Chiplet Q&A with John Lee of Ansys

Chiplet Q&A with John Lee of Ansys
by Daniel Nenni on 05-19-2023 at 6:00 am

SNUG Panel

At the recent Synopsys Users Group Meeting (SNUG) I had the honor of leading a panel of experts on the topic of chiplets. One of those panelists was John Lee, Head of Electronics, Semiconductors and Optics at Ansys.

How is the signoff flow evolving and what is being done to help mitigate the growing signoff complexity challenge?

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Curvilinear Mask Patterning for Maximizing Lithography Capability

Curvilinear Mask Patterning for Maximizing Lithography Capability
by Fred Chen on 05-09-2023 at 10:00 am

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Masks have always been an essential part of the lithography process in the semiconductor industry. With the smallest printed features already being subwavelength for both DUV and EUV cases at the bleeding edge, mask patterns play a more crucial role than ever. Moreover, in the case of EUV lithography, throughput is a concern, … Read More


Chiplet Q&A with Henry Sheng of Synopsys

Chiplet Q&A with Henry Sheng of Synopsys
by Daniel Nenni on 05-05-2023 at 6:00 am

SNUG Panel

At the recent Synopsys Users Group Meeting (SNUG) I had the honor of leading a panel of experts on the topic of chiplets. One of those panelists was the very personable Dr. Henry Sheng, Group Director of R&D in the EDA Group at Synopsys. Henry currently leads engineering for 3DIC, advanced technology and visualization.

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Podcast EP157: The Differentiated Role Andes Plays in the US with Charlie Cheng

Podcast EP157: The Differentiated Role Andes Plays in the US with Charlie Cheng
by Daniel Nenni on 04-26-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Charlie Cheng, Managing Director of Polyhedron. Prior to that, Charlie was the CEO of Kilopass Technology, where he grew the core memory business into a successful acquisition by Synopsys. Before that, Charlie was an Entrepreneur in Residence at US Venture Partners and a Corporate VP at Faraday Technology, a Taiwanese… Read More


Synopsys Accelerates First-Pass Silicon Success for Banias Labs’ Networking SoC

Synopsys Accelerates First-Pass Silicon Success for Banias Labs’ Networking SoC
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-24-2023 at 8:00 am

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Banias Labs is a semiconductor company that develops infrastructure solutions for next-generation communications. Its target market is the high-performance computing infrastructure market including hyperscale data center, networking, AI, optical module, and Ethernet switch SoCs for emerging high-performance computing… Read More


Podcast EP156: A Chat With Shankar Krishnamoorthy About Strategy and Outlook for EDA Development at SNUG

Podcast EP156: A Chat With Shankar Krishnamoorthy About Strategy and Outlook for EDA Development at SNUG
by Daniel Nenni on 04-21-2023 at 10:00 am

This is another special edition of our podcast series. SemiWiki staff writer Kalar Rajendiran spoke with Shankar Krishnamoorthy, General Manager, Electronic Design Automation Group for Synopsys at the recent SNUG meeting,

Shankar discusses how Synopsys is focusing on hyperconvergence and implementation of AI across the… Read More


Podcast EP152: An Informal Conversation with Aart de Geus on AI and Multi-Die at SNUG

Podcast EP152: An Informal Conversation with Aart de Geus on AI and Multi-Die at SNUG
by Daniel Nenni on 04-10-2023 at 2:00 pm

This is a special edition of our podcast series. At the recent Synopsys SNUG User Group, SemiWiki staff writer Kalar Rajendiran got the opportunity to conduct an informal interview with Aart de Geus, Chairman and CEO of Synopsys.

What follows are some of Aart’s thoughts on the deployment of AI across the semiconductor … Read More


Full-Stack, AI-driven EDA Suite for Chipmakers

Full-Stack, AI-driven EDA Suite for Chipmakers
by Kalar Rajendiran on 04-03-2023 at 6:00 am

Synopsys.ai Industry First AI driven Full EDA Suite

Semiconductor technology is among the most complex of technologies and the semiconductor industry is among the most demanding of industries. Yet the ecosystem has delivered incredible advances over the last six decades from which the world has benefitted tremendously. Yes, of course, the markets want that break-neck speed… Read More


Securing Memory Interfaces

Securing Memory Interfaces
by Kalar Rajendiran on 03-30-2023 at 10:00 am

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News of hackers breaking into systems is becoming common place these days. While many of the breaches reported to date may have been due to security flaws in software, vulnerabilities exist in hardware too. As a result, the topic of security is getting increased attention within the semiconductor industry around system-on-chip… Read More


Podcast EP148: The Synopsys View of High-Performance Communication and the Role of Chiplets

Podcast EP148: The Synopsys View of High-Performance Communication and the Role of Chiplets
by Daniel Nenni on 03-17-2023 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by John Swanson, who is the HPC Controller & Datapath Product Line Manager in the Synopsys Solutions Group. John has worked in the development and deployment of verification, integration, and implementation tools, IP, standards, and methodologies used in IP-based design for over 25 years at Synopsys.

Dan explores… Read More