2026 Outlook with William Wang of ChipAgents.ai

2026 Outlook with William Wang of ChipAgents.ai
by Daniel Nenni on 01-05-2026 at 10:00 am

William Wang ChipAgents SemiWiki

William Wang is a world-leading expert in artificial intelligence, specializing in generative AI and large language models. As the Founder, CEO, and Chairman of Alpha Design AI, he brings a wealth of experience from academia and industry, having previously shipped Amazon Q at Amazon AWS Bedrock

A Mellichamp Chair Professor … Read More


Revolutionizing Hardware Design Debugging with Time Travel Technology

Revolutionizing Hardware Design Debugging with Time Travel Technology
by Daniel Nenni on 01-02-2026 at 6:00 am

DVCon Europe 2025 Undo.io

In the semiconductor industry High-Level Synthesis (HLS) and SystemC have become essential tools, allowing engineers to model complex hardware designs using familiar C/C++ constructs. Yet, despite the widespread adoption of these languages, the debugging workflows in hardware development lag far behind those in software… Read More


Podcast EP310: On Overview of the Upcoming DVCon Europe Conference and Exhibition with Dr. Mark Burton

Podcast EP310: On Overview of the Upcoming DVCon Europe Conference and Exhibition with Dr. Mark Burton
by Daniel Nenni on 10-10-2025 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Dr. Mark Burton, the General Chair for this year’s DVCon Europe. DVCon is the premier conference on the application of languages, tools, and methodologies for the design and verification of electronic systems and integrated circuits.

Mark shares his long history of involvement in DVCon with Dan. He … Read More


DVCon 2025: AI and the Future of Verification Take Center Stage

DVCon 2025: AI and the Future of Verification Take Center Stage
by Lauro Rizzatti on 03-06-2025 at 10:00 am

DVCon 2025

The 2025 Design and Verification Conference (DVCon) was a four-day event packed with insightful discussions, cutting-edge technology showcases, and thought-provoking debates. The conference agenda included a rich mix of tutorial sessions, a keynote presentation, a panel discussion, and an exhibit hall with Electronic… Read More


SystemC Update 2024

SystemC Update 2024
by Daniel Payne on 12-03-2024 at 10:00 am

SystemC ecosystem min

SystemC version 1.0 came out in 2000 as a C++ class library for system-level modeling and simulation, and on SemiWiki.com there are some 497 references to the language. I wanted to provide an update in this blog so that engineering teams can become more efficient in using SystemC on their SoC projects, saving time and improving product… Read More


Podcast EP251: An Overview of DVCon Europe with Jakob Engblom

Podcast EP251: An Overview of DVCon Europe with Jakob Engblom
by Daniel Nenni on 10-07-2024 at 6:00 am

Dan is joined by Jakob Engblom this year’s vice chair and keynote chair for DVCon Europe. He’s been in the virtual platforms field since 2002, most recently as director of simulation technology ecosystem at Intel. His interests include simulation technologies, software and hardware testing and validation, programming… Read More


2024 Outlook with Laura Long of Axiomise

2024 Outlook with Laura Long of Axiomise
by Daniel Nenni on 02-15-2024 at 10:00 am

Laura Long

Axiomise pioneered the adoption of formal verification in the semiconductor industry since 2017.  Led by visionary CEO, Dr. Ashish Darbari, who has 63 patents in formal verification, and Neil Dunlop an industry veteran with 40 years of experience, Axiomise has helped twenty customers over the last six years by providing them… Read More


Podcast EP96: The History, Reach and Impact of Accellera with Lynn Garibaldi

Podcast EP96: The History, Reach and Impact of Accellera with Lynn Garibaldi
by Daniel Nenni on 07-29-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Lynn Garibaldi, Executive Director, Accellera Systems Initiative. Lynn is the recipient of the Accellera 2022 Leadership Award. Dan and Lynn explore the history of Accellera, its beginnings and growth to a multi-standard organization and the impact of DVCon events around the world.

The views, thoughts, and … Read More