Episodes
Dan is joined by Sanjay Kumar. Most recently, Sanjay was senior director at the Department of Commerce on the team implementing the CHIPS and Science Act. Before that, he was in the industry for more than 20 years, up and down the semiconductor value chain working at systems companies such as Meta, fabless companies such as Infineon,… Read More
Published 11/29/24
Dan is joined by Rob Knoth, Solutions Architect in the Strategy and New Ventures group at Cadence. He is a technologist focusing on corporate strategy and the interfaces between domain specific solutions. A key area of expertise is the digital implementation of safety critical and high reliability systems. He has extensive experience… Read More
Published 11/22/24
Published 11/22/24
Dan is joined by Dr. Gaudenzio Meneghesso, IEDM 2024 Publicity Co-Chair, and Head of the Department of Information Engineering at the University of Padua in Italy. Dan explores the program for the upcoming IEDM event with Gaudenzio. This conference covers a wide range of innovations that have significant impact on the semiconductor… Read More
Published 11/15/24
Dan is joined by Chad Lucien, vice president and general manager of Ceva’s Sensing and Audio Business Unit. Previously he was president of Hillcrest Labs, a sensor fusion software and systems company, which was acquired by Ceva in July 2019. He brings nearly 25 years of experience having held a wide range of roles with software, … Read More
Published 11/08/24
Dan is joined by John Kibarian, president, chief executive officer and co-founder of PDF Solutions. He has served as president since 1991 and CEO since 2000. John explains the evolution of PDF Solutions from its beginnings in 1992 to the present day. John describes moving from TCAD tools for design teams to a yield optimization … Read More
Published 11/06/24
Dan is joined by Dr. Emre Ozer, Senior Director of Processor Development at Pragmatic Semiconductor. With 67 worldwide patents, and over 60 peer-reviewed publications to his name, he has extensive experience in CPU microarchitecture with particular expertise in performance modelling, fault tolerant CPUs, embedded machine… Read More
Published 11/01/24
Dan is joined by Ciaran Whyte, one of the founding members of IC Mask Design. As Chief Technical Officer he is responsible for all technical activity and the development and administration of all training courses. Cíaran has been training layout engineers for over 25 years and has completed layout training with over 600 engineers… Read More
Published 11/01/24
Dan is joined by Andy Nightingale, VP of product management and marketing at Arteris. Andy has over 37 years of experience in the high-tech industry, including 23 years in various engineering and product management positions at Arm. Dan explores with Andy the significance of the recently announced tiling capabilities and extended… Read More
Published 10/29/24
Dan is joined by Amol Borkar, Product Marketing Director at Cadence. Since joining in 2018 as a senior product manager, he has led the development of many successful hardware and software products, including Tensilica’s latest Vision 331 and Vision 341 DSPs and 4DR accelerator targeted for various vision, automotive and AI edge… Read More
Published 10/25/24
Dan is joined by Kevin Robinson, yieldHUB’s Vice President of operations and sales. With over 23 years of experience as a test engineer in the semiconductor industry, Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge and dedication to his dual role. At yieldHUB, Kevin leads both sales and operations teams, playing a crucial role in delivering… Read More
Published 10/18/24
Dan is joined by Christopher Vick, the Vice President of Engineering at Lemurian Labs, bringing over three decades of experience from top tech companies such as Qualcomm, Oracle, and Sun Microsystems. Throughout his distinguished career, Christopher has played a key role in developing technologies used by billions. Notably,… Read More
Published 10/11/24
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. Today he is the Executive Sponsor of the SEMI Electronic Design Market Data Report. Wally reviews the latest report with Dan. Overall growth was strong at 18.2% vs. Q2 2023. Employment for the sector was also … Read More
Published 10/07/24
Dan is joined by Jakob Engblom this year’s vice chair and keynote chair for DVCon Europe. He’s been in the virtual platforms field since 2002, most recently as director of simulation technology ecosystem at Intel. His interests include simulation technologies, software and hardware testing and validation, programming… Read More
Published 10/07/24
Dan is joined by Andrea Gallo, Vice President of Technology at RISC-V International. Andrea heads up the Technical Activities in collaboration with RISC-V members across workgroups and committees in growing the adoption of the RISC-V Instruction Set Architecture. Prior to RISC-V International, Andrea held multiple roles… Read More
Published 10/04/24
Dan is joined by Dr. Jason Cong, the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence Professor at the UCLA Computer Science Department. He is the director of the Center for Domain-Specific Computing and the director of VLSI Architecture, Synthesis, and Technology Laboratory. Dr. Cong’s research interests include novel architectures… Read More
Published 09/27/24
Dan is joined by Dr. Pierre-Yves Lesaicherre. Before joining Finwave as CEO, Dr. Lesaicherre was the president, CEO and a director of Nanometrics , a leading provider of advanced process control metrology and software analytics. He also held the CEO position for Lumileds, an integrated manufacturer of LED components and automotive… Read More
Published 09/20/24
Dan is joined by Gloria Kee, Vice President of Product Management at Model N. For 15 years at Model N, she has spent her time focused on product management and with an in-depth understanding of implementing and designing innovative software across a variety of business challenges. She is committed to product innovation and development… Read More
Published 09/13/24
Dan is joined by Adeel Liaquat, a formal verification manager at Axiomise. The company delivers cutting-edge scalable and predictable formal verification solutions shortening the time-to-market, and left-shifting the verification curve. Dan explores the substantial verification challenges for advanced designs with… Read More
Published 09/06/24
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 conversation, Wally discusses his decision to join Caspia Technologies as Chairman of the Board.You can read the press release announcing this here: https://caspiatechnologies.com/caspia-technologies-… Read More
Published 09/04/24
Dan is joined by Sebastien Riou. Director of Product Security Architecture at PQShield. Sebastien has more than 15 years of experience in the semiconductor industry, focusing on achieving “banking grade security” on resource-constrained ICs such as smart cards and mobile secure elements. Formerly of Tiempo-Secure, he helped… Read More
Published 08/30/24
Dan is joined by Kevin Robinson, yieldHUB’s Vice President of Operations who was recently appointed Head of Sales for Europe, the Middle East & Africa. With over 23 years of experience as a test engineer in the semiconductor industry, Kevin brings a wealth of knowledge and dedication to his dual role. At yieldHUB, Kevin leads… Read More
Published 08/23/24
Dan is joined by Jim Handy of Objective Analysis. Jim is a 35-year semiconductor industry executive and like Dan, a leading industry analyst, speaker, and blogger. Following marketing and design positions at Intel, National Semiconductor, and Infineon, Jim became highly respected as an analyst for his technical depth, accurate… Read More
Published 08/21/24
Dan is joined by Chris Morrison, who has over 15 years of experience in delivering innovative analog, digital, power management and audio solutions for International electronics companies, and developing strong relationships with key partners across the semiconductor industry. Currently he is the Director of Product Marketing… Read More
Published 08/16/24
Dan is joined by Dr. Mark Han, Vice President of R&D Engineering for Circuit Simulation at Synopsys. Mark leads a team of over 300 engineers in developing cutting-edge advanced circuit simulation and transistor-level sign-off products, including characterization and static timing analysis. With 27 years of industry … Read More
Published 08/09/24