That was the overarching question a group of 180 experts discussed last week at the ISO 26262 & SOTIF conference for four days...

A new technical paper titled “Test-driving RISC-V Vector hardware for HPC” was published by researchers at University of Edinburgh. Abstract:“Whilst the RISC-V Vector extension (RVV)...

On March 23, Shanghai-based RISC-V chip technology startup StarFive announced that it had received an investment from Chinese search giant Baidu of an undisclosed...

The semiconductor ecosystem has been full of interesting twists of late and Alphawave has been a company to watch since the very beginning. Alphawave...

A technical paper titled “Fuzzing Hardware Like Software” was published by researchers at University of Michigan, Google and Virginia Tech. The paper was presented...

Near-threshold computing has long been used for power-sensitive devices, but some surprising, unrelated advances are making it much easier to deploy. While near-threshold logic has...

Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express (UCIe) is an open specification that defines the interconnect between chiplets within a package. The objective is to enable an...

Embedded software, once a challenge to write, update, and optimize, is following the route of other types of software. It is abstracted, simpler to...

Alphawave IP has agreed to acquire OpenFive, a SiFive business unit (formerly Open-Silicon) for $210m in cash. Having spent many years in the ASIC business which included working with Open-Silicon, Alphawave, and OpenFive here is my perspective on the acquisition:

This acquisition accomplishes two things: First it trims down… Read More

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While venture dollars may have slowed, technologies around blockchain and Web3 seem immune to that trend. Two companies that are helping developers build out Web3 and the Ethereum network saw big raises at huge valuations, as investors seem determined to not miss “the next big thing.”

Lauro Rizzatti recently interviewed Andy Meier, product manager in the Scalable Verification Solutions Division at Siemens EDA. Andy is a product manager in the Scalable Verification Solutions Division at Siemens EDA. Andy has held positions in the electronics and high-tech fields during his 20-year career including: Sr.… Read More

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