Semiconductor Insiders: Recent Episodes
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Daniel is joined by David Kravitz, Senior Principal Engineer at SiFive, the pioneer of the RISC- V computing revolution. A veteran silicon architect with decades of experience designing high-performance processors ranging from VAX and Alpha to MIPS and ARM, David led the team behind some of the most critical breakthroughs in… Read More
Daniel is joined by Nick Kucharewski Senior Vice President and General Manager for Cisco’s silicon development organization. In this role he is responsible for the end-to-end strategy, cross-functional execution, organization alignment, and product roadmap for Silicon One, Cisco’s uniquely scalable and programmable … Read More
Daniel is joined by David Liberman, a Los Angeles-based futurist, serial entrepreneur, investor, and former Director of Products at Snap, as well as the co-creator of the Gonka protocol. Gonka is a decentralized protocol that connects people who need computing power for AI with operators who provide GPU hardware. Its goal is … Read More
Daniel is joined by Andrew Levy, Vice President of Business Development, IP & ASIC at Alphacore. Andrew leads strategic growth initiatives, customer engagement, technology commercialization, and business development activities for the company’s semiconductor IP, ASIC design services, and advanced microelectronics… Read More
Daniel is joined by Wally Rhines, CEO of Silvaco to discuss the Electronic Design Market Data report that was just released. Wally is the industry coordinator for the EDA data collection program called EDMD. SEMI and the Electronic System Design Alliance collect data from almost all of the electronic design automation companies… Read More
Daniel is joined by Chris Morrison, vice president of product marketing at Agile Analog, the customizable analog IP company. Chris has over 18 years’ experience developing strong relationships with key partners across the semiconductor industry and delivering innovative analog, digital, power management and audio products.… Read More
Daniel is joined by Fabrizio Del Maffeo, CEO and co-founder of Axelera AI, a Netherlands-based startup delivering the world’s most powerful and advanced solutions for AI at the edge.
Fabrizio describes the significant momentum Axelera AI has achieved in the market, with over 350 customers. Dan then explores the company’s… Read More
In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Antun Domic, who discusses Mach42’s work on AI and analog verification. Antun covers many aspects of analog/AMS verification and how Mach42’s unique AI-fueled approach provides significant benefits. He explains the balance of speed … Read More
Daniel is joined by Pedro Pires, a product and technology leader with a strong background in IP and data management within the EDA industry. Currently a product manager at Keysight Technologies, he drives the roadmap for the AI-driven data management solutions. Pedro’s career spans roles in software engineering and data science… Read More
In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Mohamed Hassan, who leads the Quantum EDA segment at Keysight. Mohamed provides a broad overview of superconducting quantum system design. He discusses the challenges for this design style and how EDA requirements for quantum design differ from … Read More
Daniel is joined by Dr. Mark Burton, the General Chair for this year’s DVCon Europe. DVCon is the premier conference on the application of languages, tools, and methodologies for the design and verification of electronic systems and integrated circuits.
Mark shares his long history of involvement in DVCon with Dan. He … Read More
Daniel is joined by Andrea Gallo, CEO of RISC-V International. Before joining RISC-V he worked in leadership roles at Linaro for over a decade and before Linaro he was a fellow at STMicroelectronics.
Dan explores the current state of the RISC-V movement with Andrea, who describes the focus and history of this evolving standard.… Read More
Daniel is joined by Dan Zheng, VP of Partnerships and Operations at Clockwork. Dan was the General Manager for Product and Partnerships at Urban Engines which was acquired by Google in 2016. He has also held roles at Stanford University and Google.
Dan explores the challenges of operating massive AI hardware infrastructure at … Read More
In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Brett Larder, co-founder and CTO at March42. Brett explains what March42’s AI technology can do and the benefits of using the platform to quickly analyze designs to find areas that may be out of spec and require more work. He describes the way Mach42… Read More
Dan is joined by Ross Miller, senior vice president at SkyWater Technology. Ross leads the industrial and aerospace businesses while steering the company’s branding, and corporate communications efforts. He is a seasoned semiconductor and technology executive with over 20 years of experience across startup, enterprise,… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Tania Roy, Associate Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. She focuses on developing innovative hardware for artificial intelligence using advanced materials beyond silicon. Her research explores reliable gallium nitride (GaN) devices and new materials to move beyond … Read More
Dan is joined by Moshe Sheier, Ceva’s vice president of marketing. Moshe brings with him more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor IP and chip industries in both development and managerial roles. Prior to this position, Mr. Sheier was the director of strategic marketing at Ceva.
Dan explores the history of Ceva with … Read More
In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by Chouki Aktouf, CEO and Founder of Defacto Technologies. Dan explores the challenges of building complex SoCs with Chouki, who describes challenges around managing complexity at the front end of the process while staying within PPA requirements and … Read More
Dan is joined by Graeme Hickey, vice president of engineering at PQShield. Graeme has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry creating cryptographic IP and security subsystems for secure products. Formerly of NXP Semiconductor, he was senior manager of the company’s Secure Hardware Subsystems group responsible… Read More
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
Dan is joined by Andrea Gallo, Vice President of Technology at RISC-V International. Andrea heads up the Technical Activities in collaboration with RISC-V members across workgroups and committees in growing the adoption of the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture. Prior to RISC-V International, Andrea held multiple roles… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Jason Cong, the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence Professor at the UCLA Computer Science Department. He is the director of the Center for Domain-Specific Computing and the director of VLSI Architecture, Synthesis, and Technology Laboratory. Dr. Cong’s research interests include novel architectures… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre. Before joining Finwave as CEO, Dr. Lesaicherre was the president, CEO and a director of Nanometrics , a leading provider of advanced process control metrology and software analytics. He also held the CEO position for Lumileds, an integrated manufacturer of LED components and automotive… Read More
Dan is joined by Gloria Kee, Vice President of Product Management at Model N. For 15 years at Model N, she has spent her time focused on product management and with an in-depth understanding of implementing and designing innovative software across a variety of business challenges. She is committed to product innovation and development… Read More
Dan is joined by Adeel Liaquat, a formal verification manager at Axiomise. The company delivers cutting-edge scalable and predictable formal verification solutions shortening the time-to-market, and left-shifting the verification curve.
