CEO Interview with Phillip Stanley-Marbell of Signaloid

CEO Interview with Phillip Stanley-Marbell of Signaloid
by Daniel Nenni on 08-28-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Phillip Stanley-Marbell is the founder and CEO of Signaloid. Up until September 2025, he was a full Professor (Chair of Physical Computation) in the Electrical Engineering Division of the Department of Engineering at the University of Cambridge, where he led the Physical Computation Laboratory. He completed his PhD at Carnegie… Read More


Avestra: Agentic AI for SystemVerilog Assertion Generation

Avestra: Agentic AI for SystemVerilog Assertion Generation
by Daniel Nenni on 08-24-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Modern ASIC, SoC, CPU, and GPU development depends on verification processes that detect subtle functional defects before tapeout. SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA) are particularly important because they encode temporal design intent: how signals, states, and transactions must behave across clock cycles. Unlike conventional… Read More


Podcast EP358: How Custom Silicon Development Allowed Cisco to Fuel New Innovation for Its Customers

Podcast EP358: How Custom Silicon Development Allowed Cisco to Fuel New Innovation for Its Customers
by Daniel Nenni on 07-31-2026 at 2:00 pm

Daniel is joined by Nick Kucharewski Senior Vice President and General Manager for Cisco’s silicon development organization. In this role he is responsible for the end-to-end strategy, cross-functional execution, organization alignment, and product roadmap for Silicon One, Cisco’s uniquely scalable and programmable … Read More


ASIC-to-FPGA Turnkey Prototyping Bundle: A Practical Path to Earlier Hardware Validation

ASIC-to-FPGA Turnkey Prototyping Bundle: A Practical Path to Earlier Hardware Validation
by Daniel Nenni on 07-29-2026 at 6:00 am

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For ASIC design teams, the gap between RTL simulation and first silicon remains one of the most consequential stages of the development cycle. Simulation provides controllability and visibility, but it cannot always reproduce the software workloads, interface behavior, clock interactions, and sustained system activity… Read More


Podcast EP356: An Oveview of the Unique Skills and Broad Impact of Alphacore with Andrew Levy

Podcast EP356: An Oveview of the Unique Skills and Broad Impact of Alphacore with Andrew Levy
by Daniel Nenni on 07-17-2026 at 2:00 pm

Daniel is joined by Andrew Levy, Vice President of Business Development, IP & ASIC at Alphacore. Andrew leads strategic growth initiatives, customer engagement, technology commercialization, and business development activities for the company’s semiconductor IP, ASIC design services, and advanced microelectronics… Read More


DAC 2026: Certus Semiconductor Brings Two New I/O Libraries to GlobalFoundries 12nm

DAC 2026: Certus Semiconductor Brings Two New I/O Libraries to GlobalFoundries 12nm
by Daniel Nenni on 07-14-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Certus Semiconductor, a trusted leader in custom I/O and ESD solutions, will exhibit at Booth 839 during DAC 2026, July 27–29 in Long Beach. This year, Certus is announcing two new developments in GlobalFoundries 12LP and 12LP+ Processes: one I/O library built for commercial SoC and ASIC design teams, and one library purpose-built… Read More


The Packaging PDK Is the Missing Layer for Co-Packaged Optics

The Packaging PDK Is the Missing Layer for Co-Packaged Optics
by Moh Kolb on 07-07-2026 at 10:00 am

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From Photonic Device Design to Electro-Optical Realization

Co-packaged optics will not scale through photonic device performance alone.

As AI infrastructure pushes bandwidth, power, latency, and reach to new limits, optics is moving closer to the compute engine. The industry is no longer asking only whether a photonic device… Read More


Alchip Accelerates on AI ASIC Demand

Alchip Accelerates on AI ASIC Demand
by Daniel Nenni on 06-04-2026 at 8:00 am

Alchip Accelerates on AI ASIC Demand

Alchip Technologies reported improved financial results for the first quarter, reflecting continued momentum in advanced artificial intelligence (AI), high-performance computing (HPC), and custom ASIC demand. The company cited stronger customer engagement in leading-edge semiconductor designs and accelerating tape-out… Read More


CEO Interview with Geoffrey Rodgers of Chameleon Semiconductor

CEO Interview with Geoffrey Rodgers of Chameleon Semiconductor
by Daniel Nenni on 05-03-2026 at 2:00 pm

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Geoffrey Rodgers spent most of his career at the intersection of semiconductor technology and go-to-market execution, with a focus on scaling businesses and bringing complex solutions to market. He previously led the Analog Go-To-Market motion at Synopsys following the acquisition of Analog Design Automation and held leadership… Read More


Alchip’s Leadership in ASIC Innovation: Advancing Toward 2nm Semiconductor Technology

Alchip’s Leadership in ASIC Innovation: Advancing Toward 2nm Semiconductor Technology
by Daniel Nenni on 04-01-2026 at 10:00 am

Alchip’s Leadership in ASIC Innovation

Alchip Technologies has recently reported significant progress in the development of advanced 2nm  ASICs, positioning itself as a leader in next-generation semiconductor design for AI and HPC. The announcement highlights Alchip’s efforts to commercialize cutting-edge chip technologies and deliver highly customized … Read More