Podcast EP171: A Discussion of an EDA Revenue Milestone and the Upcoming DAC with Wally Rhines

Podcast EP171: A Discussion of an EDA Revenue Milestone and the Upcoming DAC with Wally Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 07-10-2023 at 8:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines to discuss the Q1 2023 Electronic Design Market Data report that was just released. SEMI and the Electronic System Design Alliance collect data from almost all of the electronic design automation companies in the world and compile it by product category and region of the world where the sales occurred.… Read More


Podcast EP159: The Fourth Quarter ESDA Market Data Report with Dr. Walden Rhines

Podcast EP159: The Fourth Quarter ESDA Market Data Report with Dr. Walden Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 05-01-2023 at 8:00 am

Dan discusses the recent Q4 2022 ESDA report with Wally Rhines, Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data report. Overall, the report portrays strong growth and positive results. Dan explores some anomalies in the data and possible reasons with Wally.

Dan also discusses some very interesting events at the upcoming… Read More


Cadence Hosts ESD Alliance Seminar on New Export Regulations Affecting EDA and SIP March 28

Cadence Hosts ESD Alliance Seminar on New Export Regulations Affecting EDA and SIP March 28
by Bob Smith on 03-10-2023 at 6:00 am

ESD Alliance Export Seminar 2023

Anyone interested in learning about general trade compliance concepts or how export control and sanction regulations affect the electronic systems design ecosystem will want to attend the upcoming ESD Alliance export seminar. It will be hosted by Ada Loo, chair of the ESD Alliance Export Committee and Cadence’s Group Director… Read More


Effective Writing and ChatGPT. The SEMI Test

Effective Writing and ChatGPT. The SEMI Test
by Bernard Murphy on 01-25-2023 at 6:00 am

Writing and ChatGPT min

ChatGPT is a hot topic, leading a few of my colleagues to ask me as a writer what I think of the technology.  I write content for tech companies and most of my contacts freely confess that they or more often their experts struggle with writing. If a tool could do that job for them they would be happy and I would have to find a different hobby.… Read More


Podcast EP139: The Third Quarter ESDA Market Data Report with Dr. Walden Rhines

Podcast EP139: The Third Quarter ESDA Market Data Report with Dr. Walden Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 01-23-2023 at 8:00 am

Dan discusses the recent Q3 2022 ESDA report with Wally Rhines, Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data report. While not tracking the record-breaking growth that has been seen over the past few quarters, growth is generally quite strong across the world. Dan explores the numbers with Wally, including some… Read More


Podcast EP70: A Review of EDA and IP Growth For 2021 with Dr. Walden Rhines

Podcast EP70: A Review of EDA and IP Growth For 2021 with Dr. Walden Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 04-08-2022 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines in his capacity as Executive Sponsor for the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report. Wally provides an overview of the most recent report covering all of 2021. Spoiler alert: it was a record-breaking year in many areas.

Dan and Wally explore the details behind the numbers and what it may mean for… Read More


 Semiconductor CapEx strong in 2021

 Semiconductor CapEx strong in 2021
by Bill Jewell on 06-23-2021 at 10:00 am

Semiconductor CAPEX spending versus change 2021

Semiconductor manufacturers are expanding capital spending in 2021 and beyond to help alleviate shortages. In addition, many governments around the world are proposing funding to support semiconductor manufacturing in their countries.

The United States Senate this month approved a bill which includes $52 billion to fund… Read More


A Thoughtful Semiconductor Outlook – Needed Now More Than Ever

A Thoughtful Semiconductor Outlook – Needed Now More Than Ever
by Mike Gianfagna on 05-20-2020 at 2:00 pm

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If you’re not dizzy from all the changing market projections lately, you soon will be. At times like this, I believe it’s important to keep perspective and look beyond the next 24-hour news cycle to try and understand what the future holds. I’m happy to report there’s a great event coming up in June that will do just that.

The Silicon… Read More


Collaboration Flow for Moore’s Law versus More than Moore

Collaboration Flow for Moore’s Law versus More than Moore
by Herb Reiter on 05-20-2020 at 10:00 am

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The current Coronavirus crisis is inflicting a lot of pain on people, companies, and governments. I hope I am not getting in trouble with my reasoning, but if you look closely, there are also some “positives” to the Covid-19 crisis.

– It is stress-testing our infrastructure and telling us where we need to improve – as country,… Read More


The Tech Week that was December 16-20 2019

The Tech Week that was December 16-20 2019
by Mark Dyson on 12-22-2019 at 6:00 am

As we approach the end of 2019 I wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. This will be my last update for a few weeks as I will also take a little break over the holiday season.

Despite a lot of people winding down for the year, there was still lots of interesting news from last week with lots of data points pointing to an even

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