Dan explores the substantial verification challenges for advanced designs with… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines. Wally is a lot of things, CEO of Cornami, board member, advisor to many and friend to all. In this conversation, Wally discusses his decision to join Caspia Technologies as Chairman of the Board. You can read the press release announcing this here,
Wally explains his strong interest in hardware … Read More
Dan is joined by Sebastien Riou. Director of Product Security Architecture at PQShield. Sebastien has more than 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, focusing on achieving “banking grade security” on resource-constrained ICs such as smart cards and mobile secure elements. Formerly of Tiempo-Secure, he helped… Read More
Dan is joined by Kevin Robinson, yieldHUB’s Vice President of Operations who was recently appointed Head of Sales for Europe, the Middle East & Africa. With over 23 years of experience as a test engineer in the semiconductor industry, Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge and dedication to his dual role. At yieldHUB, Kevin leads… Read More
Dan is joined by Jim Handy of Objective Analysis. Jim is a 35-year semiconductor industry executive and like Dan, a leading industry analyst, speaker, and blogger. Following marketing and design positions at Intel, National Semiconductor, and Infineon, Jim became highly respected as an analyst for his technical depth, accurate… Read More
Dan is joined by Chris Morrison, who has over 15 years of experience in delivering innovative analog, digital, power management and audio solutions for International electronics companies, and developing strong relationships with key partners across the semiconductor industry. Currently he is the Director of Product Marketing… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Mark Han, Vice President of R&D Engineering for Circuit Simulation at Synopsys. Mark leads a team of over 300 engineers in developing cutting-edge advanced circuit simulation and transistor-level sign-off products, including characterization and static timing analysis. With 27 years of industry … Read More
Dan is joined by Dave Kelf, CEO of Breker Verification Systems, whose product portfolio solves challenges across the functional verification process for large, complex semiconductors. Dave has deep experience with semiconductor design and verification with management and executive level positions at Cadence, Synopsys,… Read More
Dan is joined by Jennifer Ard, Intel Capital Managing Director and Head of Investment Operations. In her role, Jen is responsible for managing Intel Capital’s investment-related operations. Additionally, she is primarily focused on investing in silicon-related companies and has been involved in multiple deals including… Read More
Dan is joined by Robert Ruiz, a product management director responsible for strategy and business growth of several verification products at Synopsys. Robert has held various marketing and technical positions for leading functional verification and test automation products at various companies including Synopsys, Novas… Read More
Dan is joined by Clay Johnson, CEO of CacheQ. Clay has decades of executive experience in computing, FPGAs and development flows, including serving as Vice President of the Xilinx Spartan Business Unit which was acquired by AMD.
Clay discusses the changes occurring in system design to leverage AI/ML and technologies such as large… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Richard Price, CTO and Dr. Konstantinos Lordanou, a senior ASIC designer at Pragmatic Semiconductor.
Richard has over 25 years’ experience in the development and commercialisation of a wide range of new technologies based on novel processes, materials and flexible electronics. Richard is also a non-executive… Read More
Dan is joined by Mike O’Brien. Mike was recently the vice president of aerospace and government at Synopsys, He has 40 years of experience in the semiconductor, software and computer industries. In his 27 years in EDA and IP at Synopsys and Cadence, Mike helped build new lines of business including outsourced design services, research… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines. Wally is a lot of things, CEO of Cornami, board member, advisor to many and friend to all. In this session, he is the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report.
Wally discusses the recent Q1 2024 ESD Alliance Quarterly Electronic Design Market Data Report with Dan. It was … Read More
Dan is joined by Marc Hutner. Marc has been innovating in the areas of design, test, DFT and data analytics for more than 20 years. In June of 2023, he joined the Siemens EDA Tessent group as the product director of Silicon Learning, enabling how silicon data is applied to yield improvement and silicon debug. Previously, he worked … Read More
Dan is joined by Sathishkumar Balasubramanian. Sathish currently leads the product management and marketing organization for CustomIC Verification (CICV) division at Siemens. Sathish is an experienced product leader with over 20+ years of experience in the EDA industry.
Sathish’s focus is on bringing value to the semiconductor… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. John Ferguson, senior director of marketing for the Calibre product line at Siemens EDA. John has worked extensively in physical design verification. Current activities include efforts to extend physical verification and PDK enablement for 3DIC design and silicon photonics.
Dan explores the Siemens EDA… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Ambar Sarkar, a member of the Design Automation Conference executive committee and the program chair of the Engineering Tracks. He has a broad background covering both software and hardware R&D. He has contributed to industry standards in areas such as functional verification and IP security. He is the… Read More
Dan is joined by Mark Himelstein, President of Heavenstone. Most recently, as Chief Technology Officer at RISC-V International, Mark contributed to shaping RISC-V technology through visionary leadership and industry expertise. He has a track record of executive roles at Graphite Systems, Quantum, and Infoblox.
Dan discusses… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Sam Heidari. Sam brings three decades of extensive management experience in the semiconductor sector. He currently holds the position of CEO at Lumotive, serves as Chairman at Arctic Semiconductor, and advises multiple technology startups. Previously, he served as CEO and Chairman at Quantenna Communications,… Read More
Dan is joined by Chet Babla, indie Semiconductor’s Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing, responsible for expanding the company’s tier 1 and automotive OEM customer base, as well as supporting product roadmap development. Chet has worked in the technology industry for over 25 years in a variety of technical and commercial… Read More
Dan is joined by Jim Cannon, Head of OEM and Markets at Mettler-Toledo Thornton. Jim has over 35 years of experience managing, designing, and developing ultrapure water treatment and technology. Jim is currently involved in the standards and regulatory organizations including the Facilities and Liquid Chemicals Committee,… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Rodney Pelzel, he has over 20 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with deep expertise in semiconductor materials engineering and the epitaxial growth of compound semiconductors. Dr. Pelzel joined IQE as a Production Engineer in 2000 and is now head of R&D and is tasked with creating unique… Read More
Dan is joined by Robert Ruiz, product management director responsible for strategy and business growth of several verification products at Synopsys. Robert has held various marketing and technical positions for leading functional verification and test automation products at various companies including Synopsys, Novas… Read More
Dan is joined by Bill DeVries, Vice President of Industry Transformation and Customer Success at Dassault Systémes. Bill is responsible for revenue growth and driving the use of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Additionally, Bill is the Senior Director of Academic and Education in North America, where he leads the 3DEXPERIENCE EDU… Read More
Dan is joined by Randy Caplan, co-founder and CEO of Silicon Creations, and a lifelong technology enthusiast. For almost two decades, he has helped grow Silicon Creations into a leading mixed-signal semiconductor IP company with nearly 500 customers spanning almost every major market segment.
Randy provides some background… Read More
Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines. Wally is a lot of things, CEO of Cornami, board member, advisor to many and friend to all. In this session, he is the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report.
Wally reviews the Electronic Design Market Data report that was just released for Q4 2023. Growth continues to be… Read More
Dan is joined by Noam Brousard, who has over 20 years of diverse technology experience, spanning systems engineering, software development and hardware design. He currently serves as the vice president of Solutions Engineering at proteanTecs, where he helps customers implement on-chip monitoring solutions to address their… Read More
Dan is joined by Carl Moore, a semiconductor and yield management expert with a career spanning 40 years. Carl's held technical management positions across product and test engineering, assembly, manufacturing, and design at established semiconductor companies. Carl is passionate about data analytics and has a reputation for building strong customer relationships.
