by Karl Freund | May 11, 2025 | Video
Silicon Futures is a neXt Curve reThink Podcast series on AI and semiconductor tech and the industry topics that matter. Jim McGregor of TIRIAS Research and Karl Freund of Cambrian-AI Research joined neXt Curve to cover the first half of another action-packed month in...
by Karl Freund | May 7, 2025 | In the News
Most chips today are built from a combination of customized logic blocks that deliver some special sauce, and off-the-shelf blocks for commonplace technologies such as I/O, memory controllers, etc. But there is one needed function that has been missing; an AI...
by Karl Freund | Apr 29, 2025 | In the News
The US Semiconductor industry desperately needs to rebuild the country’s ability to produce the advanced chips that are the cornerstone of AI and every electronic device you can imagine. Most of those chips are built today in Taiwan by TSMC. Merely the thought of any...
by Karl Freund | Dec 9, 2024 | In the News
The idea of chiplets is simple: develop the best semiconductors for the needed functions using the most proper manufacturing process. Then combine an assortment of chiplets on a multi-die package, and voila! A lower-cost approach to advanced semiconductors. The...
by Karl Freund | Apr 17, 2024 | In the News
Cadence has updated its platforms that supports chip design teams, offering more than 2X more capacity and 1.5X faster performance than the previous generation and can support chips up to 48 billion gates. Designing and testing chips is constantly becoming more...
