Podcast EP220: The Impact IQE’s Compound Semiconductors Are Having on the Industry with Dr. Rodney Pelzel

Podcast EP220: The Impact IQE’s Compound Semiconductors Are Having on the Industry with Dr. Rodney Pelzel
by Daniel Nenni on 04-26-2024 at 10:00 am

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


Podcast EP219: How Synopsys Addresses Debug and Coverage Closure Challenges with Robert Ruiz

Podcast EP219: How Synopsys Addresses Debug and Coverage Closure Challenges with Robert Ruiz
by Daniel Nenni on 04-19-2024 at 10:00 am

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


Podcast EP218: How Dassault Systémes is Helping to Create the Workforce of the Future with Bill DeVries

Podcast EP218: How Dassault Systémes is Helping to Create the Workforce of the Future with Bill DeVries
by Daniel Nenni on 04-17-2024 at 8:00 am

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


EP217: The Impact and Unique Business Model of Silicon Creations with Randy Caplan

EP217: The Impact and Unique Business Model of Silicon Creations with Randy Caplan
by Daniel Nenni on 04-12-2024 at 10:00 am

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


Podcast EP216: Q4 2023 is Another Strong Growth Quarter for EDA as Reviewed by Wally Rhines

Podcast EP216: Q4 2023 is Another Strong Growth Quarter for EDA as Reviewed by Wally Rhines
by Daniel Nenni on 04-08-2024 at 8:00 am

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


Podcast EP215: A Tour of the GlobalFoundries Silicon Photonics Platform with Vikas Gupta

Podcast EP215: A Tour of the GlobalFoundries Silicon Photonics Platform with Vikas Gupta
by Daniel Nenni on 04-05-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Vikas Gupta, senior director of product management at GlobalFoundries focused on Silicon Photonics and ancillary technologies. Vikas has close to 30 years of semiconductor experience with TI, Xilinx, AMD, GlobalFoundries, POET Technologies, and back to GlobalFoundries.

Vikas discusses the growing demands… Read More


Podcast EP214: The Broad Impact of proteanTecs with Noam Brousard

Podcast EP214: The Broad Impact of proteanTecs with Noam Brousard
by Daniel Nenni on 03-29-2024 at 10:00 am

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


Podcast EP213: The Impact of Arteris on Automotive and Beyond with Frank Schirrmeister

Podcast EP213: The Impact of Arteris on Automotive and Beyond with Frank Schirrmeister
by Daniel Nenni on 03-22-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Frank Schirrmeister, vice president of solutions and business development at Arteris. He leads activities in the industry verticals including automotive and technology horizontals like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and safety. Before Arteris, Frank held senior leadership positions at Cadence… Read More


Podcast EP212: A View of the RISC-V Landscape with Synopsys’ Matt Gutierrez

Podcast EP212: A View of the RISC-V Landscape with Synopsys’ Matt Gutierrez
by Daniel Nenni on 03-15-2024 at 10:00 am

Dan is joined by Matt Gutierrez. Matt joined Synopsys in 2000 and is currently Sr. Director of Marketing for Processor & Security IP and Tools. His current responsibilities include the worldwide marketing of ARC Processors and Subsystems, Security IP, and tools for the development of application-specific instruction … Read More


Podcast EP211:A Look at the Inner Workings of the CHIPS and Science Act with Mike O’Brien

Podcast EP211:A Look at the Inner Workings of the CHIPS and Science Act with Mike O’Brien
by Daniel Nenni on 03-08-2024 at 10:00 am

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,… Read More