Synopsys recently hosted an information rich-webinar, modestly titled “Improving Quality, FuSa, Reliability, and Security in Automotive Semiconductors”. I think they undersold the event; this was really about managing all of those things through the lifecycle of a car, in line with auto OEMs strategies for the future of the… Read More
Artificial Intelligence
CEO Interview: Khaled Maalej, VSORA Founder and CEO
Khaled Maalej is founder and CEO of VSORA, a provider of high-performance silicon chips for GenerativeAI and L4/L5 autonomous driving (AD) applications based in France. Before founding VSORA in 2015, Maalej was CTO at DiBcom, a fabless semiconductor company that designed chipsets for low-power mobile TV and radio reception… Read More
Soitec Delivers the Foundation for Next-Generation Interconnects
Soitec is a unique company that is at the center of major changes in our industry. Technology megatrends are fueling massive demand for semiconductors and this has increased the adoption of engineered substrates. As a global leader in the development of engineered substrates, Soitec is a company to watch. While this technology… Read More
Early SoC Dynamic Power Analysis Needs Hardware Emulation
The relentless pursuit for maximizing performance in semiconductor development is now matched by the crucial need to minimize energy consumption.
Traditional simulation-based power analysis methods face insurmountable challenges to accurately capture complex designs activities in real-world scenarios. As the scale… Read More
Semidynamics Shakes Up Embedded World 2024 with All-In-One AI IP to Power Nextgen AI Chips
Semidynamics takes a non-traditional approach to design enablement. Not long ago, the company’s Founder and CEO, Roger Espasa unveiled extreme customization at the RISC-V Summit. That announcement focused on a RISC-V Tensor Unit designed for ultra-fast AI solutions. Recently, at Embedded World 2024 the company took this … Read More
Managing Power at Datacenter Scale
That datacenters are power hogs is not news, especially now AI is further aggravating this challenge. I found a recent proteanTecs-hosted panel on power challenges in datacenter infrastructure quite educational both in quantifying the scale of the problem and in understanding what steps are being taken to slow growth in power… Read More
Synopsys Design IP for Modern SoCs and Multi-Die Systems
Semiconductor intellectual property (IP) plays a critical role in modern system-on-chip (SoC) designs. That’s not surprising given that modern SoCs are highly complex designs that leverage already proven building blocks such as processors, interfaces, foundational IP, on-chip bus fabrics, security IP, and others. This… Read More
Intel is Bringing AI Everywhere
On April 8 and 9 Intel held its Intel Vision event in Phoenix Arizona. This is Intel’s premier event for business and technology executive leaders to come together and learn about the latest industry trends and solutions in advancements from client, to edge, to data center and cloud. The theme of this year’s event was Bringing AI … Read More
Arteris Frames Network-On-Chip Topologies in the Car
On the heels of Arm’s 2024 automotive update, Arteris and Arm announced an update to their partnership. This has been extended to cover the latest AMBA5 protocol for coherent operation (CHI-E) in addition to already supported options such as CHI-B, ACE and others. There are a couple of noteworthy points here. First, Arm’s new Automotive… Read More
The Data Crisis is Unfolding – Are We Ready?
The rapid advancement of technology, including generative AI, IoT, and autonomous vehicles, is revolutionizing industries and enhancing efficiency. At the same time, such advances also generate huge amounts of data to be transmitted and processed to make sense and provide value to consumers and society as a whole. In essence,… Read More
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