The Changing Shape of SoC Architecture: From Integration to Intelligence The evolution of the system-on-chip (SoC) has always reflected the evolution of computation itself. From the first single-chip microcontrollers to today’s billion-transistor heterogeneous monsters, SoC design has moved through distinct eras – each driven by a dominant constraint: cost, power, performance, or lately, data movement […]

Verification for Tomorrow’s SoCs: Building Confidence from IP to System The Purpose: Ensuring Real Confidence in Complex Systems Verification’s real purpose has never been about passing tests. It’s about building confidence-confidence that when an SoC boots for the first time, the hardware, firmware, and every handshake between IPs behave as intended. That purpose is now under […]

Agentic AI in IC Design: From Code Generation to True Engineering Autonomy In the last few years, the semiconductor world has seen AI everywhere – in layout optimization, verification analytics, yield modelling, and even chatbots that draft RTL. But most design engineers know the truth: those flashy demos rarely survive contact with a real toolchain. […]

Verifying Multi-Die Systems: The Hidden Challenge Behind the Chiplet Revolution In recent years, the semiconductor industry has started talking less about single giant chips and more about chiplets. The idea is simple in concept but revolutionary in impact – instead of building one massive die with every function squeezed in, you split the design into […]