As I have said before, there is a foundry market segment that I call the “NOT TSMC” market, companies who want an alternative to TSMC. My guess, this would be a $5B+ market which is what Samsung Foundry has tried to leverage for the past 20 years. Unfortunately, working with Samsung proved to be a much higher risk than expected… Read More
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Intel’s Foundry Transformation: Technology, Culture, and Collaboration
Intel’s historical dominance in semiconductor process technology began to erode around 2018, as competitors started delivering higher performance at smaller nodes. In response, Intel is now doubling down on innovation across two fronts: advanced process nodes such as Intel 18A and 14A, and cutting-edge packaging technologies.… Read More
Webinar: Intel Presents: Modern EDA Solutions for Scalable Heterogeneous Systems
Featured Speakers:
- Vivek Rajan, Sr. Principal Engineer, Intel
- Amlendu Choubey, Sr. Director, Product Management, Synopsys
Why You Should Attend:
Rapidly emerging new workloads and disruptive architectures have highlighted the importance of advanced packaging and 3DIC technologies. The scaling of Moore’s Law has pushed… Read More
Webinar: Can Intel Reclaim Its Crown in the Semiconductor World?
Join David MacQueen and James Sanders as they explore Intel’s bold strategies to regain dominance in the semiconductor industry. With increasing competition from AMD and TSMC, Intel faces significant challenges in its bid to reclaim leadership. This webinar will provide expert insights into the market forces shaping Intel’s… Read More
Semiconductor Tariff Impact
President Donald Trump has initially excluded semiconductors from his latest round of U.S. tariffs. However, he could put tariffs on semiconductors in the future. If tariffs are placed on semiconductors imported to the U.S., how would that affect U.S.-based semiconductor companies? The chart below shows U.S. semiconductor… Read More
Alphawave Semi is in Play!
We started working with Alphawave at the end of 2020 with a CEO Interview. I had met Tony Pialis before and found him to be a brilliant and charismatic leader so I knew it would be a great collaboration. Tony was already an IP legend after his company was acquired by Intel. After 4+ years at Intel Tony co-founded Alphawave in 2017. Today,… Read More
CEO Interview with Jonathan Klamkin of Aeluma
Jonathan Klamkin, Ph.D. is founder and CEO of Aeluma, Inc. (ALMU). He is a Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara and has previously worked at Boston University, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, and BinOptics Corp. (a laser diode manufacturer that was acquired by Macom in 2015). He is the recipient… Read More
Going Beyond DRC Clean with Calibre DE
For advanced semiconductor designs, achieving both design rule check clean layouts and optimal electrical performance is crucial for minimizing design iterations, reducing time-to-market and ensuring product reliability. Balancing electrical performance and layout integrity is a difficult task. Achieving an optimal… Read More
Intel has a new Billionaire CEO!
Great news last week as Intel fills the CEO slot for the 9th time in 56 years with industry legend Lip-Bu Tan. From what I hear, Intel employees, and the entire industry for that matter, are overjoyed. I’m sure there are one or two competing companies that are concerned but overall it is an absolute love fest.
If you look at education… Read More
Intel Foundry Direct Connect 2025
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Gain insights into how our customers and partners collaborate with Intel Foundry, explore cutting-edge packaging and test solutions, and delve into the world of resilient supply chains. Get ready to be inspired for the future!
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Discover how our cutting-edge process technologies… Read More