Podcast EP106: SoC Verification Flows and Methodologies with Sivakumar P R of Maven Silicon

Podcast EP106: SoC Verification Flows and Methodologies with Sivakumar P R of Maven Silicon
by Daniel Nenni on 09-14-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Sivakumar P R, the Founder and CEO of Maven Silicon. He is responsible for the company’s vision, overall strategy, business, and technology. He is also the Founder and CEO of ASIC Design Technologies.

Dan and Sivakumar discuss SoC Verification Flows and Methodologies based on his article published on SemiWiki.… Read More


Podcast EP103: A Look at the Game-Changing Technology Being Built by Luminous Computing

Podcast EP103: A Look at the Game-Changing Technology Being Built by Luminous Computing
by Daniel Nenni on 08-26-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Michael Hochberg, president at Luminous Computing. His career has spanned the space between fundamental research and commercialization for over 20 years. He founded four silicon photonics companies garnering a total exit value of over a billion dollars.

Dan explores the computing technology being built by … Read More


Podcast EP102: A Brief History of eFPGA with Geoff Tate of Flex Logic

Podcast EP102: A Brief History of eFPGA with Geoff Tate of Flex Logic
by Daniel Nenni on 08-19-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Geoff Tate, CEO and Co-founder of Flex Logix. Geoff explains the embedded FPGA market, including some history, applications and challenges to deliver a product that customers really want. He provides some very relevant background on why Flex Logix has been so successful in this market, and what lies ahead.

GEOFF… Read More


Podcast EP95: An Overview of Axiado’s Transformative Security Technologies

Podcast EP95: An Overview of Axiado’s Transformative Security Technologies
by Daniel Nenni on 07-22-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Gopi Sirineni, the President & CEO of Axiado, a company that is spearheading unique security technologies with AI in hardware. He is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 25 years of successes in the semiconductor, software and systems industries.

Gopi explains what’s different about the Axiado approach… Read More


Podcast EP93: The Unique Role of EMD Electronics to Enable Technology Advances Across Our Industry

Podcast EP93: The Unique Role of EMD Electronics to Enable Technology Advances Across Our Industry
by Daniel Nenni on 07-08-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Jacob Woodruff, Head of Technology Scouting and Partnerships with EMD Electronics, where he works to find and advance external early stage and disruptive technologies in the semiconductor and display materials space. Dr. Woodruff is an experienced technologist, having managed global R&D groups developing… Read More


Podcast EP91: A Tour of Agile Analog’s Ground-Breaking Technology with its New CEO, Barry Paterson

Podcast EP91: A Tour of Agile Analog’s Ground-Breaking Technology with its New CEO, Barry Paterson
by Daniel Nenni on 06-30-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Barry Paterson, Agile Analog’s new CEO. 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 EP90: A Tour of Cadence’s Cloud Solutions with Mahesh Turaga

Podcast EP90: A Tour of Cadence’s Cloud Solutions with Mahesh Turaga
by Daniel Nenni on 06-24-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Mahesh Turaga, VP of Cloud Business Development at Cadence Design Systems. Mahesh brings extensive customer-facing experience to Cadence in business development, strategy, pre-sales, and consulting. He provides an overview of the cloud solutions provided by Cadence. The various business models, technical… Read More


Podcast EP89: An Overview of NXP’s MCX MCU Products with CK Phua

Podcast EP89: An Overview of NXP’s MCX MCU Products with CK Phua
by Daniel Nenni on 06-22-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by CK Phua of NXP. CK joined Philips Semiconductors in 1993 and worked in various roles including quality, applications engineering, product engineering and technical marketing. After Philips, CK joined Freescale in 2012 and rejoined NXP through the Freescale merger. CK is now a Product Manager for Microcontrollers… Read More


Podcast EP88: A conversation with Maheen Hamid, one of Silicon Valley’s 100 Most Influential Women

Podcast EP88: A conversation with Maheen Hamid, one of Silicon Valley’s 100 Most Influential Women
by Daniel Nenni on 06-17-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Maheen Hamid, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Breker Verification Systems and a recipient of Silicon Valley Business Journal’s 100 most influential women award. Maheen discusses her journey to Silicon Valley and Breker, beginning with her upbringing in Bangladesh. Maheen married… Read More


Podcast EP87: How Axiomise Addresses the Verification Challenge

Podcast EP87: How Axiomise Addresses the Verification Challenge
by Daniel Nenni on 06-16-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by GD Bansal, COO at Axiomise.  Dan explores the Axiomise business model to provide training and consulting services for formal verification with GD. The benefits and challenges of using formal verification on complex designs are discussed, along with the benefits of the Axiomize vendor-neutral approach to … Read More