Agentic AI Can Reach GDS. What Must It Prove Before Engineers Trust It for Tapeout?

Agentic AI Can Reach GDS. What Must It Prove Before Engineers Trust It for Tapeout?
by Moh Kolb on 09-29-2026 at 6:00 am

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Agentic AI is beginning to move semiconductor engineering beyond copilots and isolated task automation.

From Agentrys’ public material and recent discussion, its architecture points toward a broader engineering flow:

Specification → RTL → verification → synthesis / physical design → PPA optimization → physical verification… Read More


Podcast EP365: How Agentrys is Revolutionizing Chip Design with Mark Ren

Podcast EP365: How Agentrys is Revolutionizing Chip Design with Mark Ren
by Daniel Nenni on 09-11-2026 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Mark Ren, founder and CEO of Agentrys. Mark has 26 years of EDA and AI R&D experience spanning IBM Research and NVIDIA Research, driving design automation innovations that power modern chip design. He received the IBM Corporate Award for contributions to the design closure for high-performance microprocessors.… Read More


Hot Chips 2026: Architectures for the Agentic Computing Era

Hot Chips 2026: Architectures for the Agentic Computing Era
by Daniel Nenni on 08-19-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Hot Chips 2026, formally the thirty-eighth Symposium on High Performance Chips, arrives at Stanford’s Memorial Auditorium from August 23 through 25 with a program that captures a decisive shift in computer architecture. Peak arithmetic throughput remains important, but the conference is increasingly about system balance:… Read More


Webinar: Agents Assemble: Build Your Chip Design Multi-Agent System in 30 Minutes

Webinar: Agents Assemble: Build Your Chip Design Multi-Agent System in 30 Minutes
by Admin on 08-17-2026 at 3:56 pm

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A purpose-built multi-agent system for chip design shouldn’t be a quarter-long project. On the Agentrys Studio Platform, the initial build takes about 30 minutes—plus however much customization your flow and data require.

In this hands-on session, we’ll build a working end-to-end… Read More


CEO Interview with Mark Ren of Agentrys

CEO Interview with Mark Ren of Agentrys
by Daniel Nenni on 07-10-2026 at 10:00 am

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Mark Ren has 26 years of EDA and AI R&D experience spanning IBM Research and NVIDIA Research, driving design automation innovations that power modern chip design. He received the IBM Corporate Award for contributions to the design closure for high-performance microprocessors. At NVIDIA, he helped establish the company

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What’s New at the 2026 DAC Exhibits

What’s New at the 2026 DAC Exhibits
by Daniel Payne on 06-10-2026 at 10:00 am

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The most common question that I get each year at DAC is, “So, what’s new?” When I reviewed the exhibitor list I was pleasantly surprised to see how many EDA, IP and AI companies were attending that I didn’t know about. Here’s just a quick preview of what to expect in Long Beach from July 27-29. I’ll… Read More