Carl explains how yieldHUB helps its customers improve yield and the benefits and impact of the work. Many aspects of return on investment (ROI) are discussed, along with the resulting efficiency improvements across the entire organization. Carl explains the collaborative nature of yieldHUB and how this benefits its customers.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Sean Redmond, managing partner for Silicon Catalyst. Sean has nearly 40 years of experience in the semiconductor and software industries including stints at VLSI technology, Verisity Design, Cadence, ARC, and others. Sean has recently worked closely with the UK government on industrial digital strategy, co-chairing the ElecTech council and became a core member of the Secretary of State's industrial digital leadership team.
Sean describes a unique collaboration with the UK government and Silicon Catalyst to create an incubator for pre-seed / early stage semiconductor startups. The pilot program will be run by SiliconCatalyst.UK, an experienced start-up accelerator, and will nurture semiconductor start-ups from across the UK through an extensive nine-month incubator program. Sean covers all aspects of the new program, which will be starting soon.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Sean Redmond, advisor for Silicon Catalyst. Sean has nearly 40 years of experience in the semiconductor and software industries including stints at VLSI technology, Verisity Design, Cadence, ARC, and others. Sean has recently worked closely with the UK government on industrial digital strategy, co-chairing the ElecTech council and became a core member of the Secretary of State's industrial digital leadership team.Sean describes a unique collaboration with the UK government and Silicon Catalyst to create an incubator for pre-seed / early stage semiconductor startups. The pilot program will be run by SiliconCatalyst.UK, an experienced start-up accelerator, and will nurture semiconductor start-ups from across the UK through an extensive nine-month incubator program. Sean covers all aspects of the new program, which will be starting soon.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by a panel of experts to discuss chiplets and 2.5/3D design. The panelists are: Saif Alam - Vice President of Engineering at Movellus Inc., Tony Mastroianni Siemens EDA- Advanced Packaging Solutions Director and Craig Bishop - CTO Deca Technologies.In this spirited and informative discussion the panel explores the move to chiplets. Why it's happening now and who can benefit from the trend are discussed in detail, along with considerations for ecosystem management. design methodology, the role of standards and addressing the risks associated with this new design style.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by William Ruby, director of product management for Synopsys Power Analysis products. He has extensive experience in the area of low-power IC design and design methodology, and has held senior engineering and product marketing positions with Cadence, ANSYS, Intel, and Siemens. He also has a patent in high-speed cache memory design.
Dan explores new approaches to power analysis and power optimization with William, who explains strategies for increasing accuracy of early power analysis, when there is more opportunity to optimize the design. Enhanced modeling techniques and new approaches to computing power are discussed. The benefits of emulation for workload-based power analysis are also explored.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Stephen Fairbanks, CEO of Certus Semiconductor. Stephen is an ESD pioneer with over 30 years of experience starting with his time at Intel, SRF Technologies, and now Certus Semiconductor.
Stephen describes the varied challenges of ESD andI/O library design presented by today's technologies and design styles. He outlines what Certus Semiconductor is doing to address these challenges with unique design approaches and deep domain expertise.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Tareq Bustami, senior vice president of marketing & sales, Axiado. Tareq has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor and networking industries. Before joining Axiado, he led NXP’s embedded processors for the wired and wireless markets, and was in charge of growing multi-core processor solutions for enterprise, data center infrastructure and general embedded and industrial markets.
Tareq describes Axiao's unique and comprehensive approach to security. He provides details about its trusted control/compute unit (TCU) AI-driven hardware security platform. A broad look at the challenges of implementing end-to-end security is presented along with a discussion of how Axiado's technology addresses these challenges.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Chris Shrope. Chris leads high tech product marketing at Model N, a compliance leader for high-tech manufacturers. Chris has deep experience defining product market fit and related new product development activities. He received his MBA and holds certifications in Economics, Law, Product Management and Marketing. For any ocean lovers out there, like Dan, Chris is also an advisory board member of the Inland Ocean Coalition.
Dan explores the evolving government rules associated with semiconductor sales with Chris. The impact geopolitical tensions creates is outlined by Chris, along with a discussion of how semiconductor suppliers can ensure compliance. A multi-tier supply chain consisting of distributors and resellers can make it challenging to know exactly where parts are used.
Chris offers several strategies to manage this problem that are based on collaboration and forward visibility, among other approaches.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Dr. Adam Carter, CEO of OpenLight. Adam has over 25 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, including a variety of roles in Networking, Optical Communication Systems, Optical Components and Modules markets.
Adam describes OpenLight's unique silicon photonics platform - what makes it different and how it impacts the development of advanced applications.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Dave Lazovsky, CEO of Celestial AI. Dave has an in-depth knowledge of semiconductor, data/telecommunications, photonics and clean energy industries, as well as extensive international business experience. He currently has over 50 issued and 5 pending U.S. patents.
In this broad and forward-looking discussion, Dave explains the incredible demands being placed on next-generation compute architectures. He explores the capabilities of Celestial AI's optical interconnect technology platform for memory and computation. He describes the game-changing impact the company's Photonic Fabric can have on performance, energy efficiency and flexibility.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V International. Prior to RISC-V International, Calista held a variety of roles at IBM, including Vice President of IBM Z Ecosystem where she led strategic relationships across software vendors, system integrators, business partners, developer communities, and broader engagement across the industry.
Dan explores the momentum RISC-V International has achieved in the market with Calista. Current developments to facilitate the standard are discussed, along with the impact of key strategic relationships. Calista reviews the organization's significant presence at DAC, as well as substantial events elsewhere around the world.
Calista clarifies the question of whether RISC-V is open source or an open standard. She also discusses what lies ahead.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines to discuss the Q1 2023 Electronic Design Market Data report that was just released. SEMI and the Electronic System Design Alliance collect data from almost all of the electronic design automation companies in the world and compile it by product category and region of the world where the sales occurred. It’s the most reliable data for the EDA industry and provides insight into what design tools and IP are in highest demand around the world.
In this spirited and far-reaching discussion, Dan explores the anatomy of the Electronic Design Market Data report with Wally. An all-time quarterly revenue record of $4B was posted for Q1 2023. Almost all product categories saw a healthy 15 - 25 percent increase, with PCB leading the pack. Oddly, there is one category that posted flat revenue for the quarter. In terms of regional performance, Europe led the way. Asia Pac showed very mixed results. All these points are discussed by Wally.
The upcoming DAC was also touched on. Wally will be on a panel with Joe Costello - all questions fair game. Wally will also deliver the main keynote on Wednesday to discuss taking AI to the next level. These are must-see events.
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Dan is joined by Jeff Wilson, the DFM director ofhttps://eda.sw.siemens.com/en-US/ic/calibre-design/ product management for Calibre Design Solutions at Siemens EDA. Jeff is responsible for the development of products and design flows that address the challenges of DFM and increasing the robustness of designs.
