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Daniel is joined by Kent Lusted, a Distinguished Architect at Synopsys and an integral part of the company's Ethernet IP design team. He has been an active contributor and member of the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet PHY standards development leadership team for more than 15 years. Prior to Synopsys, Kent worked at Intel for 30+ years, focused… Read More

Daniel is joined by Dr. Andreas Kuehlmann, General Manager of Security Solutions at Arteris. He has over 35 years of experience in semiconductor design, software, and cybersecurity, including roles at IBM Research, UC Berkeley, Cadence, and Synopsys. Previously, he was CEO of Cycuity, which was acquired by Arteris. Dan explores… Read More

Daniel is joined by Nagesh Gupta, CEO of llmda.ai. Nagesh has built a career spanning multiple aspects of system design and development at companies including Hewlett-Packard, Cadence, Xilinx, and Lattice Semiconductor. He is also a serial entrepreneur. Nagesh founded Taray, Inc., which developed memory interface generators… Read More

Daniel is joined by Jay Dawani, co-founder and chief executive officer of Lemurian Labs, where he leads the company's mission to reinvent AI infrastructure for greater efficiency, accessibility and performance. With a background spanning AI system architecture, hardware-software co-design and performance optimization,… Read More

Daniel is joined by Stuart Audley, vice president and general manager of product management at Caspia Technologies, where he focuses on agentic security workflows. He has decades of experience designing and deploying cryptographic hardware and security IP for top defense and leading semiconductor companies. He previously… Read More

Daniel is joined by Ganesh Panaman, the President of Intermolecular Services at EMD Electronics. In his current role, Ganesh is dedicated to accelerating product time-to-market, securing first-mover advantages on disruptive technologies, and actively engaging with the dynamic startup ecosystem in the Silicon Valley. … Read More

Daniel is joined by Nir Sever, Senior Director of Business Development at proteanTecs. Nir has over 30 years of experience in advanced VLSI engineering. Before joining proteanTecs, he served for 10 years as the COO of Tehuti Networks, a pioneer in high-speed networking semiconductors. Prior to that, he served for 9 years as Senior… Read More

Daniel is joined by Abhinav Kothiala, a principal product manager for the Synopsys Ethernet IP portfolio. He has over 12 years of experience across engineering and product management, spanning SoC design, functional verification, and building wireless connectivity platforms and IoT products. He also holds two patents in… Read More

Daniel is joined by Dr. Veer Kheterpal. Veer has founded three technology companies and possesses full-stack expertise spanning software to silicon across edge and datacenter applications. Currently, he is the CEO & co-founder of Quadric, a semiconductor IP licensing company that delivers the blueprints for efficient,… Read More

Daniel is joined by Dr. Debendra Das Sharma, a Senior Fellow and Chief I/O architect in the Data Platforms and Artificial Intelligence Group at Intel. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering (NAE), Fellow of IEEE, and Fellow of International Academy of AI Sciences. He is a leading expert on I/O subsystem and interface… Read More

Daniel is joined by Dr. Chene Tradonsky, a physicist and the CTO and co-founder of LightSolver, where he leads the development of a proprietary physics-based computing system built on coupled laser dynamics to accelerate compute-heavy simulations and other computationally demanding workloads. Before moving into physics,… Read More

Daniel is joined by Ajit Manocha, president and CEO of SEMI, the global industry association serving the semiconductor and electronics manufacturing and design supply chain. Throughout his career, Manocha has been a champion of industry collaboration as a critical means of advancing technology for societal and economic prosperity.… Read More

Daniel is joined by Linley Gwennap, technology analyst and author of the new book “How AI Really Works: The Models, Chips, and Companies Powering a Revolution.” Linley was the long-time editor of Microprocessor Report and chaired the popular Linley Processor Conferences. Dan explores what impact AI is having on the market and… Read More

Daniel is joined by Dr. Christophe Maleville, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Executive Vice-President of Soitec's Innovation. He joined Soitec in 1993 and was a driving force behind the company's joint research activities with CEA-Leti. For several years, he led new SOI process development, oversaw SOI technology transfer… Read More

Daniel is joined by Xiaolin Chen, Senior Director of Technical Product Management for Formal Solutions at Synopsys. She has over 20 years of experience applying formal technology in verification and partnering with customers to identify opportunities where formal methods are best suited to solve complex verification challenges.… Read More

Daniel is joined by Mark Kuemerle, Vice President of Technology, Custom Cloud Solutions at Marvell. Mark is responsible for defining leading-edge ASIC offerings and architects system-level solutions. Before joining Marvell, Mark was a Fellow in Integrated Systems Architecture at GLOBALFOUNDRIES and has held multiple engineering… Read More

Daniel is joined by Dr. Bernard Murphy, a friend and fellow blogger on SemiWiki. Dan explores some key milestones in Bernard’s journey in semiconductors and EDA, beginning with a focus on nuclear physics. Bernard explains how he developed an interest in AI technology and applications. In this broad and informative discussion,… Read More

Daniel is joined by Wally Rhines, CEO of Silvaco, about 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 Jorn Smeets, Managing Director for North America at PhotonDelta, an industry accelerator for photonic chip technology. Based in Silicon Valley, his mission is to advance the photonic chip industry by fostering collaboration between European and North American entities. Dan explores the focus of PhotonDelta… Read More

Daniel is joined by Doug Wong, senior member of the technical staff at KIOXIA America, where he has contributed to the advancement of memory technologies since 1993. He began his career with KIOXIA in the company's Memory Division (then part of Toshiba America) and has since focused on a broad range of memory solutions, including… Read More

Daniel is joined by John Maculley, Global High-Tech Industry Strategy Consultant at Dassault Systèmes. John has over 20 years of experience advancing innovation across the semiconductor and electronics sectors. Based in Silicon Valley, he works with leading foundries, OSATs, design houses, and research institutes worldwide… Read More

