Podcast EP311: An Overview of how Keysom Optimizes Embedded Applications with Dr. Luca TESTA

Podcast EP311: An Overview of how Keysom Optimizes Embedded Applications with Dr. Luca TESTA
by Daniel Nenni on 10-17-2025 at 10:00 am

Daniel is joined by Luca TESTA, the COO and co-founder of Keysom. After studying microelectronics in Italy, Luca obtained his PhD in France while working with STMicroelectronics on analog/RF circuit design.

Dan explores the charter and focus of Keysom with Luca. Luca describes how Keysom is providing an automated and reliable… Read More


Rise Design Automation Webinar: SystemVerilog at the Core: Scalable Verification and Debug in HLS

Rise Design Automation Webinar: SystemVerilog at the Core: Scalable Verification and Debug in HLS
by Daniel Nenni on 09-18-2025 at 10:00 am

Rise SemiWiki Webinar October


Key Takeaways

– High-Level Synthesis (HLS) delivers not only design productivity and quality but also dramatic gains in verification speed and debug – and it delivers them today.
–  Rise Design Automation uniquely enables SystemVerilog-based HLS and SystemVerilog verification, reusing proven verification… Read More


Webinar Preview – Addressing Functional ECOs for Mixed-Signal ASICs

Webinar Preview – Addressing Functional ECOs for Mixed-Signal ASICs
by Mike Gianfagna on 09-11-2025 at 10:00 am

Webinar Preview – Addressing Functional ECOs for Mixed Signal ASICs

An engineering change order, or ECO in the context of ASIC design is a way to modify or patch a design after layout without needing to re-implement the design from its starting point. There are many reasons to use an ECO strategy. Some examples include correcting errors that are found in post-synthesis verification, optimizing … Read More


WEBINAR: Functional ECO Solution for Mixed-Signal ASIC Design

WEBINAR: Functional ECO Solution for Mixed-Signal ASIC Design
by Daniel Nenni on 09-04-2025 at 8:00 am

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This webinar, in partnership with Easy-Logic Technology, is to address the complexities and challenges associated with functional ECO (Engineering Change Order) in ASIC design, with a particular focus on mixed-signal designs.

The webinar begins by highlighting the critical role of mixed-signal chips in modern applications,… Read More


The SemiWiki 62nd DAC Preview

The SemiWiki 62nd DAC Preview
by Daniel Nenni on 06-02-2025 at 6:00 am

62nd DAC SemiWiki

After being held in San Francisco since the pandemic the beloved Design Automation Conference will be on the move again. In 2026 DAC will be held in Huntington Beach. For you non-California natives, Huntington Beach is a California city Southeast of Los Angeles. It’s known for surf beaches and its long Huntington Beach Pier.… Read More


Video EP7: The impact of Undo’s Time Travel Debugging with Greg Law

Video EP7: The impact of Undo’s Time Travel Debugging with Greg Law
by Daniel Nenni on 05-30-2025 at 10:00 am

In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Dr Greg Law, CEO of Undo, He is a C++ debugging expert, well-known conference speaker, and the founder of Undo. Greg explains the history of Undo, initially as a provider of software development and debugging tools for software vendors. He explains that… Read More


Emerging NVM Technologies: ReRAM Gains Visibility in 2024 Industry Survey

Emerging NVM Technologies: ReRAM Gains Visibility in 2024 Industry Survey
by Daniel Nenni on 04-30-2025 at 11:00 am

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A recent survey of more than 120 anonymous semiconductor professionals offers a grounded view of how the industry is evaluating non-volatile memory (NVM) technologies—and where things may be heading next.

The 2024 NVM Survey, run in late 2024 and promoted through various semiconductor-related platforms and portals including… Read More


Podcast EP280: A Broad View of the Impact and Implications of Industrial Policy with Economist Ian Fletcher

Podcast EP280: A Broad View of the Impact and Implications of Industrial Policy with Economist Ian Fletcher
by Daniel Nenni on 04-02-2025 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by economist Ian Fletcher. Ian is on the Coalition for a Prosperous America Advisory Board. He is the author of Free Trade Doesn’t Work , coauthor of The Conservative Case against Free Trade, and his new book Industrial Policy for the United States Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries. He … Read More


Happy New Year from SemiWiki

Happy New Year from SemiWiki
by Daniel Nenni on 01-01-2025 at 6:00 am

Happy New Year 2024

As SemiWiki celebrates our 14th anniversary I wanted to wish you all a happy New Year! Working in the semiconductor industry for the past 40 years has been rewarding beyond belief. Working in the trenches and traveling the world has been an education in itself, more so than any other career that I could imagine. SemiWiki has broadened… Read More


Intel – Everyone’s Favourite Second Source?

Intel – Everyone’s Favourite Second Source?
by Peter Bennet on 12-17-2024 at 10:00 am

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A response to Daniel Nenni’s “What’s Wrong with Intel?” article, which invited alternative views.

At the risk of calling down the forecast universal opprobrium, I’m going to disagree with Dan’s take on the centrality of Intel.

I don’t agree that Intel is too big/important to fail or that the US can’t succeed in semiconductors without… Read More