Dan explores the capabilities of the new Calibre Design Enhancer product from Siemens EDA with Jeff. This product delivers a shift-left methodology for design implementation using proven Calibre layout modification technology. Jeff explains the use model and impact of Design Enhancer VIA, PGE and PVR.
Jeff discusses in detail how these three capabilities are deployed during design to enhance the resulting layout and reduce design time. The broad foundry and technology support of Calibre are also discussed.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Priyank Shukla of Synopsys and Kent Lusted of Intel.
Priyank Shukla is a Sr. Staff Product Manager for the Synopsys High-Speed SerDes IP portfolio. He has broad experience in analog, mixed-signal design with strong focus on high performance compute, mobile and automotive SoCs.
Kent Lusted is a Principal Engineer focused on Ethernet PHY Standards within Intel’s Network and Edge Group. Since 2012, he has been an active contributor and member of the IEEE 802.3 standards development leadership team. He continues to work closely with Intel Ethernet PHY debug teams to improve the interoperability of the many generations of SERDES products (10 Gbps, 25 Gbps, 50 Gbps and beyond). He is currently the electrical track leader of the IEEE P802.3df 400 Gb/s and 800 Gb/s Ethernet Task Force as well as the electrical track leader of the IEEE P802.3dj 200 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s, 800 Gb/s, and 1.6 Tb/s Ethernet Task Force.
Dan explores the process of developing high-performance Internet standards and supporting those standards with compliant IP. The relationships between the IEEE and other related communication standards are discussed. The complex, interdependent process of developing and validating new products against emerging standards is explored.
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Dan is joined by Ryan Manack, Vice President of Marketing for iDEAL Semiconductor. Prior to iDEAL Ryan spent 15 years at Texas Instruments which I consider one of the most influential companies in the history of semiconductors.
Ryan describes SuperQ, the unique core technology platform of iDEAL Semiconductor. Using the approach defined by SuperQ, advanced power devices can be designed and built with standard CMOS manufacturing technology, avoiding the need to utilize alternate technology platforms that are not as mature or reliable. The result is advanced capabilities with current technology.
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Dan is joined by Al Neves, Founder and Chief Technology Officer at Wild River Technology. Al has 30 years of experience in design and application development for semiconductor products and capital equipment focused on jitter and signal integrity. He is involved with the signal integrity community as a consultant, high-speed system-level design manager and engineer.
Dan explores signal integrity challenges of high performance design with Al. Wild River's unique combination of process, products and skills are explained by Al, along with the motivation for the company's approach to addressing signal integrity. It turns out success demands an all-or-nothing approach across the entire design and development process. The best partner is an organization with the expertise and attitude to win, no matter what it takes.
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Dan is joined by Carl Moore, a Yield Management Specialist at YieldHUB. Carl is a semiconductor and yield management expert with more than 35 years of experience in the industry. Carl has held technical management positions across product and test engineering, assembly, manufacturing, and design.
Carl explains what "dirty data" is from a semiconductor test and yield management perspective. He explains the sources of dirty data, the negative impact it can have on an organization and its customers and how YieldHUB partners with its customers to analyze and fix dirty data at the source.
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Ravi Thummarukudy. Ravi is CEO of Mobiveil, a fast-growing supplier of silicon intellectual property (SIP), platforms and IP-enabled design services with designs deployed in millions of units of silicon embedded in communications and consumer products worldwide.Dan explores the silicon IP products, platforms and design services offered by Mobiveil with Ravi. It turns out the company is involved in a broad range of product development services and its IP unlocks many markets for its customers. Ravi explores the trends in the industry and the impact Mobiveil is having across a wide range of markets and applications.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Coby Hanoch, Coby joined Weebit Nano as CEO in 2017. He has 15 years of experience in engineering and engineering management roles, and 28 years of experience in sales management and executive roles.Coby explains the unique features of Webit Nano's non-volatile ReRAM technology. He explores the technology's extended compatibility across advanced process nodes and its speed and power advantages as compared to more traditional approaches such as flash. He discusses current and future deployment for both embedded and discrete applications.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Mike Eftimakis. Mike has an extensive background in the electronics industry with almost 30 years in senior technical and business roles. After innovating with companies like VLSI, NewLogic or Arm, he is now VP Strategy and Ecosystem at Codasip, where he drives the long-term vision and its day-to-day implementation.Dan explores what makes the Codasip architecture different. Mike explains the challenges custom compute can address, the types of designs that can benefit the most and how Codasip technology is deployed across a wide variety of applications.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Hal Conklin, Vice President of Business Development for Lightelligence. Hal is an experienced strategic leader in the technology industry. Prior to joining Lightelligence, he spent 10 years at Arm and he also worked in executive management roles at several start-ups.Hal provides details of a new and ground-breaking way to use light to address computing challenges as well as communication challenges. He outlines the substantial performance gains and power reduction that are possible with this new approach and details where it can be applied. You can learn more about the company at www.lightelligence.ai.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Paul Wells, CEO of sureCore. Paul has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years. His experience includes Director of Engineering for Pace Networks where he led a product development team creating broadcast quality video & data silicon. He worked for Jennic Ltd as VP of Operations successfully building the team from scratch as the company transitioned to a fabless model. Prior to that, he was responsible for the engineering team. Paul also led a team for Fujitsu Microelectronics supporting ASIC customers in Europe and Israel.Dan explores the inner workings of sureCore's new PowerMiser memory IP with Paul. Paul explains how sureCore can achieve ultra-low power and small footprint memory architectures. He explains the importance of customer collaboration to achieve these results and discusses critical applications both today and tomorrow.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Chris Morrison, Chris has 15 years’ experience in delivering innovative analog, digital, power management and audio solutions for International electronics companies, and developing strong relationships with key partners across the semiconductor industry. Currently he is the Director of Product Marketing at Agile Analog, the analog IP innovators. Previously he has held engineering positions, including 10 years at Dialog Semiconductor, now acquired by Renesas.Chris details some of the new developments at Agile Analog, including foundry ecosystem expansion and new product introductions that are coming. Chris also explains the details behind how Agile Analog puts a digital "wrapper" around analog IP subsystems. The benefits of this approach for AMS integration are detailed, along with information about the targeted, customized delivery methodology used by Agile Analog.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan discusses the recent Q4 2022 ESDA report with Wally Rhines, Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data report. Overall, the report portrays strong growth and positive results. Dan explores some anomalies in the data and possible reasons with Wally.Dan also discusses some very interesting events at the upcoming Design Automation Conference with Wally. You won't want to miss those.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
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 semiconductor company. He joined Faraday after he co-founded Lexra, a CPU IP company. Charlie started his career at General Electric and IBM before focusing on microprocessor, semiconductor, EDA, and the IP business.Charlie joins this podcast in his capacity at Board Advisor for Andes Technology. Dan explores the market position Andes occupies in the US, which is focused on higher end applications as compared to its position in other parts of the world. How some of Andes' unique qualities are leveraged in the US market are discussed.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
