Podcast EP144: How Andes Supplies RISC-V Cores to the World with Frankwell Lin

Podcast EP144: How Andes Supplies RISC-V Cores to the World with Frankwell Lin
by Daniel Nenni on 02-17-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Frankwell Lin. Frank co-founded Andes Technology in 2005 and served as President from 2006. He became Chairman and CEO in 2021. Under his leadership, Andes is recognized as a top supplier of embedded CPU IP in the semiconductor industry.

Dan explores how Andes became such a strong supplier of RISC-V cores with Frank.… Read More


Podcast EP135: Democratizing HPC & AI

Podcast EP135: Democratizing HPC & AI
by Daniel Nenni on 01-06-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Doug Norton, VP of Business Development for Inspire Semiconductor, an Austin-based high performance computing chip design company.  He is also the President of the Society of HPC Professionals, a vendor neutral, non-profit organization educating and connecting the High Performance Computing user community.… Read More


Podcast EP134: A New Year’s Perspective with Daniel Nenni and Mike Gianfagna

Podcast EP134: A New Year’s Perspective with Daniel Nenni and Mike Gianfagna
by Daniel Nenni on 12-30-2022 at 6:00 am

Dan is joined by his podcast partner and producer Mike Gianfagna. Dan and Mike review the hot topics that trended on SemiWiki over the past year.

Included are discussions about how the semiconductor industry is changing, touching on Moore’s law, chiplets. and government intervention.The forces that are changing semis are… Read More


Podcast EP129: Sondrel’s Unique Position in the Custom Chip Market

Podcast EP129: Sondrel’s Unique Position in the Custom Chip Market
by Daniel Nenni on 12-07-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Graham Curren, CEO of ASIC provider Sondrel. Graham founded Sondrel in 2002 after identifying a gap in the market for an international company specialising in complex digital IC design. Prior to establishing Sondrel, Graham worked in both ASIC design and manufacturing before joining EDA company, Avant! Corporation.… Read More


Podcast EP126: Unifying RF and Optics with POET’s Optical Interposer Platform

Podcast EP126: Unifying RF and Optics with POET’s Optical Interposer Platform
by Daniel Nenni on 11-25-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, chairman and CEO, POET Technologies. Suresh joined POET Technologies from GLOBALFOUNDRIES where he served as senior vice president, Technology Development. He is an industry veteran with over 22 years of experience in semiconductor technology development. Prior to joining GLOBALFOUNDRIES,… Read More


Podcast EP120: How NXP is Revolutionizing Automotive Electronics Design

Podcast EP120: How NXP is Revolutionizing Automotive Electronics Design
by Daniel Nenni on 11-09-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Jim Bridgewater, director of product marketing for NXP automotive edge product line.

Jim provides an overview of the various wireless interfaces in current automotive design. He also discusses a new product from NXP called OrangeBox, a device that combines many of these interfaces into one domain controller.… Read More


Podcast EP119: The Latest Innovations at Agile Analog with Barry Paterson

Podcast EP119: The Latest Innovations at Agile Analog with Barry Paterson
by Daniel Nenni on 11-04-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Barry Paterson, CEO of Agile Analog.  Barry has held senior leadership, engineering and product management roles at Wolfson Microelectronics and Dialog Semiconductor. He has been involved in the development of custom mixed-signal silicon solutions for many of the leading mobile and consumer electronics … Read More


Podcast EP118: An Assessment of the Worldwide Semiconductor Ecosystem with Sagar Pushpala

Podcast EP118: An Assessment of the Worldwide Semiconductor Ecosystem with Sagar Pushpala
by Daniel Nenni on 11-02-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Sagar Pushpala, a seasoned semiconductor professional with more than 35 years of experience with IDMs, fabless and related semiconductor entities. He is actively involved with nearly a dozen companies in the US, Singapore and India in advisory/board, consulting and investment roles.

Dan explores the dynamics… Read More


Podcast EP114: The Power of the Alchip Business Model, Today and Tomorrow

Podcast EP114: The Power of the Alchip Business Model, Today and Tomorrow
by Daniel Nenni on 10-19-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Charmien Cheng, Director, Business Development, Alchip Technologies North America. She chairs the company’s investment committee and is responsible for strategic IP alliances, supply chain partnerships, and downstream customer relationship management.  She also leads the marketing team and is responsible… Read More


Podcast EP113: How Samtec is Enabling AI Growth in the Cloud and at the Edge with Matt Burns

Podcast EP113: How Samtec is Enabling AI Growth in the Cloud and at the Edge with Matt Burns
by Daniel Nenni on 10-14-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Mattew Burns, Matt develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon to Silicon solutions. Over the course of 20+ years, he has been a leader in design, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries.

Dan and Matt discuss the recent AI Hardware Summit… Read More