Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 31 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

DAC: Chips to Systems Conference The energy and buzz at this year's Design Automation Conference surprised everyone — despite initial concerns about its location in Long Beach, California, which is well off the beaten path for semiconductors. Hot topics included AI automation, multiphysics simulation, compute-in-memory, chiplets, physical AI, and the development and orchestration of AI a... » read more

Blog Review: July 29

By Jesse Allen - 29 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Greg Sorber finds that the next era of compute will be defined less by raw speed and more by architectural intelligence, the abstraction of hardware complexity, and the co-design of silicon, software, and systems. Cadence's Shyam Sharma looks at what's in the latest DDR PHY Interface 6.0 specification, including re-centering on newer memories, updated command bus signal naming, and... » read more

Blog Review: July 22

By Jesse Allen - 22 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Dana Neustadter and Ilya Tolchinsky warn that physical AI creates a different kind of security challenge that requires continuous runtime assurance to ensure outputs remain within safe operating bounds as conditions change. Cadence's Hamid Shojaei argues that building a reliable agent for chip design relies on closing the loop, where the agent proposes something, a tool gives it ... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 17 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

Advanced manufacturing, packaging Intel Foundry will invest €5B to expand Intel 3 capacity at its Leixlip, Ireland campus. The company also entered high-volume manufacturing for a subset of Panther Lake processors manufactured on its 18A using ASML’s High-NA EUV technology. UMC delivered the first production wafers for SILITH’s 1.6T silicon photonics platform from its 300mm Singa... » read more

Accelerating Sustainability With Smart Manufacturing

By Mark da Silva - 16 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

By Brian J. Coppa, Amit Srivastava, Mark da Silva, and Anshu Bahadur The SEMI Smart Manufacturing Initiative is a global effort focused on leveraging the most advanced technology to enhance productivity of electronics manufacturing facilities. Among the key technology advances this group seeks to promote is the value of implementing Industry 4.0/5.0 technology to deliver increased return-o... » read more

Blog Review: July 15

By Jesse Allen - 15 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

Cadence's Anupriya K explains how Address Translation Services (ATS) acts as the fast lane for PCIe memory access by caching address translations directly on the device and what makes it one of the toughest verification problems to solve. Synopsys' Greg Sorber considers the economic potential of physical AI and the impact that embedding intelligence into robots, vehicles, and equipment will ... » read more

EDA/SIP Revenue Up 12.7%; APAC Roars Back

By Ed Sperling - 13 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 1

Worldwide EDA, semiconductor IP, and services revenue reached $5.748 billion in Q1 2026, a 12.7% increase compared to the same period in 2025. The key driver continues to be demand for tools used to create AI server chips, with computer-aided engineering up 15.5% to $2.018 billion. There was a noticeable bump in Chinese sales due to a relaxation of export restrictions, rising 31% to $508 mil... » read more

Chip Industry Week In Review

By The SE Staff - 10 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

Micron The memory maker rolled out a slew of announcements this week, including: Raised its planned U.S. investment to more than $250B through 2035, an incremental $50B above what was announced last June, with an ultimate goal of producing 40% of its DRAM in the U.S.; Planned new investments of $3B for U.S. IC supply-chain investments, including $500M in financing for GlobalWafers’ 3... » read more

Where Does Quantum Computing Stand?

By Bryon Moyer - 09 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

Key Takeaways: Quantum technology is seeing very active development, but most commercial offerings remain years away. QED-C represents the industry and provides reports and roadmaps. The three main elements that need definition are the qubit, error correction, and software, both for control and for algorithms. Quantum computing has imprinted itself on our society as a weir... » read more

Blog Review: July 8

By Jesse Allen - 08 Jul, 2026 - Comments: 0

Synopsys' Greg Sorber finds that an explosion in product complexity has made it increasingly difficult to isolate decisions or defer validation until late in the development process, fundamentally changing how systems ranging from cars to consumer electronics are designed. Cadence's Harinee Rathod shows how MACsec helps ensure data confidentiality, integrity, and authenticity directly at the... » read more

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Chip Industry Week In Review

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Chip Industry Week In Review

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EDA/SIP Revenue Up 12.7%; APAC Roars Back

Chip Industry Week In Review

Where Does Quantum Computing Stand?

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