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 entire design flow. The market drivers that are making these changes critical are also discussed, along with a view of future EDA development and the outlook for EDA startups.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Matt Genovese. Matt founded Planorama Design, a user experience design professional services company to design complex, technical software and systems that are simple and intuitive to use while reducing internal development and support costs. Staffed with seasoned engineers and user experience designers, the company is headquartered in Austin, Texas.Matt explains how Planorama Design helps hardware companies create simple, intuitive user experiences for the software they ship with their products. Matt explains the process used and the substantial business benefits their customers are seeing.You can also learn more at the LIVE WEBINAR Matt will conduct on April 25 at 9AM Pacific time, entitled The ROI of User Experience Design: Increase Sales and Minimize Costs. You can register for the webinar HERE.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Sudhir Mallya, Senior Vice President of Corporate Marketing at Alphawave Semi. He is based in Silicon Valley and has over 25 years of experience at leading global semiconductor companies with executive positions in engineering, marketing, and business unit management. His experience spans custom silicon and application-specific products across multiple domains including data centers, networking, storage, and edge-computing.Dan explores the future of custom silicon with Sudhir. Key drivers, including data center, automotive and edge/IoT are discussed. The tradeoffs between custom and off-the-shelf design is also explored, along with the importance of interface standards and design challenges that lie ahead.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Suk Lee, Vice President of Design Ecosystem Development at Intel Foundry Services. He has over 35 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, with engineering, marketing, and general management positions at LSI Logic, Cadence, TI, Magma Design Automation and TSMC. At TSMC, he was responsible for managing the third party partners making up the OIP Ecosystem, and created the OIP Ecosystem Forum, the premier Ecosystem event in the Foundry Industry.Suk discusses his journey through semiconductors, EDA and ultimately the foundry business. Dan explores the reasons Suk joined Intel Foundry Services, their focus and what the future holds for the organization in the changing semiconductor landscape.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
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 ecosystem. Technology and business implications are discussed as well as the impact of multi-die design on the overall landscape.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
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 layout developed by Pulsic. The Animate product offers this capability. Over the past two years, there have been two versions of the tool released. Mark describes the results of this new and innovative business model and previews what's coming at DAC this year,The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Michael Ichiriu, Vice President of Marketing at Zentera Systems. Prior to Zentera Mike was a senior executive at NetLogic Microsystems where he played a critical role in shaping the company's corporate and product strategy. While there, he built the applications engineering team, and helped lead the organization from pre-revenue to its successful IPO and eventual acquisition by Broadcom.Dan explores the recent updates to the National Cybersecurity Strategy with Mike. The structure and implications of these new requirements are explored. Mike describes the impact the new rule will have on development infrastructure and discusses how Zentera has helped organizations achieve compliance in as little as three months.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Laura Long, Director of Business Development at Axiomise. She has over 15 years of experience in business development and has built a strong expertise working with clients with a presence and/or residence in various countries of the European Union, in the UK and in the Americas.Dan explores the corporate culture at formal verification company Axiomise with Laura. Inclusiveness, diversity and collaboration among other topics are discussed. Laura provides a view into the development environment at Axiomise and what impact these strategies can have on results.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
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 the future of high-performance communication with John. What is required for success, and what role chiplets and multi-die design will play are discussed.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Clay Johnson, CEO and co-founder of CacheQ Systems. Clay has more than 25 years of executive management experience across a broad spectrum of technologies including computing, security, semiconductors and EDA tools.Dan discusses the CacheQ QCC development platform with Clay. This platform enables software developers to deploy and orchestrate applications using new compute architectures, such as multicore devices and heterogeneous distributed compute. The result is a significant increase in performance, reduced power and dramatically reduced development time.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Dr. Naveed Sherwani, a well-known semiconductor industry veteran with over 35 years of entrepreneurial, engineering, and management experience. He is widely recognized as an innovator and leader in the field of design automation of ASICs and microprocessors. Naveed now serves as CEO of Rapid Silicon, aiming to drive the next wave of innovation by using the open source to disrupt the FPGA industry.Dan explores the mission of Rapid Silicon with Naveed and how domain-specific FGPAs will change the innovation landscape going forward. Custom RISC-V architectures, edge computing expansion and IoT are a few of the areas explored in this far-reaching and informative discussion.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Robert Blake, Chief Executive Officer of Achronix Semiconductor. He has worked in the semiconductor industry for over 25 years. Prior to Achronix he was the Chief Executive Officer of Octasic Semiconductor based in Montreal, Canada. Robert also worked at Altera, LSI Logic and Fairchild.Robert explains how Achronix helps their customers innovate, both with dedicated FPGA products and embedded FPGA IP. The embedded FPGA IP has been used to manufacture over 15 millions cores.Areas of focus for Achronix to drive innovation include computation efficiency, data transport, connectivity and interface. The current environment that is trending toward heterogeneous compute is also discussed, along with a future assessment of the industry and Achronix.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Frankwell Lin. Frank co-founded Andes Technology in 2005 and served as President from 2006. He became Chairman and CEO in 2021. Under his leadership, Andes is recognized as a top supplier of embedded CPU IP in the semiconductor industry.Dan explores how Andes became such a strong supplier of RISC-V cores with Frank. Frank explains how Andes chose the RISC-V architecture and the vast array of applications that Andes supports with high quality, proven IP. Dan discusses the future with Frank as well. Where will Andes take its portfolio and expertise next?The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Nick Ilyadis, Senior Director of Product Planning at Achronix. With over 35 years of data and semiconductor engineering and manufacturing experience and 72 issued patents under his name, Nick is a recognized expert on software and hardware development and quality control.Dan explores the emerging chiplet market with Nick. The impact of standards, advanced packaging challenges and how and why to assemble a multi-die chiplet-based system are discussed. The application of chiplets in FPGA and eFPGA applications is also explored.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.Achronix Semiconductor Corporation is a fabless semiconductor corporation based in Santa Clara, California, offering high-end FPGA-based data acceleration solutions, designed to address high-performance, compute-intensive and real-time processing applications. Achronix is the only supplier to have both high-performance and high-density standalone FPGAs and licensed eFPGA IP solutions. Achronix Speedster®7t FPGA and Speedcore™ eFPGA IP offerings are further enhanced by ready-to-use VectorPath™ accelerator cards targeting AI, machine learning, networking and data center applications. All Achronix products are fully supported by the Achronix Tool Suite which enables customers to quickly develop their own custom applications.