Daniel is joined by John Ferguson, senior director of product management for the Calibre products in the 3DIC space at Siemens EDA. He manages the vision and product offerings in the Calibre domain for 3DIC design solutions. Dan explores the challenges of 3DIC and chiplet-based design with John, who describes the broad range of… Read More

Daniel is joined by Mahesh Tirupattur, chief executive officer at Analog Bits. Mahesh leads strategic planning to develop and implement Analog Bits' vision and mission of enabling the silicon digital world with interfacing IP to the analog world. Additionally, Mahesh oversees all aspects of Analog Bits' operations to ensure… Read More

Daniel is joined by Steve Babureck, executive vice president of strategy and president of Soitec USA. He joined the company in 2011 and held various positions including head of the finance department of the solar business in the United States, head of strategic marketing, and head of Group investor Relations in San Diego and Singapore.… Read More

Daniel is joined by Peter Olcott, Deeptech Principal at First Spark Ventures specializing in early-stage investments. His background encompasses over 20 years of experience in electrical engineering, software engineering, algorithm design, combined hardware-software robotic devices, and novel innovations in biomedical… 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. Mohammed 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 Bill Hagerstrand, director of Security Business at Marvell Technology where he manages the market-leading Marvell LiquidSecurity® HSM business. Bill has more than 20 years of experience in the semiconductor, AI/machine learning, and security markets. Bill explains what an HSM is, how it is configured and… Read More

Daniel is joined by Robert Kruger, product management director at Synopsys, where he oversees IP solutions for multi-die designs, including 2D, 3D, and 3.5D topologies. Throughout his career, Robert has held key roles in product marketing, business development, and roadmap planning at leading companies such as Intel, Broadcom,… Read More

Daniel is joined by Jake Canon, senior business development engineer at Toshiba America Electronic Components. Jake is an enthusiastic contributor to the semiconductor industry and has been working closely with engineers to find new discrete power solutions for a wide variety of cutting-edge applications. Dan explores the… Read More

Daniel is joined by Alex Burlak is Vice President of Test & Analytics at proteanTecs. With combined expertise in production testing and data analytics of ICs and system products, Alex joined proteanTecs in October, 2018. Before joining the company, Alex held a Senior Director of Interconnect and Silicon Photonics Product… Read More

Daniel is joined by Dave Eggleston is senior business development manager at Microchip with a focus on licensing SST SuperFlash technology. Dave’s extensive background in Flash, MRAM, RRAM, and storage is built on 30+ years of industry experience. This includes serving as VP of Embedded Memory at GLOBALFOUNDRIES, CEO… Read More

Daniel is joined by Luca TESTA, the COO and co-founder of Keysom. After studying microelectronics in Italy, Luca obtained his PhD in France while working with STMicroelectronics on analog/RF circuit design. Dan explores the charter and focus of Keysom with Luca. Luca describes how Keysom is providing an automated and reliable… 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 Josue Navarro, product marketing engineer for Microchip’s dsPIC business unit. He began his career as a process engineer at Intel and has since transitioned into product marketing with Microchip Technology where he supports customers developing system designs utilizing Microchip's Digital Signal … Read More

Dan is joined by Dr. Julien Ryckaert who joined imec as a mixed-signal designer in 2000, specializing in RF transceivers, ultra-low power circuit techniques, and analog-to-digital converters. In 2010, he joined imec’s process technology division in charge of design enablement for 3DIC technology. Since 2013, he oversees… Read More

Dan is joined by Ben Packman, Chief Strategy Officer of PQShield. Ben leads global expansion through sales and partner growth across multiple vertical markets, alongside taking a lead role in briefing both government and the supply chain on the quantum threat. He has 30 years of experience in technology, health, media, and telecom,… Read More

In this episode of the Semiconductor Insiders video series, Dan is joined by John Elliott, security applications engineer from Cycuity. With 35 years of EDA experience, John's current focus is on security assurance of hardware designs. John explains the importance of security coverage in the new global marketplace. He describes… Read More

Dan is joined by Mamta Gupta, She leads the Security Product Marketing, Datacenter and the Communications Segment Marketing Teams at Lattice. She brings with her over 20 years of FPGA experience in product development with special focus on security, aerospace and defense segments. Dan explores the growing area of cybersecurity… Read More

Dan is joined by Cristian Macario, senior technical professional at MathWorks, where he leads global strategy for the semiconductor segment. With a background in electronics engineering and over 15 years of experience spanning semiconductor design, verification, and strategic marketing, Cristian bridges engineering … Read More

Dan is joined by John O'Donnell, Founder and CEO of yieldHUB, a pioneering leader in advanced data analytics for the semiconductor industry. Since establishing the company in 2005 he has transformed it from a two-person startup into a trusted multinational partner that empowers some of the world's leading semiconductor companies… Read More

Dan is joined by Kaihan Ashtiani, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of atomic layer deposition and chemical vapor deposition metals in Lam's Deposition Business Unit. Kaihan has more than 30 years of experience in technical and management roles, working on a variety of semiconductor tools and processes. Dan explores… Read More

Dan is joined by Rimpy Chugh, a Principal Product Manager at Synopsys with 14 years of varied experience in EDA and functional verification. Prior to joining Synopsys, Rimpy held field applications and verification engineering positions at Mentor Graphics, Cadence and HCL Technologies. Dan explores the expanding role of static… Read More

Dan is joined by Avi Baum, Chief Technology Officer and Co-Founder of Hailo, an AI-focused chipmaker that develops specialized AI processors for enabling data-center-class performance on edge devices. Avi has over 17 years of experience in system engineering, signal processing, algorithms, and telecommunications while… Read More