Podcast EP236: Why Comprehensive Development Support for AI/ML is Important with Clay Johnson

Podcast EP236: Why Comprehensive Development Support for AI/ML is Important with Clay Johnson
by Daniel Nenni on 07-19-2024 at 10:00 am

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


Three New Circuit Simulators from Siemens EDA

Three New Circuit Simulators from Siemens EDA
by Daniel Payne on 06-27-2024 at 10:00 am

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The week before DAC I had the privilege to take a video call with Pradeep Thiagarajan – Product Manager, Simulation, Custom IC Verification at Siemens EDA to get an update on new simulation products. I’ve been following Solido for years now and knew that they were an early adopter of ML for Monte Carlo simulations with SPICE users.… Read More


Early SoC Dynamic Power Analysis Needs Hardware Emulation

Early SoC Dynamic Power Analysis Needs Hardware Emulation
by Lauro Rizzatti on 04-16-2024 at 6:00 am

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The relentless pursuit for maximizing performance in semiconductor development is now matched by the crucial need to minimize energy consumption.

Traditional simulation-based power analysis methods face insurmountable challenges to accurately capture complex designs activities in real-world scenarios. As the scale… Read More


2024 Outlook with Steve Roddy of Quadric

2024 Outlook with Steve Roddy of Quadric
by Daniel Nenni on 01-29-2024 at 10:00 am

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Quadric Inc. is the leading licensor of general-purpose neural processor IP (GPNPU) that runs both machine learning inference workloads and classic DSP and control algorithms.  Quadric’s unified hardware and software architecture is optimized for on-device ML inference. I have know Steve Roddy for many years, he is a high … Read More


CEO Interview: Suresh Sugumar of Mastiska AI

CEO Interview: Suresh Sugumar of Mastiska AI
by Daniel Nenni on 12-08-2023 at 6:00 am

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Suresh is a technology executive with deep technical expertise in semiconductors, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, internet-of-things, hardware, software, etc. He spent 20 years in the industry, most recently serving as an Executive Director for open-source zero-trust chip development at Technology Innovation… Read More


Keynote Speakers Announced for IDEAS 2023 Digital Forum

Keynote Speakers Announced for IDEAS 2023 Digital Forum
by Daniel Nenni on 10-26-2023 at 10:00 am

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As we all know, hearing directly from the people who actually use EDA tools, people who are solving real world problems with the latest technologies are the best source of information. Thus EDA User group meetings are always first on my event list every year which brings us to Ansys Ideas.

Ansys User Group Meeting Features Technical

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AI for the design of Custom, Analog Mixed-Signal ICs

AI for the design of Custom, Analog Mixed-Signal ICs
by Daniel Payne on 09-28-2023 at 10:00 am

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Custom and  Analog-Mixed Signal (AMS) IC design are used when the highest performance is required, and using digital standard cells just won’t meet the requirements. Manually sizing schematics, doing IC layout, extracting parasitics, then measuring the performance only to go back and continue iterating is a long, tedious… Read More


WEBINAR: The Power of Formal Verification: From flops to billion-gate designs

WEBINAR: The Power of Formal Verification: From flops to billion-gate designs
by Daniel Nenni on 08-15-2023 at 5:00 pm

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Semiconductor industry is going through an unprecedented technological revolution with AI/ML, GPU, RISC-V, chiplets, automotive and 5G driving the hardware design innovation. The race to deliver high performance, optimizing power and area (PPA), while ensuring safety and security is truly on. It has never been a more excitingRead More


Altair’s Jim Cantele Predicts the Future of Chip Design

Altair’s Jim Cantele Predicts the Future of Chip Design
by Mike Gianfagna on 07-25-2023 at 10:00 am

Altair’s Jim Cantele Predicts the Future of Chip Design

We all know chip design is changing in substantial ways and at a fast pace. The demands being placed on semiconductor systems are growing dramatically, and the innovation being delivered to address those demands is just as dramatic. Everyone seems to have an opinion on these trends, and a set of predications to make sense out of it… Read More