EP300: Next Generation Metalization Innovations with Lam’s Kaihan Ashtiani

Podcast EP300: Next Generation Metalization Innovations with Lam’s Kaihan Ashtiani
by Daniel Nenni on 07-30-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Kaihan Ashtiani, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of atomic layer deposition and chemical vapor deposition metals in Lam’s Deposition Business Unit. Kaihan has more than 30 years of experience in technical and management roles, working on a variety of semiconductor tools and processes.

Dan explores… Read More


Podcast EP299: The Current and Future Capabilities of Static Verification at Synopsys with Rimpy Chugh

Podcast EP299: The Current and Future Capabilities of Static Verification at Synopsys with Rimpy Chugh
by Daniel Nenni on 07-25-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Rimpy Chugh, a Principal Product Manager at Synopsys with 14 years of varied experience in EDA and functional verification. Prior to joining Synopsys, Rimpy held field applications and verification engineering positions at Mentor Graphics, Cadence and HCL Technologies.

Dan explores the expanding role of static… Read More


Podcast EP298: How Hailo is Bringing Generative AI to the Edge with Avi Baum

Podcast EP298: How Hailo is Bringing Generative AI to the Edge with Avi Baum
by Daniel Nenni on 07-18-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Avi Baum, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Hailo, an AI-focused chipmaker that develops specialized AI processors for enabling data-center-class performance on edge devices. Avi has over 17 years of experience in system engineering, signal processing, algorithms, and telecommunications while… Read More


Podcast EP297: An Overview of sureCore’s New Silicon Services with Paul Wells

Podcast EP297: An Overview of sureCore’s New Silicon Services with Paul Wells
by Daniel Nenni on 07-11-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by sureCore CEO Paul Wells. Paul has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years including two years as director of engineering for Pace Networks, where he led a multidisciplinary, 70 strong product development team creating a broadcast quality video & data mini-headend. Before that, he worked for… Read More


Podcast EP296: How Agentic and Autonomous Systems Make Scientists More Productive with SanboxAQ’s Tiffany Callahan

Podcast EP296: How Agentic and Autonomous Systems Make Scientists More Productive with SanboxAQ’s Tiffany Callahan
by Daniel Nenni on 07-09-2025 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Tiffany Callahan from SandboxAQ. As one of the early movers in the evolving sciences of computational biology, machine learning and artificial intelligence, Tiffany serves as the technical lead for agentic and autonomous systems at SandboxAQ. She has authored over 50 peer-reviewed publications, launched… Read More


Podcast EP295: How Nordic Semiconductor Enables World-Class Wireless Products with Sam Presley

Podcast EP295: How Nordic Semiconductor Enables World-Class Wireless Products with Sam Presley
by Daniel Nenni on 07-04-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Sam Presley, technical product manager at Nordic Semiconductor. With a background in electronics engineering, embedded firmware development and consumer products development, his current areas of expertise are hardware and software for IoT applications, with a special focus on enabling product manufacturers… Read More


Podcast EP294: An Overview of the Momentum and Breadth of the RISC-V Movement with Andrea Gallo

Podcast EP294: An Overview of the Momentum and Breadth of the RISC-V Movement with Andrea Gallo
by Daniel Nenni on 06-27-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Andrea Gallo, CEO of RISC-V International, the non-profit home of the RISC-V instruction set architecture standard, related specifications, and stakeholder community. Prior to joining RISC-V International, Gallo worked in leadership roles at Linaro for over a decade. He built Linaro’s server engineering… Read More


Podcast EP293: 3DIC Progress and What’s Coming at DAC with Dr. John Ferguson and Kevin Rinebold of Siemens EDA

Podcast EP293: 3DIC Progress and What’s Coming at DAC with Dr. John Ferguson and Kevin Rinebold of Siemens EDA
by Daniel Nenni on 06-20-2025 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. John Ferguson, Director of Product Management for the Calibre nmDRC and 3DIC related products for Siemens EDA. John has worked extensively in the area of physical design verification. Holding several patents, he is also a frequent author in the physical design and verification domain. Current activities … Read More


Podcast EP292: The Expanding Worldwide Focus of the 83rd Device Research Conference with Dr. Tania Roy

Podcast EP292: The Expanding Worldwide Focus of the 83rd Device Research Conference with Dr. Tania Roy
by Daniel Nenni on 06-20-2025 at 6:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Tania Roy, Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. She focuses on developing innovative hardware for artificial intelligence using advanced materials beyond silicon. Her research explores reliable gallium nitride (GaN) devices and new materials to move beyond … Read More


Podcast EP291: The Journey From One Micron to Edge AI at One Nanometer with Ceva’s Moshe Sheier

Podcast EP291: The Journey From One Micron to Edge AI at One Nanometer with Ceva’s Moshe Sheier
by Daniel Nenni on 06-13-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Moshe Sheier, Ceva’s vice president of marketing. Moshe brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor IP and chip industries in both development and managerial roles. Prior to this position, Mr. Sheier was the director of strategic marketing at Ceva.

Dan explores the history of Ceva with … Read More