Dan is joined by Anand Nambiar, Executive Vice President and Global Head of Semiconductor Materials at EMD Electronics, the North American Electronics business of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany. Anand has over 23 years’ experience in the semiconductor industry. His previous roles include Associate Director - Quality at Nikon Inc., Vice President of Operations at Cascade Microtech, Operations Director at AZ Electronic materials, and Managing Director of the Optronics Division at AZ Electronic Materials up to its acquisition by EMD Electronics, He has headed the semiconductor materials business for the past four years, overseeing its high-profile acquisition of Versum Materials. Anand has also led EMD Electronics’ Biopharma and Consumer Health business in India.Dan explores the far-reaching impact EMD Electronics is having on the semiconductor industry with Anand. Current programs and their impact on power and greenhouse gas emissions, as well as new initiatives are discussed, with an eye toward building a cleaner and more sustainable semiconductor industry.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Priyank Shukla, Staff Product Manager for the Synopsys High Speed SerDes IP portfolio. He has broad experience in analog, mixed-signal design with strong focus on high performance compute, mobile and automotive SoCs and he has a US patent on low power RTC design.Dan explores the use of high-speed SerDes with Priyank. Applications that enable high-speed Ethernet for data center and 5G systems are discussed. The performance, latency and power requirements for these systems is quite demanding, How Synopsys advanced SerDes IP is used to address these challenges is also discussed.The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in these podcasts belong solely to the speaker, and not to the speaker’s employer, organization, committee or any other group or individual.
Dan is joined by Dr. Raj Jammy of MITRE Engenuity. As Chief Technologist, Raj is responsible for incubating and accelerating technologies in partnership with the private sector, and for developing strategic frameworks that promote technologies for the public good. A seasoned semiconductor/electronics industry executive, Dr. Jammy brings 25 years of experience to his role at MITRE Engenuity.
Raj explains the role and vision of MITRE Engenuity. As a hub for transformative innovation, this organization partners with research and technology organizations in the US and their partners around the world. A part of MITRE Corporation, MITRE Edgenuity focuses on bringing the entire ecosystem together to build world-changing innovation in America. Dan explores the strategies and goals of the organization with Raj, including an assessment of how the CHIPS Act fits into the overall strategy.
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Dan is joined by Dr. Suresh Venkatesan, chairman and CEO, POET Technologies. Suresh joined POET Technologies from GLOBALFOUNDRIES where he served as senior vice president, Technology Development. He is an industry veteran with over 22 years of experience in semiconductor technology development. Prior to joining GLOBALFOUNDRIES, he held various leadership positions with Freescale Semiconductor in Austin, Texas. Dr. Venkatesan holds over 25 US patents and has co-authored over 50 technical papers.
In this podcast, Suresh provides an overview of POET's unique Optical Interposer technology. He discusses how it delivers a packaging platform that unifies RF and optical interconnect. Applications at 100/200G, 600G and 1.6TB are discussed.
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Dan is joined by Brian Carlson, director, Global Product and Solutions Marketing at NXP. He focuses on secure, vehicle network processors for automotive gateways and domain controllers. Brian has over 30 years’ experience driving leading-edge computing and communications products, with roles in product development, technology marketing, product management, and business development. He also served as vice chairman on the MIPI Alliance board of directors, where he led the mobile charge into adjacent markets, including automotive and IoT.
Brian provides an overview of NXP's automotive products and how they help OEMs build software-defined vehicles. A simplified modular control architecture delivers a broad range of capabilities to improve the performance, comfort and control of EVs. Brian provides details about NXP's motor control products, among others and how these products work together to enhance the user experience.
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Dan is joined by Niels Faché, vice president and general manager, Design and Simulation at Keysight Technologies. Niels is responsible for Keysight’s design and simulation portfolio.
Dan explores the high-speed, high-frequency design and simulation capabilities of Keysight Technologies with Niels. A history of the products, markets served, the open architecture used, ecosystem relationships and how this business and the test and measurement business at Keysight work together are all discussed.
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Dan is joined by Nir Shapira, business development director in CEVA Mobile Broadband BU. Nir has been in the communication industry for more than 25 years. He has made significant contributions to standardizations, notably 802.11, and has dozens of patents in the field of communications.
Nir discusses the impact Ceva IP and associated platforms are having on the development of advanced technologies such as 5G RAN. Several development scenarios utilizing Ceva products are discussed in detail.
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Dan is joined by Dr. Xavier Rottenberg, who has been at IMEC Leuven since 2000, where he contributes to research in the field of RF, RF-MEMS, photonics and microsystems modelling integration.
Dan explores some of the unique imaging technology being developed at IMEC. Manufacturing methods to implement large sensors cost effectively are explored, as well as a varied set of applications for these sensor arrays.
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Dan is joined by Chouki Aktouf, founder & CEO of Defacto Technologies and co-founder of Innova Advanced Technologies. Prior to founding Defacto in 2003, Dr. Aktouf was an associate professor of Computer Science at the University of Grenoble – France and leader of a dependability research group. He holds a PhD in Electric Engineering from Grenoble University.
Dan explores the offerings of Chouki's new company. Innova provides a flexible and customizable capability to manage design flows and EDA tool resources. This disruptive solution serves as a single portal to help reduce the complexity of using tools and dedicated design environments.
Chouki also discusses an upcoming webinar on the new product that will occur on December 7, 2022 at 10AM Pacific time. You can register for this webinar here.
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Dan is joined by Jim Bridgewater, director of product marketing for NXP automotive edge product line.
Jim provides an overview of the various wireless interfaces in current automotive design. He also discusses a new product from NXP called OrangeBox, a device that combines many of these interfaces into one domain controller. Jim explores the benefits of this approach, including stronger security implementation and enhanced quality of service.
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Dan is joined by Barry Paterson, CEO of Agile Analog. Barry has held senior leadership, engineering and product management roles at Wolfson Microelectronics and Dialog Semiconductor. He has been involved in the development of custom mixed-signal silicon solutions for many of the leading mobile and consumer electronics companies across the world. He has a technical background in Ethernet, audio, haptics and power management and is passionate about working with customers to deliver high quality products.
Barry provides an overview of exciting new development at Agile Analog, including new technology and new analog IP titles, as well as a unique digital cell library that is well-suited to digital control of analog processing.
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Dan is joined by Sagar Pushpala, a seasoned semiconductor professional with more than 35 years of experience with IDMs, fabless and related semiconductor entities. He is actively involved with nearly a dozen companies in the US, Singapore and India in advisory/board, consulting and investment roles.
Dan explores the dynamics of the worldwide semiconductor ecosystem with Sagar. Potential mergers, consolidation, areas requiring more investment and the interplay between financial and political forces are all discussed with specific comments for all regions of the world.
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Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines, former CEO of Mentor Graphics, which is now Siemens EDA, and current CEO of Cornami. Wally is also the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report, which is the topic of this podcast.
The current market report for Q2, 2022 documents continued strong performance, with some record-breaking growth. Dan explores the details of the report with Wally, including an assessment of weaknesses in certain regions and what the overall outlook will likely be for the industry.
