Webinar: Redefining Security – The challenges of implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)

Webinar: Redefining Security – The challenges of implementing Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC)
by Admin on 06-03-2024 at 8:45 pm

While PQC implementation is not yet mandatory, organizations must plan the integration of cryptographic algorithms to anticipate the considerable time investment required for design, development, and certification.

In this webinar we will delve into the imminent transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography, exploring the… Read More


Webinar: Automating the Integration Workflow with IP Centric Design

Webinar: Automating the Integration Workflow with IP Centric Design
by Admin on 04-08-2024 at 3:14 pm

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During a project, subsystem and full-chip integration plays a crucial role. Integration can be particularly challenging on large SoCs with distributed teams due to complexity of the integration process, multi-site infrastructure issues, as well as the need to collaborate … Read More


What ChatGPT has to say about the Chiplet Summit

What ChatGPT has to say about the Chiplet Summit
by Daniel Nenni on 02-04-2024 at 12:00 pm

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Quite a few of the articles I now see about the semiconductor industry use AI. It is not hard to tell, especially for someone like myself, a 40 year experienced semiconductor professional who also writes. In the last 13 years (yes SemiWiki is now a teenager) we have published 9,058 blogs. SemiWiki was the first of now many semiconductor… Read More


Podcast EP151: How Pulsic Automates Analog Layout for Free with Mark Williams

Podcast EP151: How Pulsic Automates Analog Layout for Free with Mark Williams
by Daniel Nenni on 04-07-2023 at 10:00 am

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


Must-attend webinar event: How better collaboration can improve your yield

Must-attend webinar event: How better collaboration can improve your yield
by Daniel Nenni on 03-16-2023 at 10:00 am

YieldHub Webinar

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


Podcast EP136: Semiconductor Industry Update with Malcolm Penn

Podcast EP136: Semiconductor Industry Update with Malcolm Penn
by Daniel Nenni on 01-11-2023 at 10:00 am

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


Arteris IP Acquires Semifore!

Arteris IP Acquires Semifore!
by Daniel Nenni on 01-10-2023 at 5:45 am

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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


Synopsys Crosses $5 Billion Milestone!

Synopsys Crosses $5 Billion Milestone!
by Daniel Nenni on 12-14-2022 at 6:00 am

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“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


Understanding Sheath Behavior Key to Plasma Etch

Understanding Sheath Behavior Key to Plasma Etch
by Scott Kruger on 08-11-2022 at 10:00 am

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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 Update

0.55 High-NA Lithography Update
by Tom Dillinger on 05-31-2022 at 6:00 am

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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