AI has changed a lot in the last ten years. In 2012, convolutional neural networks (CNNs) were the state of the art for computer vision. Then around 2020 vison transformers (ViTs) redefined machine learning. Now, Vision-Language Models (VLMs) are changing the game again—blending image and text understanding to power everything… Read More
Tag: Semidynamics
2025 Outlook with Volker Politz of Semidynamics
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
I am the Chief Sales Officer and I lead the global sales team and drive the overall sales process.
Semidynamics was founded 2016 as a design service company with a focus on RISC-V. This was so successful that the CEO decided to pivot the company towards its own IP sales and started… Read More
Semidynamics: A Single-Software-Stack, Configurable and Customizable RISC-V Solution
Founded with a vision to create transformative, customizable IP solutions, Semidynamics has emerged as a significant player in the AI hardware industry. Initially operating as a design engineering company, Semidynamics spent its early years exploring various pathways before pivoting to develop proprietary intellectual… Read More
Gazzillion Misses – Making the Memory Wall Irrelevant
Memory Hierarchy and the Memory Wall
Computer programs mainly move data around. In the meantime, they do some computations on the data but the bulk of execution time and energy is spent moving data around. In computer jargon we say that applications tend to be memory bound: this means that memory is the main performance limiting … Read More
CEO Interview: Roger Espasa of Semidynamics
Roger Espasa is the CEO and founder of Semidynamics, an IP supplier of two RISC-V cores, Avispado (in-order) and Atrevido (out-of-order) supporting the RISC-V vector extension and Gazzillion(tm) misses, both targeted at HPC and Artificial Intelligence. Prior to the foundation of the company, Roger was Technical Director/Distinguished… Read More