CEO Interview: Islam Nashaat of Master Micro

CEO Interview: Islam Nashaat of Master Micro
by Daniel Nenni on 10-13-2023 at 6:00 am

Islam Nashaat

Eng. Islam Nashaat received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 2010 and 2017, respectively. He joined Si-Vision as an Analog Physical Design Engineer in 2010, where he initiated the company’s CAD team in 2013, and became CAD and Physical Design Team Lead in 2016 after the company’s flagship … Read More


The Quest for Bugs: “Verification is a Data Problem!”

The Quest for Bugs: “Verification is a Data Problem!”
by Bryan Dickman on 10-04-2023 at 10:00 am

The Quest for Bugs Verification is a data problem

Verification Data Analytics

Hardware Verification is a highly data-intensive or data-heavy problem. Verification Engineers recognise this and spend much of their time dealing with large and complex datasets arising from verification processes.

In “The Dilemmas of Hardware Verification” we explored the key challenges … Read More


CEO Interview: Dr. Sean Wei of Easy-Logic

CEO Interview: Dr. Sean Wei of Easy-Logic
by Daniel Nenni on 06-09-2023 at 6:00 am

Photo Sean Wei 006

Dr. Wei has served as CEO & CTO of Easy-Logic since 2020.  Prior to this role, Dr. Wei served as CTO since 2014 where he constructed the core algorithm and the tool structure of EasyECO.  As the CEO, Dr. Wei focuses on building a strong company infrastructure.  In his CTO role he interfaces with strategic ASIC design customers … Read More


Podcast EP99: How Cliosoft became the leading design data management company

Podcast EP99: How Cliosoft became the leading design data management company
by Daniel Nenni on 08-10-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Srinath Anantharaman, who founded Cliosoft in 1997 and serves as the company’s CEO. He has over 40 years of software engineering and management experience in the EDA industry.

Dan and Srinath explore the original focus for Cliosoft and how that has expanded over the years. The future of Cliosoft, as well as its plans… Read More


Podcast EP67: Corigine Combines Emulation and Prototyping

Podcast EP67: Corigine Combines Emulation and Prototyping
by Daniel Nenni on 03-18-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Jeff Critten, VP of sales at Corigine. They discuss the unique capabilities of Corigine that allows support of both emulation and prototyping in one platform.

Jeff Critten has been in the EDA industy for over 25yrs.  He started with Cadence as a verification AE in 1997 and moved into a sales role where he was promoted… Read More


Semicon West is Semicon Less

Semicon West is Semicon Less
by Robert Maire on 12-15-2021 at 10:00 am

Semicon West 2021
  • Semicon West was Semicon Less- Less Customers & Vendor
  • Everyone is busy as can be, maybe too busy to attend
  • Those who were there, talk about supply chain issues & stress
  • How long does the party last & where the money comes from?

Semicon West was Semicon Less….

We attended a “Hybrid” version of Semicon… Read More


Honey I Shrunk the EDA TAM

Honey I Shrunk the EDA TAM
by Daniel Nenni on 10-19-2018 at 7:00 am

The “20 Questions with Wally Rhines” series continues

Throughout the history of the EDA industry, pricing models have caused discontinuities in the way the industry operates. For a variety of competitive reasons, individual companies have developed ways to change the pricing model in an attempt to secure competitive… Read More


Design Automation Conference Silicon and Technology Art Show

Design Automation Conference Silicon and Technology Art Show
by Daniel Nenni on 02-09-2018 at 7:00 am

This year the 55th annual Design Automation Conference is in San Francisco and the Silicon and Technology Art Show, one of my favorite DAC events, is back! Favorite because it’s something my beautiful wife and I can share. She is very artistic and has an eye for colors and I actually know what the art is so we make a good team. I … Read More


Top Ten Insights on the EDA and Semiconductor Industry

Top Ten Insights on the EDA and Semiconductor Industry
by Tom Dillinger on 02-11-2016 at 7:00 am

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Anirudh Devgan, senior vice president and general manager at Cadence, who leads the Digital and Signoff Group. We discussed recent product development initiatives at Cadence, and talked about future EDA and semiconductor market opportunities. His insights and comments were keen … Read More