Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe)

Industry Strategy Symposium Europe (ISS Europe)
by Admin on 12-06-2023 at 4:23 pm

In the rapidly evolving global semiconductor landscape, Europe is poised to play a significant role in driving the growth of the industry, fueled by digital transformation. 2024 is the year of the Chips Act implementation which will shape Europe’s future for years to come. From fostering innovation and bolstering R&D… Read More


Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2024

Industry Strategy Symposium (ISS) 2024
by Admin on 09-25-2023 at 4:17 pm

Ready, Set, Ramp?

The global semiconductor market is expected to reach an astounding $1 trillion by 2030.  As the industry endeavors to reach this milestone, it will encounter both headwinds and tailwinds. As the past few years have demonstrated, opportunities in the industry come hand-in-hand with new and unexpected challenges.… Read More


Cadence Tensilica FloatingPoint DSPs

Cadence Tensilica FloatingPoint DSPs
by Kalar Rajendiran on 07-15-2021 at 10:00 am

Tensilica FP DSPs

Being engrossed in the digital information world, it is easy to forget that the real world is comprised of mostly analog signals and data. Digital Signal Processors (DSP) take digitized forms of these worldly signals and manipulate them mathematically. Although floating-point is a more relevant and accurate way of representing… Read More


Imperas and RISC-V

Imperas and RISC-V
by Bernard Murphy on 12-06-2018 at 7:00 am

I met Imperas at TechCon this year because I wanted to become a bit more knowledgeable about virtual modeling. That led me to become more interested in RISC-V and a talk given by Krste Asanovic of UCB and SiFive. My takeaway surprised me. I had thought this was an open-source David versus proprietary Goliaths (Intel and ARM) battle… Read More


ASE and Brewer Science Win SEMI Award

ASE and Brewer Science Win SEMI Award
by Paul McLellan on 01-16-2015 at 7:00 am

Tuesday night was the SEMI awards banquet at ISS in Half Moon Bay. The SEMI Award was established in 1979 to recognize outstanding technical achievement and meritorious contribution in the areas of Semiconductor Materials, Wafer Fabrication, Assembly and Packaging, Process Control, Test and Inspection, Robotics and Automation,… Read More


SEMI ISS: The Outlook

SEMI ISS: The Outlook
by Paul McLellan on 01-14-2015 at 12:11 pm

I spent Monday at the SEMI ISS meeting in Half Moon Bay. There is a lot of stuff to choose from, the entire day was interesting throughout. The day started with a keynote from Scott McGregor, the CEO of Broadcom. I’ll cover that in a separate posting.


Next up was Andrea Lati of VLSI Research on The Cycle: Is It Different This Time?Read More