Now that the dust has settled let’s talk more about TSMC’s Open Innovation Platform. Launched in 2008, OIP represents a groundbreaking collaborative model in the semiconductor industry. Unlike IDMs that controlled the entire supply chain, OIP fosters an “open horizontal” ecosystem uniting TSMC… Read More
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Teradyne and TSMC: Pioneering the Future of Semiconductor Testing Through the 2025 OIP Partner of the Year Award
In a significant milestone for the semiconductor industry, Teradyne was honored as the 2025 TSMC Open Innovation Platform® Partner of the Year for TSMC 3DFabric® Testing. This award, announced on September 25, 2025, underscores the deep collaboration between Teradyne, a leader in automated test equipment and robotics, and… Read More
Certus Semiconductor at the 2025 Design Automation Conference #62DAC
Certus Semiconductor Brings High-Performance Custom I/O and ESD IP to DAC 2025
Certus Semiconductor, a trusted leader in custom I/O and ESD solutions, will exhibit at booth #1731 during DAC 2025, June 23–27 in San Francisco. Known for its robust, customer-proven IP tailored for challenging applications, Certus will highlight… Read More
2025 Outlook with Christelle Faucon of Agile Analog
Tell us a little bit about yourself and your company.
I was born in France, but I have been living in the Netherlands for two decades. I have worked in the global semiconductor industry for over 25 years. After my Master’s Degree in Electronics Engineering, I started my career as a Design Engineer. Since then I have held senior product… Read More
TSMC 16th OIP Ecosystem Forum First Thoughts
Even though this is the 16th OIP event please remember that TSMC has been working closely with EDA and IP companies for 20+ years with reference flows and other design enablement and silicon verification activities. The father of OIP officially is Dr. Morris Chang who named it the Grand Alliance. However, Dr. Cliff Hou is the one … Read More
TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum Preview 2024
The 2024 live conferences have been well attended thus far and there are many more to come. The next big event in Silicon Valley is the TSMC Global OIP Ecosystem Forum on September 25th at the Santa Clara Convention Center. I expect a big crowd filled with both customers and partners.
This is the 16th year of OIP and it has been an honor… Read More
2024 Outlook with Stephen Fairbanks of Certus Semiconductor
Certus Semiconductor is a unique company. Their customer centric business model ensures customer success at many levels. Certus is staffed by a team of IO and ESD experts that go above and beyond what you can get from free libraries, protecting your designs and your customers products from the risks of electrostatic discharge.… Read More
IROC at the TSMC Open Innovation Ecosystem Platform
Radiation is everywhere. Radiation contributes to Single Event Effects (SEE) in semiconductor circuits and packaging. As chips get larger, containing more functions, and using lower voltage to reduce power, SEEs have become more significant to product reliability, Failures In Time rates (FIT), and meantime between failures… Read More
Synopsys – TSMC Collaboration Unleashes Innovation for TSMC OIP Ecosystem
As the focal point of the TSMC OIP ecosystem, TSMC has been driving important initiatives over the last few years to bring multi-die systems to the mainstream. As the world is moving quickly toward Generative AI technology and AI-based systems, multi-die and chiplet-based implementations are becoming essential. TSMC recently… Read More
Disaggregated Systems: Enabling Computing with UCIe Interconnect and Chiplets-Based Design
The world of computing is evolving rapidly, with a constant demand for more powerful and efficient systems. Generative AI has driven exponential growth in the amount of data that is generated and processed at very high data speeds and very low latencies. Traditionally, computing systems have been built using monolithic designs,… Read More
