Open-source tools and multi-project wafer (MPW) shuttles democratize chip design for low cost. Small circuits, both analog and digital, are accommodated by embedding them as “tiles” or “clusters” into ...

Developing advanced semiconductor chips gets harder all the time, pushing electronic design automation (EDA) vendors to innovate in their tools and methodologies. They’re working constantly to improve ...

Experts at the Table: Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss the role and impact of AI in chip design with Chuck Alpert, Cadence Fellow; Sathish Balasubramanian, head of product marketing and ...

AI software innovation is accelerating, while the chip design process is struggling to keep pace due to rising complexity and physical constraints. The big challenge now is how to close that gap. The ...