The semiconductor industry is on track to exceed one trillion dollars in annual revenue by the end of the decade, propelled by AI, advanced computing, and edge applications. Yet beneath this growth lies a structural shift. Manufacturing complexity is rising faster than the industry’s ability to manage it. As architectures move… Read More
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Hierarchical Device Planning as an Enabler of System Technology Co-Optimization
AI, hyperscale data centers, and data-intensive workloads are driving unprecedented demands for performance, bandwidth, and energy efficiency. As the economic returns of traditional transistor scaling diminish, advanced IC packaging and heterogeneous integration have become the primary levers for system-level scaling.… Read More
Manufacturing Is Strategy: Leadership Lessons from the Semiconductor Front Lines
This article is an editorial synthesis of a fireside chat between Tom Caulfield, Executive Chairman of GlobalFoundries, and John Kibarian, CEO of PDF Solutions that took place on December 3rd 2025, during the PDF Solutions Users Conference. John Kibarian led the conversation to get Tom Caulfield’s perspectives on leadership… Read More
Podcast EP156: A Chat With Shankar Krishnamoorthy About Strategy and Outlook for EDA Development at SNUG
This is another special edition of our podcast series. SemiWiki staff writer Kalar Rajendiran spoke with Shankar Krishnamoorthy, General Manager, Electronic Design Automation Group for Synopsys at the recent SNUG meeting,
Shankar discusses how Synopsys is focusing on hyperconvergence and implementation of AI across the… Read More