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Dan is joined by Dr. Giovanni De Mikeli, a research scientist in electronics and computer science credited with inventing the network-on-chip (NoC) design automation paradigm and creating EDA algorithms and design tools. Before serving as Professor and Director of the Integrated Systems Laboratory at EPFL, he was Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University. He holds a Nuclear Engineering degree from Politecnico di Milano, and Master of Science and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.
Dr. De Mikeli is also this year's recipient of the ESD Alliance and IEEE CEDA Phil Kaufman Award.
Dan explores some of the pioneering work being done by Dr. De Mikeli and his students. Details on how the NoC paradigm was developed are discussed, along with other work such as superconductors. The discussion ends with an assessment by Dr. De Mikeli of what the future of EDA and semiconductors holds.
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Dan is joined by Bill Neifert, Senior Vice President of Partnerships at Corellium. Prior to Corellium, Bill was Senior Director of Marketing for Arm’s Development Solutions Group. Before that he was the co-founder and CTO of Carbon Design Systems which was acquired by Arm.
Dan explores the virtualization technology of Correlium with Bill. How their products help with Arm-based design development and some of the plans to extend the technology beyond Arm designs.
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Dan is joined by Charmien Cheng, Director, Business Development, Alchip Technologies North America. She chairs the company’s investment committee and is responsible for strategic IP alliances, supply chain partnerships, and downstream customer relationship management. She also leads the marketing team and is responsible for global marketing and marketing communications programs.
Cheng is a two-decade veteran of the global IC industry where she is widely respected for her experience across a broad spectrum of responsibilities, including supply chain management, account management, program management, process R&D and foundry operations.
Dan explores Alchip's business model and how it addresses the needs of a wide range of customers, including the new requirements of large system companies. The current chip development model is discussed as well as future trends, including chiplets.
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Dan is joined by Mattew Burns, Matt develops go-to-market strategies for Samtec’s Silicon to Silicon solutions. Over the course of 20+ years, he has been a leader in design, technical sales and marketing in the telecommunications, medical and electronic components industries.
Dan and Matt discuss the recent AI Hardware Summit - how the conference has grown and the areas of high-growth applications. Matt discusses the overall ecosystem for AI hardware system design and explores Samtec's role in catalyzing new innovation through collaboration and technology leadership in the high-performance data communications area.
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Dan is joined by Brandon Boutz, Sr. Group Director of Product Management, responsible for the Cadence silicon signoff and verification product lines in the Digital & Signoff Group.
Dan and Brandon explore the substantial challenges faced by design teams needing to perform full-chip signoff at an accelerated pace for advanced nodes. Brandon details the unique capabilities of Certus and how it addresses the challenges customers face, making full-chip signoff far more efficient and predictable.
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Dan is joined by Tony Stansfield, sureCore's CTO. Tony has over 35 years of semiconductor industry experience in a variety of technical roles. He is cited as an inventor on 23 patents covering SRAM, CAM, low-power electronics, and programmable logic.
Tony explores the unique, low power capabilities of sureCore's standard and custom memory products. The specific ways this technology is used to optimize AI applications are covered in some detail, including general and specific examples of approaches such as in-memory compute.
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Dan is joined by Rebecca Lewington, Technology Evangelist at Cerebras Systems. Before Cerebras she held similar roles at Micron Technology, Hewlett Packard Labs and Applied Materials. Rebecca has a master’s degree in mechanical and electrical engineering from the University of London and holds 15 patents.
Rebecca explains the one-of-a-kind architecture behind Cerebras technology and the unique approaches it facilitates. Details of customer applications are also discussed.
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Dan is joined by Scott Almassy, a Partner in PwC's Trust Solutions business, as well as PwC's Semiconductor and Infrastructure Lead. In his almost 20 years in the professional services industry, Scott has provided audit and advisory services to semiconductor companies across the industry ranging from the largest multinationals to the smallest startups.
Dan and Scott discuss the state of the semiconductor industry and the associated worldwide supply chain. Current health and future challenges are discussed as well as the impact of the CHIPS Act.
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Dan is joined by Chris Miller, Associate Professor of International History at The Fletcher School and author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology, a geopolitical history of the computer chip. Chris provides a far-reaching overview of the forces that shaped the worldwide semiconductor industry, with a special view of the R&D done by US aerospace and defense in the early days. The forward-looking strategies that were developed are truly remarkable.
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Dan is joined by Michal Siwinski, Chief Marketing Officer for Arteris IP. Arteris provides network-on-chip interconnect semiconductor IP and deployment technology to accelerate SoC development and integration for a wide range of applications from AI to automobiles, mobile phones, IoT, cameras, SSD controllers, and servers.
Dan explores the impact Arteris is having on high-growth markets such as automotive with Michal. The company's partnership with Arm is also explored. The impact of Arteris and its partnerships beyond the automotive market are also discussed.
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Dan is joined by Shivakumar P R, the Founder and CEO of Maven Silicon. He is responsible for the company’s vision, overall strategy, business, and technology. He is also the Founder and CEO of ASIC Design Technologies.
Dan and Shivakumar discuss SoC Verification Flows and Methodologies based on his article published on SemiWiki. Dan explores the SoC verification flow starting with verification IP and why verification engineers need to understand electronic systems, and how it helps their long-term career goals.
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Welcome to our Podcast on Intel's RISC-V Ecosystem initiative. I'm Junko Yoshida, Editor in Chief of the Ojo-Yoshida Report. Joining me today to discuss the topic are Vijay Krishnan, general manager of RISC-V Ventures at Intel Corp. and Emerson Hsiao, chief operating officer of Andes Technologies USA
Dan is joined by Brandon Boutz, senior group director of product management responsible for silicon signoff and verification product lines in the Cadence Digital & Signoff Group. Brandon has more than 20 years of experience in chip design and the EDA industry and has been at Cadence for over 10 years.
Dan explores the current and future design challenges being addressed by STA at Cadence. Strategies to deliver cost-effective performance in the face of exploding design complexity are discussed. The role of STA to address variability, aging, IR drop/max frequency issues and 3D implementation are also discussed among other topics.
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Dan is joined by Dr. Danny Rittman, CTO of GBT Technologies. Danny has an extensive background in the R&D space and has been working for companies such as Intel, IBM, and Qualcomm. He has spent most of his career researching and inventing processor chips, as well as paving the way for futuristic AI software programs that can be successfully used in a vast number of industries.
Dan explores the broad portfolio of GBT Technologies with Danny - its IP, architectures, design tools and application areas. The impact of this technology portfolio is discussed in some detail.
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Dan is joined by Michael Hockberg, president at Luminous Computing. His career has spanned the space between fundamental research and commercialization for over 20 years. He founded four silicon photonics companies garnering a total exit value of over a billion dollars.
