We started working with Alphawave at the end of 2020 with a CEO Interview. I had met Tony Pialis before and found him to be a brilliant and charismatic leader so I knew it would be a great collaboration. Tony was already an IP legend after his company was acquired by Intel. After 4+ years at Intel Tony co-founded Alphawave in 2017. Today,… Read More
There were quite a few announcements at the TSMC Technical Symposium last week but the most important, in my opinion, were based on TSMC N3 tape-outs. Not only is N3 the leading 3nm process it is the only one in mass production which is why all of the top tier semiconductor companies are using it. TSMC N3 will be the most successful node… Read More
The semiconductor ecosystem has been full of interesting twists of late and Alphawave has been a company to watch since the very beginning. Alphawave came out of stealth mode in early 2019 as the world’s first IP company focused on multi-standard connectivity (SerDes) IP solutions. The importance of SerDes had been understated… Read More
Dan is joined by Tony Pialis, the co-founder and CEO of Alphawave, a global leader in high-speed connectivity IP enabling industries such as AI, autonomous vehicles, 5G, hyperscale data centers, and more. Tony and Dan discuss the requirements for data connectivity across many high-growth markets and what is required for successful… Read More
Dan is joined by Tony Pialis. Tony co-founded Alphawave in 2017 and has since served as its President and Chief Executive Officer. The journey of Alphawave is discussed, including differentiation, strategy and the IPO as well as a look to the future.
Tony co-founded Alphawave in 2017 and has since served as its President and Chief… Read More
Design IP Sales Grew 16.7% in 2020, to reach $4.6B and this is the best growth since year 2000!
The main trends shaking the Design IP in 2020 are very positive for the Top 3 IP vendors, each of them growing more than the market and confirm the importance of the wired interface IP market, aligned with the data-centric application, hyperscalar,… Read More
Tony Pialis is a visionary entrepreneur focused on developing
technologies for next generation connectivity. In the last twenty 20 years, he has co-founded three semiconductor IP companies, all exclusively targeting connectivity IP. Tony is currently the CEO of Alphawave IP Inc, a leader in delivering multi-standard wireline… Read More
The good news is that the next five DAC events will take place in Moscone Center in San Francisco! If going to Las Vegas from the Bay area is an easy trip, coming from Europe to Las Vegas makes it a 24+hours journey… One obvious consequence was the poor attendance to the exhibition floor. But let’s be positive and notice that the number… Read More
