2026 Outlook with Kamal Khan of Perforce

2026 Outlook with Kamal Khan of Perforce
by Daniel Nenni on 01-21-2026 at 8:00 am

Kamal Khan

Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.

Kamal Khan, Vice President North America Automotive/Semiconductor at Perforce. Perforce is trusted by the world’s leading brands to drive quality, security, compliance, collaboration, and speed across the technology lifecycle. Our global footprint spans more than 80 … Read More


CEO Interview with Mr. Shoichi Teshiba of Macnica ATD

CEO Interview with Mr. Shoichi Teshiba of Macnica ATD
by Daniel Nenni on 11-08-2025 at 6:00 am

Shoichi Teshiba

With over 30 years of experience in sales and marketing of semiconductors and electronic components, Mr. Shoichi Teshiba has worked across a broad range of industries including storage, servers, networking, consumer electronics, industrial equipment, and automotive. Combining deep insight into both domestic and global… Read More


Why Choose PCIe 5.0 for Power, Performance and Bandwidth at the Edge?

Why Choose PCIe 5.0 for Power, Performance and Bandwidth at the Edge?
by Kalar Rajendiran on 10-14-2025 at 6:00 am

PCIe 5.0 Impact Across Markets

Synopsys recently held a webinar session on this topic and Gustavo Pimentel, Principal Product Marketing Manager at the company led the webinar session. Going into the webinar session, I found myself wondering: why focus on PCIe 5.0, eight years after its release? With the industry buzzing about Edge AI, cloud computing, and … Read More


Beyond Traditional OOO: A Time-Based, Slice-Based Approach to High-Performance RISC-V CPUs

Beyond Traditional OOO: A Time-Based, Slice-Based Approach to High-Performance RISC-V CPUs
by Kalar Rajendiran on 09-01-2025 at 10:00 am

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For decades, high-performance CPU design has been dominated by traditional out-of-order (OOO) execution architectures. Giants like Intel, Arm, and AMD have refined this approach into an industry standard—balancing performance and complexity through increasingly sophisticated schedulers, speculation, and runtime … Read More


Automobil-Elektronik Kongress 2026

Automobil-Elektronik Kongress 2026
by Admin on 08-27-2025 at 11:14 pm

We are excited to announce the 30th Automobil-Elektronik Kongress, set to take place on June 16 and 17, 2026 at the Forum am Schlosspark in Ludwigsburg, Germany. This prestigious technical conference will bring together industry experts, researchers, and innovators to discuss the latest advancements in automotive electronics.… Read More


Arm Reveals Zena Automotive Compute Subsystem

Arm Reveals Zena Automotive Compute Subsystem
by Bernard Murphy on 06-05-2025 at 6:00 am

Zena CSS min

Last year Arm announced their support for standards-based virtual prototyping in automotive, along with a portfolio of new AE (automotive enhanced) cores. They also suggested that in 2025 they would be following Arm directions in other LOBs by offering integrated compute subsystems (CSS). Now they have delivered: their Zena… Read More


A Timely Update on Secure-IC

A Timely Update on Secure-IC
by Bernard Murphy on 05-14-2025 at 6:00 am

Semi value chain

I last wrote about Secure IC back in 2023, a provider of embedded security technologies and services. Cadence announced at the beginning of 2025 their intention to acquire this company, which warrants a check-in again on what they have to offer. Secure-IC addresses multiple markets, from automotive, through defense/space and… Read More


Automotive Functional Safety (FuSa) Challenges

Automotive Functional Safety (FuSa) Challenges
by Daniel Payne on 04-29-2025 at 10:00 am

silicon lifecycle management slm diagram min

Modern vehicles have become quite sophisticated, like a supercomputer on wheels. They integrate a vast number of electronic components, including thousands of chips, to deliver advanced functionalities ranging from infotainment to critical safety systems. This increasing complexity necessitates a robust approach to … Read More


Design IP Market Increased by All-time-high: 20% in 2024!

Design IP Market Increased by All-time-high: 20% in 2024!
by Eric Esteve on 04-14-2025 at 10:00 am

Top5 License

Design IP revenues achieved $8.5B in 2024 and this is an all-time-high growth of 20%. Wired Interface is still driving Design IP growth with 23.5% but we see the Processor category also growing by 22.4% in 2024. This is consistent with the Top 4 IP companies made of ARM (mostly focused on processor) and a team leading wired interface… Read More