GlobalFoundries’ (GF) acquisition of MIPS in 2025 wasn’t a nostalgic move to revive a legacy CPU brand. It was a calculated step into one of the most lucrative frontiers in semiconductors: AI, high-performance computing (HPC), and datacenters. As Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and hyperscalers embrace chiplet architectures, GF is betting… Read More
“GTS25 brings together leaders from across the semiconductor industry to share their insights on the latest technology trends that enable GF to design the essential chips the world relies on to live, work and connect.”
GlobalFoundries (GF), a leading contract semiconductor manufacturer, plays an important… Read More
On the last day of DAC 2025 I met with Chris Morrison, VP of Product Marketing at Agile Analog, to get an update. Their company provides Analog IP, the way you want it, and I knew that they had internal tools and a novel methodology to speed up the development process. This year they have started talking more about their internal IP automation… Read More
Analog Bits attends a lot of events. I know because I see them a lot in my travels. Lately, the company has been stealing the show with cutting-edge analog IP on a broad range of popular nodes and a strategy that will change the way design is done. Analog Bits is quietly rolling out a new approach to system design. One that delivers a holistic… Read More
Justin Susumu Endo, Mixel’s Director of Marketing & Sales, oversees marketing strategy and customer engagement from Mixel’s headquarters in San Jose, California. He holds a bachelor’s degree with a double major in economics and French from the University of California, Los Angeles, and an MBA from … Read More
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I was born in France, but I have been living in the Netherlands for two decades. I have worked in the global semiconductor industry for over 25 years. After my Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering, I started my career as a Design Engineer. Since then I have held senior product… Read More
It’s well known that flash is the embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) incumbent technology. As with many technologies, flash is bumping into limits such as power consumption, speed, endurance and cost. It is also not scalable below 28nm. This presents problems for applications such as AI inference engines that require embedded… Read More
Dan is joined by Vikas Gupta, senior director of product management at GlobalFoundries focused on Silicon Photonics and ancillary technologies. Vikas has close to 30 years of semiconductor experience with TI, Xilinx, AMD, GlobalFoundries, POET Technologies, and back to GlobalFoundries.
Vikas discusses the growing demands… Read More
U.S. President Biden announced on Wednesday an agreement to provide Intel with $8.5 billion in direct funding and $11 billion in loans under the CHIPS and Science Act. Intel will use the funding for wafer fabs in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon. As reported in our December 2023 newsletter, the CHIPS Act provides a total of $52.7… Read More
For the first time ever, IEDM held a sustainability session at the 2023 conference. I was one of the authors who presented an invited paper, the following is a summary of my presentation.
From the United Nations [1]:
“Climate Change is the defining issue of our time, and we are at a defining moment.”
“Without drastic … Read More