Dan explores the computing technology being built by Luminous and the fundamental impact it will have on the growth of AI applications and the AI market in general.
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Dan is joined by Geoff Tate, CEO and Co-founder of Flex Logix. Geoff explains the embedded FPGA market, including some history, applications and challenges to deliver a product that customers really want. He provides some very relevant background on why Flex Logix has been so successful in this market, and what lies ahead.
GEOFF Tate: BSc, Computer Science, University of Alberta. MBA Harvard. MSEE (coursework), Santa Clara University. 1979-1990 AMD, Senior VP, Microprocessors and Logic with >500 direct reports. 1990 joined 2 PhD founders as founding CEO to grow Rambus from 4 people to IPO to $2 Billion market cap, till 2005.
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Dan is joined by Ron Glibbery, who co-founded Peraso Technologies in 2009 and serves as its chief executive officer. Prior to co-founding Peraso Technologies, Ron held executive positions at Kleer Semiconductor Intellon, Cogency Semiconductor, and LSI Logic.
Dan and Ron explore the impact of Pareso's unique mmWave silicon technology to deliver high bandwidth communications for many applications, including 5G.
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Dan and Mike get together to reflect on the past and the future in this 100th Semiconductor Insiders podcast episode. The chip shortage, foundry landscape, Moore's law, CHIPS Act and industry revenue trends are some of the topics discussed.
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Dan is joined by Srinath Anantharaman, who founded Cliosoft in 1997 and serves as the company’s CEO. He has over 40 years of software engineering and management experience in the EDA industry.
Dan and Srinath explore the original focus for Cliosoft and how that has expanded over the years. The future of Cliosoft, as well as its plans for DAC are discussed.
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Dan is joined by Dr. Yoan Dupret, the Managing Director and CTO of Menta – a leader in embedded FPGA IP cores for chips and smart sensors. Yoan explores the impact Menta's embedded FPGAs are having on current designs. The reasons for Menta's success and where the impact will be in the future are both discussed as well.
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Dan is joined by Paul Hedges, CEO and co-founder of graphene and 2D materials specialists, Applied Nanolayers. Paul explains how wafer-scale integration of materials like graphene can be accomplished, unlocking new "more than Moore" applications such as biosensing and photonics. The applications Paul describes are quite impressive and include deployments in space.
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Dan is joined by Lynn Garibaldi, Executive Director, Accellera Systems Initiative. Lynn is the recipient of the Accellera 2022 Leadership Award. Dan and Lynn explore the history of Accellera, its beginnings and growth to a multi-standard organization and the impact of DVCon events around the world.
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Dan is joined by Gopi Sirineni, the President & CEO of Axiado, a company that is spearheading unique security technologies with AI in hardware. He is a Silicon Valley veteran with over 25 years of successes in the semiconductor, software and systems industries.
Gopi explains what's different about the Axiado approach to security and its impact in real world situations.
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Dan is joined by Dr. Walden Rhines, former CEO of Mentor Graphics, which is now Siemens EDA, and current CEO of Cornami. Wally is also the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report, which is the topic of this podcast.
Wally reviews the latest report, including the backstory of how the report is generated and how it can be used. Spoiler alert: it's another positive growth quarter overall.
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Dan is joined by Dr. Jacob Woodruff, Head of Technology Scouting and Partnerships with EMD Electronics, where he works to find and advance external early stage and disruptive technologies in the semiconductor and display materials space. Dr. Woodruff is an experienced technologist, having managed global R&D groups developing semiconductor deposition materials at EMD Electronics. Previously at ASM, Jacob led ALD process technology teams, and at SunPower and Nanosolar he managed R&D labs and developed processes for solar cell manufacturing. He holds a Masters in Materials Science and Engineering and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from Stanford University.
EMD Electronics has recently joined as the newest Silicon Catalyst Strategic Partner, details can be found at https://siliconcatalyst.com/silicon-catalyst-welcomes-emd-electronics-as-newest-strategic-partner, with a focused search for startups developing innovative electronic materials required for next-generation semiconductor devices.
Dan discusses the structure and focus of EMD Electronics with Jacob. The company's primary areas of research and innovation and the far-reaching impact their work has across a large part of the semiconductor value chain are explored.
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Dan is joined by Anupam Bakshi, founder and CEO of Agnisys. Anupam has more than two decades of experience implementing a wide range of products and services in the high tech industry. Prior to forming Agnisys, he held various management and technical lead roles at companies such as Avid Technology Inc., PictureTel, Blackstone, Cadence and Gateway Design Automation.
Anupam discusses the Agnisys specification-driven development flow, in which users describe registers and sequences for system-on-chip (SoC) and intellectual property (IP) projects, and then automatically generate the RTL design and verification suite. The benefits of this approach and where it is applicable are discussed.
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Dan is joined by Mahesh Turaga, VP of Cloud Business Development at Cadence Design Systems. Mahesh brings extensive customer-facing experience to Cadence in business development, strategy, pre-sales, and consulting. He provides an overview of the cloud solutions provided by Cadence. The various business models, technical details and target customer profiles are all discussed.
Mahsh holds an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management and Ph.D in aeronautics, structural mechanics, composites and fluid dynamics from Purdue University.
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Dan is joined by CK Phua of NXP. CK joined Philips Semiconductors in 1993 and worked in various roles including quality, applications engineering, product engineering and technical marketing. After Philips, CK joined Freescale in 2012 and rejoined NXP through the Freescale merger. CK is now a Product Manager for Microcontrollers in the Edge Processing Business Line.
CK provides a detailed overview of NXP's MCX product line and its product families, including architecture and capabilities across a broad range of applications. The supporting development environment is also discussed, as well as security capabilities.
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Dan is joined by Maheen Hamid, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Breker Verification Systems and a recipient of Silicon Valley Business Journal's 100 most influential women award. Maheen discusses her journey to Silicon Valley and Breker, beginning with her upbringing in Bangladesh. Maheen married Adnan Hamid, Executive President and CTO at Breker shortly before the company's formation. They started the company together.
She offers many insightful comments about high technology, Silicon Valley and its impact on the world through the lens of her experiences beginning in Bangladesh.
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Dan is joined by GD Bansal, COO at Axiomise. Dan explores the Axiomise business model to provide training and consulting services for formal verification with GD. The benefits and challenges of using formal verification on complex designs are discussed, along with the benefits of the Axiomize vendor-neutral approach to deploying state-of-the-art tools.
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What’s at stake? A candid discussion between Junko Yoshida, Editor in Chief of the Ojo-Yoshida Report, and Frank Lin, CEO of Andes.
Will Arm RISC-V? from the Ojo-Yoshida Report Andes Technology, a Taiwanese CPU core IP company, began phasing out its proprietary processing architecture in favor of RISC-V in 2015, as it prepared to go public. Arm now faces the same choice.