Dan is joined by Mark Williams. Mark is a Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Pulsic. He has over 30 years of experience in the EDA industry and was one of the team that pioneered shape-based routing technology in the 1980s while working at Zuken-Redac.
Mark explains the unique “freemium” model for automating analog… Read More
In today’s rapidly evolving semiconductor industry, the demand for high-quality and reliable semiconductors at a reasonable cost is increasing. This is why world-class yield management has become more and more important for fabless semiconductor companies and IDMs.
In a must-attend event, yieldHUB will be hosting… Read More
Dan is joined by Malcolm Penn, CEO of Future Horizons. Malcolm is a contributor to SemiWiki and a frequent podcast guest.
Dan and Malcolm discuss what happened in the semi industry last year and what 2023 and 2024 will look like and why. The discussion is a preview to Malcolm’s upcoming Industry Update Webinar on January … Read More
The semiconductor ecosystem consolidation continues with an interesting acquisition of an EDA company by an IP company. Having worked with both Arteris and Semifore over the past few years I can tell you by personal experience that this is one of those 1+1=3 types of acquisitions, absolutely.
Semifore was founded in 2006 by a team… Read More
“We intend to grow revenue 14% to 15%, continue to drive notable ops margin expansion and aim for approximately 16% non-GAAP earnings per share growth.”
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) Q4 2022 Earnings Call Transcript
Synopsys is the EDA bellwether since they report early and are the #1 EDA and #1 IP company. In addition to crossing… Read More
Readers of SemiWiki will be well aware of the challenges the industry has faced in photolithography in moving to new nodes, which drove the development of new EUV light sources as well as new masking techniques. Plasma etching is another key step in chip manufacturing that has also seen new challenges in the development of new sub-10nm… Read More
0.55 High-NA Lithography Updateby Tom Dillinger on 05-31-2022 at 6:00 amCategories: Events, Foundries, Intel
At the recent SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning Conference, Mark Phillips from Intel gave an insightful update on the status of the introduction of the 0.55 high numerical aperture extreme ultraviolet lithography technology. Mark went so far as to assert that the development progress toward high-NA EUV would support … Read More
COVID was certainly a black swan event but semiconductors have seen similar events over the past 50 years, some of which I have experienced personally. The Dot-com bubble comes to mind but there were others. The question is will history repeat itself and the answer, according to Malcolm Penn of Future Horizons, is yes.
Malcolm is… Read More
Dan is joined by Malcolm Penn, long-term semiconductor industry veteran and founder of Future Horizons, Dan and Malcolm review their last discussion on 2021 forecasts, which produced aggressive numbers many said were too optimistic. Their predictions turned out to be on the mark.
They also explore the topic of 2022 -what … Read More
Dan and Mike take some time to review 2021 – the events that led to growth, opportunities and challenges and a discussion of what lies ahead.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.… Read More
